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  • MagSafe replacement comes to Apple's 15" MacBook Pro with Vinpok Bolt-S USB-C adapter

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    welshdog said:
    Oh, and those complaining that this connector is directional - so is my Magsafe. It only attaches one way, with the cable trailing off the backside of the the MBP.  Okay, yes you CAN connect it the other way, but it covers the ports when you do that.
    Well, the difference there is, you're handling an L-shaped connector and don't have to think at all about which way to orient it. Whereas this product appears as unintuitive as USB-A, where there's a 50/50 chance you're holding it 180 degrees wrong, and you can't tell until you try it out, or look very closely first.

    Also, Apple went back to the T-shaped connector with MagSafe 2, unblocking the ports and restoring the full reversibility, presumably because that's more convenient.

    I'd say this still looks pretty nice, but they haven't quite nailed the convenience of the MagSafe people know and love. An X-shaped pin arrangement would have truly nailed it.
    welshdog