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by learc83 5049 days ago
Mag safe is the only thing I miss after moving from a macbook pro to a thinkpad.

It really makes me mad that apple was granted a patent when magnetic power adapters were invented by UL in the 90s for deep fryers.

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> It really makes me mad that apple was granted a patent

Is that why no one else has implemented this feature?

Actually a company I worked for had prior art on that and had working implementations in the field but as it was the defense industry, they aren't that fussed.