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by skytalon 4840 days ago
This is a good thing they are doing. However, I wonder why they have so many different power adapters for their MBP, MBA and rMBP's. Each one is going to go into a landfill one day and Apple could certainly design it so that they reduce the environmental impact that comes with creating more stuff of this kind that is so avoidable.
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wtf are you talking about? Until late last year for the past 6 years before that, they had exactly one adapter profile - magsafe. Recently they added a 2nd profile, and introduced an converter so old bricks can still be reused (which I'm doing right now). You can even use an underpowered brick - don't expect your high-wattage MBP to charge as fast, but it works.

Apple is one of the good guys here. Compare/contrast with Sony or Dell - it's night & day.

I'm referring to the fact that they have 6 adapters, as listed on this page: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/mac_accessori.... They don't really need 6, do they?