The European Union has officially imposed a new rule for selling laptops with a power rating of 100 W or less, requiring them to use a USB-C port for charging. This rule takes effect today, April 28, Tuesday, as the European Commission has been exploring ways to reduce electronic waste and has been ...
It’s good for any charger development that’s been an anti-consumer practice, but chargers like the old magsafe and the Surface chargers are honestly better. The amount of times someone trips on it makes a magnetic charger a lifesaver.
i just use my USB C with a little adaptor on my Surface Pro 7+ (that now runs LMDE). You can charge via the SP port or the USB C port but I always seem to have something plugged in the USB port
Apple just does Magsafe + USB-C now, or did last time I had an MBP at least (M2 Pro for work)
Which is perfect, but you can also get a USB-C cord with a magnetically attached plug.
The problem with those are that they’re not USB compliant, and there’s no guarantee that they’ll be stable with whatever device you use them on.
By definition or usually?
USB compliance? Most certainly, there’s no way to do it that would be compliant. Some of them are good quality and will work for a lot of devices, but once you get to noncompliance land, you’re at the mercy of trusting the manufacturer.
Last MBP I had was a 2019 for work and it was all just type C. My brother’s 2012 was the one on mind.
They brought magsafe back with the 16" and 14" MBPs. The older ones are USB-C only.
I recently upgraded from a 2018 model to a 2025 one. The 2018 model was USBC only but the 2025 one supports both USBC and MagSafe.
Honestly I kinda like it. I prefer the magnet but if another USBC charger happens to be more convenient I can just use that instead.