Well, my experience was different - 2 years of constant abuse and not a mark on it. From my point of view it's pretty durable.
I can't be the only one to assume that if your power cord fails, you should be SOL? It's hardly normal for something so open to use and abuse to be covered under warranty. Only Mac users would expect this level of service!
The old PowerBook cables were much worse. I had two of them fail before I finally went and put epoxy on the cable. My current MagSafe adapter has been way sturdier in comparison.
My experience is the same as jiajiwow. I own a white MacBook, and about a month ago the MagSafe connector on the extra power supply I bought separated from the cable almost completely. I took it to the local Apple store and even though I bought the 3-year Apple Care coverage when I got my Mac, some idiot guy from the so-called "genius bar" gave me a funny look and told me "no, we don't cover that".
It's funny how today when the connector on the original charger started failing as well, I come across this article. The cable seems fine, but I notice the red/green LED light on top of it sometimes turns off when I move the computer.
I'm gonna go back to the Apple store with a printout of Apple's page admiting the screw up and have both chargers replaced.
Only Mac users can expect such extents of poor build quality... I really can't wait to get rid of this piece of shit computer.
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i replace my MagSafe power adapters three time in past two years.
it is not durable at all.
Well, my experience was different - 2 years of constant abuse and not a mark on it. From my point of view it's pretty durable.
I can't be the only one to assume that if your power cord fails, you should be SOL? It's hardly normal for something so open to use and abuse to be covered under warranty. Only Mac users would expect this level of service!
The old PowerBook cables were much worse. I had two of them fail before I finally went and put epoxy on the cable. My current MagSafe adapter has been way sturdier in comparison.
My experience is the same as jiajiwow. I own a white MacBook, and about a month ago the MagSafe connector on the extra power supply I bought separated from the cable almost completely. I took it to the local Apple store and even though I bought the 3-year Apple Care coverage when I got my Mac, some idiot guy from the so-called "genius bar" gave me a funny look and told me "no, we don't cover that".
It's funny how today when the connector on the original charger started failing as well, I come across this article. The cable seems fine, but I notice the red/green LED light on top of it sometimes turns off when I move the computer.
I'm gonna go back to the Apple store with a printout of Apple's page admiting the screw up and have both chargers replaced.
Only Mac users can expect such extents of poor build quality... I really can't wait to get rid of this piece of shit computer.