March 6, 2008
MagStay Pro is a marvel of modern inconvenience
Posted Mar. 6, ’08, 9:29 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Apple » Huh?
I’m not precisely sure why you’d want to, but if you’re frustrated by your MacBook Pro’s MagSafe adapter coming unplugged when you trip over the cable, and would like to return to the carefree days when said act would cause your laptop to fly through the air with the greatest of ease, all it’ll cost you is a mere $12.
That’s how much Thought Out’s MagStay Pro will run you. This little plastic doohickey plugs into the USB port adjacent to your MacBook Pro’s MagSafe connector. Fit your MagSafe plug through the hole (with a convenient window so that you can still see the chargin light), and it won’t budge. There’s even a handy little nub for you to store the MagSafe connector’s dust cap. Sadly, it won’t work with the MacBook or MacBook Air, due to their port configurations.
Again, I’m not sure why you’d want to neuter one of the MacBook line’s most useful features and use up one of your USB ports to boot. Spite, perhaps? Self-loathing? Then again, if that’s what’s driving you, then you’re probably better off buying some epoxy; that’ll make sure that MagSafe connector goes nowhere. There; I probably just saved you some serious shipping & handling charges. No need to thank me: not buying this stupid thing is its own reward.
[via Gizmodo]
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It does sound like overkill, but I have sometimes wished that the magsafe was slightly less safe - mine seems to fall off of my macbook pro if I slightly move the machine, if the cat walks through an adjacent room, etc. I am constantly plugging it back in. So, I can understand the sentiment, but this doohickey does seem substantially worse than an old-style cable (which wouldn't also take up a USB port).
What a disappointment. I'd hoped this story was about something with a MagSafe adapter from someone other than Apple.
The one area in which Apple is functioning as a nasty and ill-breed monopoly is power devices for their laptops. Because of that little MagSafe adapter, no one but them can make or sell such devices.
Apple should get off their high horse and license the MagSafe design to anyone who makes a quality product.