Monday, October 24, 2005

Power Bricks

AC power adapters for laptops would be better designed with 3 replaceable components: (1) the cord from the outlet to the brick, (2) the brick itself, (3) the cord from the brick to the laptop. The last is quite damage-prone (and Apple's is especially bad), if the cord is yanked accidentally from the laptop in the wrong way. If each part could be replaced separately (and cheaply!) in case of damage, it would be better than having to replace the whole thing all at once.

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