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    PowerCurl Tidys Up Mac MagSafe Wires, Cures Cord OCD

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    Image of WyldeChef WyldeChef
    09/11/09

    In reply to PowerCurl Tidys Up Mac MagSafe Wires, Cures Cord OCD
    We can put a man on the moon but we need to use 15 cords to set up a computer??
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    09/11/09

    @WyldeChef: Who says we put a man on the moon? Didn't Neil Armstrong just admit it was a ruse?
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    Image of fastm3driver fastm3driver
    09/11/09

    In reply to PowerCurl Tidys Up Mac MagSafe Wires, Cures Cord OCD
    Just like the standard Dell power adapter has had for like 10 years. nice!
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    09/11/09


    @fastm3driver: Nice try. Show me this built in cord winder.
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    09/11/09

    @appletoad: Or Apple's yoyo adapters ten years ago.
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    Image of (Starman) Starman (Starman) Starman
    09/11/09

    In reply to PowerCurl Tidys Up Mac MagSafe Wires, Cures Cord OCD
    I wish Apple still made the cool retractable ones...
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    09/11/09

    @(Starman) AnalysisDialysis:

    They looked nice, but I think the problem was that people didn't always unwind them completely when using them. When you left them plugged in and half wound up, they had a tendency to over heat. So I could see why they'd be hesitant to do that again. That, and they're really lazy designers.
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    Image of RicketyCricket RicketyCricket
    09/11/09

    In reply to PowerCurl Tidys Up Mac MagSafe Wires, Cures Cord OCD
    I'm going to wait and see if they release one that has a built in camera . . .
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    09/11/09

    In reply to PowerCurl Tidys Up Mac MagSafe Wires, Cures Cord OCD
    Why not just use the built in cord wrapper thingies. Yea, that's a technical term......
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    Image of BlowfishAvenger BlowfishAvenger
    09/11/09

    @Barry99705: If you look for them you can find lots of reports where people claim using the built in wrapper thingies (tm) allow the cord to be wrapped too tightly and so cause wires and nerves to fray.
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    Image of Joanna Stern Joanna Stern
    09/11/09

    @Barry99705: And that thing never keeps the wires held in place IMHO
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    09/11/09

    @Barry99705: Mine broke off.
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    09/11/09

    @BlowfishAvenger: It's not a bug, it's a feature.

    Go sit at a Genius Bar and watch the people coming in with frayed cords. The orangeshirts send them to the merchandise floor to spend $80 to buy a new power adapter. AppleCare covers defects in workmanship, not wear-and-tear.
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    09/11/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Weird. I always give free replacements. =]

    In fact, if you bitch and say the words "fire hazard" to a manager, you should end up with a free replacement. (unless you are an asshole, or it if like super obviously abusively smashed)
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    OMG! Ponies! promoted this comment Edited by appletoad at 09/11/09 10:09 AM appletoad was starred appletoad was unstarred
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    09/11/09

    @appletoad: This may be unique to the SoHo store. When I had a Genius Bar appointment (and waited 45 minutes after the scheduled time to be seen), I saw the orangeshirt point every person with a frayed MagSafe downstairs to buy a new adapter.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/11/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: There are ways around that, though it varies from "genius" to "genius". When I replaced the blackbook's power brick, it was because the base of the cable had started to fray and I bitched and moaned about possibly setting my place on fire and got a free one out of them. If my Macbook is in warranty, no way on Satan's Green Earth I'm paying for those replacements.
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    09/11/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Sometimes they try getting you to buy a new one to save the genius bar time when they are behind on appointments. When the genius bar is falling behind, it is usually their fault, and management gets pissed about it, telling them to do something about it.
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    Edited by appletoad at 09/11/09 10:17 AM appletoad was starred appletoad was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/11/09

    @appletoad: yeah pretty much. If you're pressed for time, or give them a convincing sob story, you can cut people on line at the Genius Bar too. Screw society!
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    Image of appletoad appletoad
    09/11/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Usually they are too lazy to check warranty. Management especially. The cashier is usually your friend, too. If you are gonna give a sob story/pull a slick one, they are the ones to do so on, NOT geniuses/orange shirts
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment appletoad was starred appletoad was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/11/09

    @appletoad: It depends. Orange-shirts can and have pulled items off shelves to make an exchange. In the case of that power brick, I got him to unpackage one and he gave it to me at no charge. I didn't have to go through a cashier at all. I gave the sob story to the orange shirt so I didn't have to bother with that lousy queue and got my Macbook repaired over the course of a weekend. Because of the huge lines at checkout at the stores here, I tend to avoid the cashiers.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 09/11/09 10:30 AM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of appletoad appletoad
    09/11/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Yeah, I don't what Apple store you're going to, but lines are an awful problem here in Chicago. Generally, if your nice, and have an honest problem, anyone in that store will wanna hook you up. But if your shady about it/are 100% obviously at fault for breaking it etc, then there are things you can do to your advantage.
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    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    09/11/09

    @OMG! Ponies!:
    These two strings walk up to a bar.
    The first string walks in and orders and the bartender throws him out and yells "I don't serve strings in this bar.
    The other string ruffs himself up on the street and curls up and orders.
    The bartender shouts, "Hey, didn't you hear what I told your buddy?"
    The string says "Yeah."
    The bartender says, "aren't you a string?"
    The string says, "No, I'm a frayed knot..."
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    Image of Jim Topoleski Jim Topoleski
    09/11/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Really? I have yet to pay for my replacement one in over 3 years.
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    09/11/09

    @appletoad: I give replacements too. Though I'm not an Apple Genius, I am an authorized repair tech though. I jut put it into GSX as a defective part.
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    Image of madog madog
    09/11/09

    @BlowfishAvenger: It's not that "people claim using the built in wrapper thingies (tm) allow the cord to be wrapped too tightly", it's that people wrapped the things too damn tightly as if any hint of slack would cause their family to get cancer.
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    09/11/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Possibly. The original ones have since been reinforced at the ends to help from people wrapping them too tightly, but it was typically replaced under warranty.

    They might be a little more strict these days because stupid can't be fixed under warranty, but I would imagine they still replace some.

    That orangeshirt man might just have been a dick.
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    Edited by madog at 09/11/09 12:29 PM madog was starred madog was unstarred
    Image of superberg superberg
    09/11/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I've only had my MagSafe fray once -- at the winding edge -- and it was replaced free of charge. I'm more careful with the new one, and haven't had any issues in almost a year.
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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    05/12/09

    In reply to Intel Quad-Core Laptop Processors Inevitably Headed to MacBook Pros in the Third Quarter
    Hey, whatcha got there?

    It's the new macbookQuidProQuad!

    Really?

    Oh yes, and see, it also doubles as a hotplate! Want some pancakes?

    Um, no thanks.

    Oops, I dented it already. There goes my warranty! :(
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    Image of Tony C Tony C
    05/12/09

    In reply to Intel Quad-Core Laptop Processors Inevitably Headed to MacBook Pros in the Third Quarter
    Sweetness! Hopefully without raising the price of said MacBook Pros...


    And it's perfect timing with Snow Leopard, because Apple needs to substantially increase the performance differential between plain Jane MacBooks and MacBook Pros anyway.

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    Image of frigg frigg
    05/12/09

    @Tony C: Yeah - it's not like they're "but this one comes with firewire" is fooling anyone. Well, at least not us!
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    05/12/09

    In reply to Intel Quad-Core Laptop Processors Inevitably Headed to MacBook Pros in the Third Quarter
    Hmm, wasn't it mr. Jobs who spoke out that "Noes, quadcores eat so much battery, we shalt never put them in our lappytops!" or something along those lines?
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    05/12/09

    @Eruanno: Was that right after calling blu-ray a world of hurt?
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    05/12/09

    In reply to Intel Quad-Core Laptop Processors Inevitably Headed to MacBook Pros in the Third Quarter
    I'm just going to wait until they come out with the Quint Core 5 P12 Arbitrary 3 Numbers 9. Seriously, how many damned numbers do we need in one chip name?
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    05/12/09

    In reply to Intel Quad-Core Laptop Processors Inevitably Headed to MacBook Pros in the Third Quarter
    wtf is the vader quote where he says he changed the terms of the agreement to lando. driving me nuts i can't remember it and can't find it online.
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    Image of iceman38888 iceman38888
    05/12/09

    @Texas, Texas yee haw_Nick: "That was *never* a condition of our agreement, nor was giving Han to this bounty hunter!"


    "Perhaps you think you're being treated unfairly?"

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    05/12/09

    @iceman38888: that's the scene, but not the line. arrrrgggghhhhhhhh
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    Image of KinOfCain KinOfCain
    05/12/09

    @Texas, Texas yee haw_Nick:


    "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further."


    [en.wikiquote.org]

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    05/12/09

    @KinOfCain: ftw
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    05/12/09

    @Texas, Texas yee haw_Nick: now the joke i wanted to make, but coulnd't at work:


    i was hoping someone could go back and photoshop the Macbook saying "oh, no baby. pull out."

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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    05/12/09

    In reply to Intel Quad-Core Laptop Processors Inevitably Headed to MacBook Pros in the Third Quarter
    Quad Core, in the toasty enclosed space of a laptop chassis. Hmm...
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    05/12/09

    @deanbmmv:

    Damn Preview button
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    05/12/09

    @deanbmmv: It wasn't until after I struggled to read that comic inline with the commenting that I thought to right click + view image.
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    Image of diabolusunknownTheSecond diabolusunknownTheSecond
    05/12/09

    In reply to Intel Quad-Core Laptop Processors Inevitably Headed to MacBook Pros in the Third Quarter
    Couldnt the same be said for any other laptop manufacturer?


    Why single out MacBooks when announcing this news? Why not say "Intel Quad-Core Laptop Processors Inevitably Headed to Notebooks in the Third Quarter"?

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    @diabolusunknownTheSecond: You must be new here.
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