March 15, 2007 at 10:30 pm
I want to use my MacBook for a few more days before writing up a review of it. I'm loving it, but I do have a few complaints. That's for another day, though. Right now I would like to review the power adaptor. So, why on earth would I want to review a brick? Read on to find out.
To put it simply, they did not skimp on its features. The first thing to notice is that the prongs can be folded into the brick when it's not plugged in, which I would assume is to avoid accidently bending them out of shape in a crowded backpack.
The other thing about that corner of the brick is that the corner itself can be removed. This makes it easy to swap international plugs. You just need the plugs themselves, no extra cables or bricks. In addition, the MacBook comes with an expansion cord that connects to the same corner in case the default cord length isn't long enough or you don't have room to have the entire adaptor right up against the outlet.
The next thing I want to point out is on the opposite side of the brick. It has these hooks that you can deploy to neatly wrap the cord. Cool. Finally, at the very end of the cord is a little claw thing to pin the cable to itself.
Now, I don't think any of these features are unique to Apple products, but this is the first I've seen them all on a single brick. It's this incredible attention to detail that I've grown to love in Apple products. As the Mac guy says in one of the UK Get a Mac ads, everything's just kind of thought through.