Works Like You Do

Unfortunately these plug ins don’t make your house smell better.

I bought a Kensington power adapter that will power almost anything so I didn’t have to worry about forgetting my laptop power supply at the office and then not being able to work. I bought it the weekend I forget the power supply. Much to my horror, this MAC uses a special magnetic power tip, the MagSafe Power Adapter. I checked the bag but Kensington didn’t supply one of these (surprise!) So I have a power supply with plenty of amperage but no compatible plug. Maybe they will sell one as an add on someday. I did research it and the purpose seems to be to make sure you use the correct power supply for the new laptops. That’s a good thing. Making us all buy a second power supply from Apple. That’s a bad thing. When I was researching, I discovered a large number of people who reported that the tiny magnetic tip breaks off after a few months of normal use. I’ll have to keep an eye on that. (This reminds me that I need to capture the links when I find out information and put them in these posts. Who knows, I might even get really ambitious and add screen shots from time to time!)
While we’re on plugs, I was at first disappointed by the fancy video out but then realized that it is a digital video out and plugs directly into my Samsung SyncMaster LCD display. It also works fine with an analog display using the adapter I was given.