MagSafe adaptor in Cardiff

1. D.M. Procida - 23 August 2007

   I need a MagSafe adaptor for an hour or so for a friend who's visiting and forgot his - is there anyone round here who happens to have such a thing available for an hour's borrowing?

   Daniele

2. SteveH - 24 August 2007

   I may be your closest option - in Ystrad Mynach.

   But it's hardly what I'd call close.

   SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL
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3. DBSnappa - 24 August 2007

   My brother lives in Glamorgan St, Canton. He has a MBP but I'm not certain that he's around this afternoon.

4. T i m - 24 August 2007

   Would he want another one (one to leave at home, one to stay in the laptop bag) and as PCW (501 Newport Road, Cardiff South) now have a better Mac presence would they be likely to have one in stock.

   If not an Apple one they often sell 'universal' jobbies?

   All the best ..

   T i m

5. SteveH - 24 August 2007

   See that 'magsafe' in the title.....

   No, I'm not even going to bother.

   I can see the predictability of this one after a single reply. --
   SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL
   BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #

6. T i m - 24 August 2007

   Please do .. how else will I learn?

   I can see the predictability of this one after a single reply.

   Can you .. ?

   My Autosponder only kicks in after *I* press the button (in your case).

   All the best ..

   T i m

7. Woody - 24 August 2007

   Of course it can. Obviously any apple center, other places that stock macs (possible john lewis - don't know what they are like). PCWorld business do them, but I don't know how that relates to actual shops.
   It seems PC world is pretty light on all laptop PSUs. They have one for some laptops at the bargain £69 (somewhat more than the standard apple one), although if my fujitsu PSU went I don't know where I would get a replacement from.

   like most other Mac spares it seems?

   What most other mac spares are those?

   No, they are easy enough to buy, but don't tend to be in normal shops because most people never buy another one and because they aren't like a generic part (I really would love my PC tablets to have them rather than the stupid PSUs they have)

   They are the ones that are just held by a magnet so if you trip over the lead it does no damage

   Woody

8. Steve Firth - 24 August 2007

   SteveH wrote:

   I can see the predictability of this one after a single reply.

   And indeed his followup was terminally predictable. Not even a good troll.

9. T i m - 24 August 2007

   With such clever prediction skills you could have saved yer time by not reading it then eh?

   Not even a good
   troll.

   I never said I was good ...

   All the best ..

   T i m

10. Ekul Namsob - 24 August 2007

    I do wish you two would be a little more charitable. What I read appeared quite sensible.

    Cheers,
    Luke

    Red Rose Ramblings, the diary of an Essex boy in
    exile in Lancashire <http://www.shrimper.org.uk>

11. T i m - 24 August 2007

    Sri, what's that 'them' Woody?

    They are the ones that are just held by a magnet so if you trip over the lead it does no damage

    Yeah, just saw that on Wiki (and looked a good idea). Fine if you don't want a replacement PSU on the hurry up ... (less common).

    All the best ..

    T i m

12. T i m - 24 August 2007

    Hello again Luke!

    Long time no type (and thanks for the support ... bullies aren't they).

    Actually I think SteveH is ok .. just a bit confused <bless> and I think SteveF is funny (and that's not being charitable but just honest).

    Is this the season for re-setting kill files or summat? ;-)

    All the best ..

    T i m

13. Woody - 24 August 2007

    I would like the PCs to have magsafes. My first tablet, a viewsonic I tripped over the power lead and sent it flying across the room. It broke the bit which senses it is plugged in. When windows switches between charging and battery some things change and so it used to toggle between the mains/battery state if you didn't keep the cable pulled right.

    most of a time this wasn't a problem, but for some reason if you were playing MS Age of reason (which worked really well on a tablet) and switched states twice (ie, battery-mains-battery), it would lock the machine solidly.

    And I broke my first titanium powerbook that way too.

    True. Given the options I would have the magsafe - I think it is a brilliant idea that works so well and one of those things that seems like it should have been obvious when you have already seen it, which is always the mark of a good design!

    Woody

14. D.M. Procida - 24 August 2007

    That's two minutes away from me. If he happens to be around, he'd be in a position to do me a great favour.

    Daniele

15. T i m - 24 August 2007

    So, no one on here has ever put forward an alternative to the direct question posted?

    Ok, I didn't know exactly what the 'MagSafe' bit was but I knew it was to do with a laptop PSU and my suggestion may (had you not been up yerself) have been a realistic alternative.

    All the best ..

    T i m

16. Rolly - 24 August 2007

    On 2007-08-24 14:02:27 +0100, Woody said:

    They are the ones that are just held by a magnet so if you trip over the lead it does no damage

    Magsafe, eh? We have an old Dell laptop here. It has
    a power lead connector infinitely more advanced than
    the magsafe. Whereas the magsafe detaches when you
    trip over the lead, the Dell connector anticipates
    said tripping event and falls out of its own accord.

    Cheers,

    R.