I'm not talking about the iPad2, or the new multicore laptops or even the rumours of OSX10.7. I'm talking about something the got right and then messed up. The new MagSafe design. When Apple introduced the original MagSafe I was impressed. I knew of two people who had caught their old jackplug-tipped powerlead around their leg, dragged their PowerBook off a table and smashed the screen. The new magnetic plug plug means it is impossible to do this. Then, I think when they launched the MacBook Air which has a very low profile socket, they redesigned the plug to make the lead enter from the side, not the front. The problem with this, as we discovered to our horror last week, is that if you pull this lead there is a chance that it will not release because it is caught of the flange around the socket. Sorry Steve, but here's the proof.
