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		sarchertech on Aug 25, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A worthy Ultrabook appears: the ThinkPad X1 Carbon... Mag safe is the only thing I miss after moving from a macbook pro to a thinkpad. It really makes me mad that apple was granted a patent when magnetic power adapters were invented by UL in the 90s for deep fryers.

w1ntermute on Aug 25, 2012 [–]

> It really makes me mad that apple was granted a patent

Is that why no one else has implemented this feature?

eckyptang on Aug 25, 2012 | [–]

Actually a company I worked for had prior art on that and had working implementations in the field but as it was the defense industry, they aren't that fussed.

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