This morning, I was sitting at my kitchen table, my cat beside me, just looking out on the backyard, typing away on my MacBook Pro. As they frequently do, a critter skittered across the back porch and my cat stiffened, then darted after the unsuspecting prey. He had somehow gotten tangled in the power cable and the MagSafe adapter got yanked out of my MacBook Pro, now attached to my cat. Point is, without the MagSafe technology, my computer would have gone along for the ride too.

The new MacBook uses a USB-C plug for power. No way to know for sure, but this seems a sign of things to come, the beginning of the end for MagSafe. Personally, I hate to see this change. I think MagSafe was a stroke of genius. It is one of those design details that makes me love my MacBook Pro.

Perhaps Apple has a USB-C version of MagSafe in the works for a future MacBook Pro. Hey, I can dream, can’t I?