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    Does the Apple 85W MagSafe Power Adapter come with the power cord?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by olphus, Jul 12, 2010.

  1. olphus

    olphus Notebook Consultant

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    Does the Apple 85W MagSafe Power Adapter come with the power cord too or just the adapter?
     
    olphus, Jul 12, 2010
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    beige Notebook Deity

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    80% on online stores it's not included , u can get one separably on ebay
     
    beige, Jul 12, 2010
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  3. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    Well if you buy it from Apple then yes.
     
    Seshan, Jul 12, 2010
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    ifti Undiscovered

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    Mine came with the power cord as well as the adaptor.....
     
    ifti, Jul 12, 2010
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  5. olphus

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    I missed to mention that I already have a MBP and I'm not really interested in the power cord since I have one.
    The reason I asked about the power cord is to tell the genuine Magsafes from the fakes - or basically does the apple store Magsafe include both?

    My Magsafe has the wires showing and that happened just after less one years of use. I'm looking to replace it with one from ebay but I can't figure out the genuine from the fakes.
    Also, now there many new genuine models with cryptic codes and some are L shaped too.
    Anyway, I refuse to pay apple full price for something that should not break apart that easily.
     
    olphus, Jul 12, 2010
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  6. olphus

    olphus Notebook Consultant

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    OK, I made this post initially to inform my self and avoid a non-genuine Magsafe adapter - but guess what, I managed to buy a fake one anyway :mad:

    If anyone can help me out: could you all check if your Magsafes have a
    CE and UL print on one of the sides and 85w on the other?

    My original Magsafe has a "CE and UL print on one of the sides and 85w on the other" but the fake one I got does not have this.
     
    olphus, Jul 15, 2010
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  7. AznFlamer

    AznFlamer Notebook Consultant

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    Mines has the CE
     
    AznFlamer, Jul 15, 2010
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  8. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    CE/UL here as well

    even one of my fakes has CE markings on it
     
    crazycanuk, Jul 15, 2010
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