[P1] Yo-yo vs. square power adapters

[Ed Wiser]

On Friday, March 19, 2004, at 05:49  AM, Small Moose Ltd wrote:

> I think the yo-yo's were discontinued because although they looked 
> nice,
> they were suspect to breaking. For instance, the bit that goes into 
> the side
> of the iBook can fray easily as the wire gets bent back and forth over 
> time
> and repeated use. Some people have reported shorting and the cabling 
> going
> black.
>
> An interesting side note is that you know how the power port on the 
> side of
> the iBook glows amber whilst its being charged and then turns green 
> when its
> full? well originally Apple wanted the entire yo-yo adapter to glow 
> colours
> like this.
>
> I've been fortunate with my yo-yo and its worked fine over the last 
> three
> years but I was aware of the adapter shortcomings before I got my 
> iBook,
> otherwise I probably would have treated it more casually.
>
> Now I think the difference between the yo-yo and the white brick 
> adaptor is
> that their plugs that are inserted into the iBook are different sizes. 
> If
> you have one of the first revision of white Icebooks, then you can 
> probably
> use the yo-yo quite happily, but if you have the 600MHz onwards, then 
> they
> use a different socket size.
>
I have used both the the White power supply also break's at the wire 
entrance to the plug.
Just had to replace my daughter's white power supply after one years 
use.

Haven't noticed any difference in socket size.