[iBook] Was oops, now 2- or 3-prong connection?

[David Harris]

On Dec 13, 2004, at 12:55 PM, Reid Conti wrote:

> good point.  My iBook has just 2 prongs on the cord AND on the flip
> down ones.  But the british plugs in the international kit I have,
> have 3 prongs :)
>
> - reid
>
>
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 10:57:01 -0600, Scott Warren <sw at shelton.org> 
> wrote:
>> A great mystery:  The 3 foot power cable that connects to the "brick"
>> is a 3 prong.  The included folding clip that connects to the "brick"
>> is a 2 prong.  Where does the extra prong go??? hmmmm....  If you look
>> at the end of the power cable, you notice there really are only 2
>> contact points... 2 prongs... so the 3rd one is on there for
>> decoration??
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 13, 2004, at 10:20 AM, Pete Nalda wrote:
>>
>>> My 700 mhz ibook has a 3 pronger.
>>>
>>> On Dec 11, 2004, at 3:15 PM, Nancy Lawrence wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't know if this will help or not but I have an 800mhz G4 ibook
>>>> and it has a two prong.
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 11, 2004, at 3:28 PM, Brian Olesky wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Don't have the answer yet, but this should be simple. If someone 
>>>>> out
>>>>> there
>>>>> has a 600 Mhz iBook, or a new 15" AlBook, could you please tell me
>>>>> which
>>>>> Book you have and whether your power cord extension has a 2- or 3-
>>>>> prong
>>>>> connection to the wall switch? I looked at the Apple specs and they
>>>>> both
>>>>> take different power supplies, so I do need to find out which is
>>>>> which.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks (again),
>>>>> Brian
>>>>>

Maybe a photo of each connection/plug and cord/adapter might clear this 
situation.

David H