[P1] Yo-yo vs. square power adapters

B G briang113 at yahoo.com
Fri Mar 19 09:38:39 PST 2004


Wattage is the main difference some of the yo yo's are
65 watt some are 45 watt, made for different computers
check carefully before picking one up.

there is a list on mav knowledge thats says which
adapter works with which laptop. do a search for
laptop power adapters.


--- Small Moose Ltd <small_moose_ltd at mac.com> 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. 
> 
> 
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