[P1] Yo-yo vs. square power adapters

[B G]

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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