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Jonathan Howard@staringispolite · Growth engineer & founder
It's not clear to me from the site/video how this charges laptops. Does it come with a USB->magsafe2 cable? Having trouble seeing the benefit here, other than design. I already use my laptop USB ports to charge my devices, so this really only saves me a few ounces in a 20-30lb carry-on when I travel. Still need all the cables, presumably it charges mor… See more
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Dylan Jhaveri@dylanjha · Co-founder and Engineer at Crowdcast
@staringispolite It took me a while to find but if you look at compatibility section it says: "*Optional Apple Mac laptop cable accessory available for purchase when Zolt ships"
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Will Imholte@willimholte · Designer, Prime
@staringispolite See my (guess) comment replying to @arush as well, but USB -> Magsafe2 seems impossible. Well, possible if the port can handle it, but not following the USB spec. So either the cables are proprietary and do something clever in the handshake to tell the charger 'yup it's cool to send me 30x the power you'd send a USB device' or something… See more
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Zac Davies @zacdavies · Pin Payments
@staringispolite This will go badly. Has before: http://www.tuaw.com/2010/10/18/h...
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Evan Kimbrell@evankimbrell · Founder, Sprintkick
@willimholte @staringispolite @arush Yeah I didn't think that a USB port could even come close to providing the power a laptop needs. I'm not sure the max amps a USB gives, but its no where near what a laptop needs.
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