How Is Microsoft's Magnetic Connect Different From Apple's MagSafe For MacBooks?
Microsoft is pretty excited about its new charger.
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While Microsoft's October press event was heavily AI-oriented — to the shock of no one — the company did have major announcements regarding the Surface Laptop Ultra. It's powered by NVIDIA's RTX Spark platform, and sports up to 128GB of shared system and graphics RAM. In a demonstration, Microsoft showed it running apps like DaVinci Resolve and Gears of War: E-Day simultaneously without missing a heartbeat.
One smaller point that captured our attention was a new power port dubbed Magnetic Connect. Charging tech isn't normally a big deal, yet Microsoft devoted a portion of the show to it. That's remarkable when the company could've easily spent a few more minutes elaborating on Spark or Windows 11's AI upgrades.
For Apple fans, the tech was immediately reminiscent of one thing: the MagSafe charging portson MacBooks. There are a couple of...
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