The Secret to Why Apple Keeps Changing the MacBook Charger

Got the new MacBook charger? No, the new new MacBook charger. That will be the inevitable conversation in Starbucks stores across the country when Apple debuts the new MacBook in April. The laptop will ditch the company's patented MagSafe charger in favor of a USB-C port, which also doubles as the connector for devices and monitors. There's just a teeny, tiny chance the change may lead to some frustration among those who like the convenience of sharing charging cables. When it redesigned MacBook and MacBook Air computers a few years ago, MagSafe got a generational refresh — which, of course, rendered the new laptops' chargers incompatible with the old ones.