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For some reason hardware vendors keep producing power adapters which continually break where the plug leaves the base unit. I’ve broken five-six power adapters over the last two years and literally in the exact same spot. This has happened with both Dell and Apple and seems to be an issue with the whole industry.

I’m not the first to have this problem. Tony Korologos had the same problem with his Powerbook but just repaired it himself.

I’ve now gone through two power adapters and there’s no way I’m going to throw down $80 to replace them. Instead, I just went down to the local hardware store and bought a soldering iron for $15 and fixed it myself.

This doesn’t need to happen. Apple has a super cool connector for the MacBook Pro which uses a magnet:

Why can’t they use the same connector (or one that maybe screws in) for the cable as it leaves the wall wart? This way if my power adapter breaks I can just replace a $2 cable instead of a $40 charger.

Honestly I think this is a really good idea. Someone forward this to an Apple employee please!

Here’s before where I crack open the unit:

And here’s after I’ve repaired it. I wonder if this violates my warranty? :) I hope no one at Apple reads my blog :)