Another useless accessory for the Macintosh.

Everyone thinks that because you own a Mac you have a ton of disposable income (hence, the market in $19.95+ shareware that performs tasks you can do in the Terminal). But I would suspect there are a lot of folks like me in different lines of work who make a commitment to save for quite a while to buy a new Mac in order to own one outright. Apple knows this well -- we helped haul them through the dark, decade-old days back in the 90's.

And now there's this. Oh, the MagStay PRO. Where you can hide tiny things, smaller footprint, keeps it safer in the laptop bag, etc.

I own a late-2007 MacBook Pro, and let me tell you nothing short of the Richter Scale is going to dislodge the stock MagSafe adapter, unless someone kicks it out with some physics behind them. As intended. The real advance in power adapter technology was made by Apple on the MacBook Air, where it connects flush in relation to the horizontal axis of the hardware, as opposed to sticking out the side. Savvy engineering.

Besides, I put my machine inside a Marware sleeve inside a Samsonite hard case (I live in Alaska, and you can fall on the ice), so I'm a little outside the loop on latte protection for the Mac.

If you're worried about trip protection on your portables, Apple's stock MagSafe on the Pros and Macbooks should make the grade. If you're really worried, we'll be seeing new machines of both kinds by summer, with serious redesigns. Just get one now if you need one: both portables are great.

And if you're worried past this, move the notebook to a safer place.