I am having the same experience with my new Macbook Air. The connector feels way stronger than on my previous machine. Then again my last mac was a 4 year old original unibody, so the magsafe connector might have weakened a bit with age.

Same here. I'm curious if maybe some of the early manufacturing runs perhaps had weaker magnets?

berberous, your account has been hellbanned as of 23 days ago here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4224422

Why does this happen to fairly neutral comments? I've never understood it.

It's a sign of decay. No forum can last forever.

I ordered mine on the first day, so I presume it was an early manufacturing run. The magnet in mine seems fantastic. I've had no issues with it staying in. I can't, however, compare it to earlier models as this is the only MacBook I've owned or used extensively.

You'd wonder if pogue (who I usually like a lot) tested multiple units or just one. For a mechanical critique, its probably worth testing multiple units. Although with apples supply chain maybe Im totally off here

I don't know, most people are only going to buy one, so if random units are bad... that's not really much better than if only some units are bad.

Actually, that's much better because it means it's simply a quality control issue and it's thus something someone can have fixed by simply exchanging it for another (verified correct) unit.

If it is just a quality control issue, that's still sad/problematic, but it's better than a design flaw.

I have a MBPR and the connector stays in very well. I just tried "brushing" it and my laptop moved against the pressure. I'm guessing pogue generalized this issue and only has a sample of 1 (his MBA). NYT strikes again..

I'll vouch for the issue with a new MBA. I have two magsafe 2 adapters and they both exhibit this issue.

Apparently the magnet is in the laptop, so your same size is still just one, even with two adapters

This is not the first time I'm reading about the problem, and the last time, I think on reddit, the replies were mixed as well. The problem is quite shocking to me, because it's their flagship product that's totally unrepairable, so the solution will probably be to just give those affected a new device. The only reusable parts may be logic board and disk. From an environmental standpoint, and of course knowing that this is just factored into the rather high price, this makes me angry.

Yep. To add to the anecdata, my dog managed to yank my laptop off of my desk quite easily, not a month after I bought it. Everything was fine --- OK, the dog was spooked --- but my laptop was still plugged in.

Same here. I fact, in two weeks (when I brought it) is has never fallen our.

"It falls out if you tip the laptop slightly."

I agree with that part. Doesn't take much at all if it's pulled from anything beyond straight on.