Every Mac I've every seen can message with a huge power brick, often integrated directly into the plug.
I can't plug my MacBook in under my desk because it's one two-pronged and it's super heavy so it falls down.
I don't care if it has a power brick or not, just make it easy to plug in. Bonus: a cable material that is designed to withstand years of use not months; their cables are no better than the competition and they have a crazy failure rate.
I thought this thread was about desktops. You did know that Apple sells some desktops? For example the Mac Mini, about which the original article is complaining for the wrong reasons (I agree the hardware inside is painfully obsolete and no one should buy a mac mini atm).
The Intel NUC is also a desktop (well, non battery operated) computer, not a laptop.
Those Mac wall-wart chargers are awful. You essentially have to buy the extension cable, and voila, you have a bulkier version of the power adapter every laptop comes with.
And how in the world do they not have a grounded plug?
Because they're double insulated, so no need for ground. Also with UK plugs (The superior plug type) the apple chargers are pretty great, no way they're falling out the wall then. With the US plug they're pretty annoying though.
But I have to say I do prefer the extension (which I luckily have from previous Macs).
I can't plug my MacBook in under my desk because it's one two-pronged and it's super heavy so it falls down.
I don't care if it has a power brick or not, just make it easy to plug in. Bonus: a cable material that is designed to withstand years of use not months; their cables are no better than the competition and they have a crazy failure rate.