The saminator has done it again. This time, she has gone upper class. She went for the Apple PowerBook cord. In the end, the cord won. But was injured on the play. I happened to notice while moving my PowerBook that the white block portion of the power cord that plugs into the wall was scorching hot. After looking closer, I found that Sammy had been in what could be described as a fierce battle with this little cord.

Maybe thinking it would give as easily as the Thinkpad, but the Apple wasn’t giving in so easy. First there is the extender cord that plugs into the white transformer block, this was had actually taken injury in two different place. One was cut 1/2 way through, but at no point was it a complete disconnect. Then there was the little wire between the PowerBook and the transformer. Took some minor damage, but again came out of it intact.

I was impressed. The little cord survived the Sammy attack. It still worked. I do think though that it suffered the loss of the ground return which is why it was getting so hot. Just to be safe, I celebrated by purchasing a new power cord. Much more expensive of course than the ThinkPad cord, but well worth it, if somehow Sammy realized that she could not win a battle with an Apple power supply! Another win for Cupertino!