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67W vs 96W Power Adapter Dimensions? Which is overall better?

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67W vs 96W Power Adapter Dimensions? Which is overall better?

rhyzome

macrumors 6502

Original poster

Apr 2, 2012
I’m itching to get a 14” mbp but am undecided on my power adapter.

Does anyone know the exact dimensions of these adapters? They are strangely not listed on Apple’s website.

Overall which adapter do you think is best to go with a 14” mbp?

Im a little torn between the tradeoff of faster charging but (I assume) a larger heavier adapter and potentially more battery degradation?

JPack

macrumors G4
Mar 27, 2017 10,068 17,913
67W | 74 x 74 x 28.6mm | 205g

96W | 80 x 80 x 28.6mm | 299g

Overall, the 67W better in terms of power to weight ratio. It should be rare that you need to fast charge at 96W.

rhyzome

macrumors 6502

Original poster

Apr 2, 2012
67W | 74 x 74 x 28.6mm | 205g

96W | 80 x 80 x 28.6mm | 299g

Overall, the 67W better in terms of power to weight ratio. It should be rare that you need to fast charge at 96W.
Interesting, yes thats an important ratio. I kinda was assuming thered be a bigger difference than .6 cm tho lol

I guess I could use a third party one for situations when I want something more portable?

Im strongly considering getting a studio display as well, so I figure if I really crave fast charging I can just hook it up to that

Fred Zed

macrumors demi-god
Aug 15, 2019 4,577 5,541 Florida Unfortunately
What's the least power output required to keep the 14 charged and running?

JPack

macrumors G4
Mar 27, 2017 10,068 17,913
Even 30W will keep the computer running and slowly charging. Keep in mind when Apple bundles the adapter, they take in to consideration the user might run at full brightness under full load with stuff connected on both TB ports (15W x 2).

doolar

macrumors 6502
Nov 25, 2019
I have the 67W one with my 14". It's perfectly fast enough. And since the battery life of these laptops are so amazing, I don't really see much benefit with faster charging. It will be on a rare occasion that I'll need to charge quickly.

OTOH if you know that you'll burn through the battery during the day, sure, I'd go with the faster charger. I sometimes top off my 14" with a 30W adapter btw, it works fine, but slow-ish of course.
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teh_hunterer

macrumors 6502
Jul 1, 2021
What's the least power output required to keep the 14 charged and running?
I know I'm late to the party, but I found even my iPad's 20w charger was enough to slowly charge my 14" Pro while I was using it.

I doubt it would be able to charge it while running a game, or something intensive like video editing, but I was able to run a whole bunch of programs including a long zoom call and it slowly charged up.

I no longer bother carrying the 67 watt charger during a work day. I almost never need to plug in to a charger when at work when I'm using it on a docking station most of the day anyway, so it wasn't worth carrying a heavy charger around.

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