Hi Ben,
All my PB's has had the "schuko" grounded plug (plug with two round pins and grounding on the sides). A lot of other things (like laptops) does not have the grounding though, but all Power Book cables has had it. I don't know how my new iBook's plug is though. It came with the white square power supply that looks just like my Airport Express Base, but the guy I bought it from had lost the plug. He preferred a longer cord, so he used a standard power cord. Neat how they now use a standard power cord with the small standard plug so you can just buy any power cord at places like the Radio Shack... Do you know if you can buy the plug for the white adapter, without buying a whole new adapter?
I'm guessing but I suspect the US cord that comes with the white PB power adapter is grounded for code reasons. Just why the wall wart adapter isn't ground, I don't know. But I suspect the reason for a standard power connector inside is so you can use a two wire cable with it, even if perhaps Apple can't sell it that way.
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Clark Martin
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