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Teaching Enrichment with Apps for Kids Classroom, Part One

Michael devised a curriculum using Apps for Kids Classroom. Apps for Kids is an ecosystem of apps designed to take children as young as four through the engineering workflow, and excite them about design possibilities. The Classroom interface allows educators to create self-contained classes, where students can design and share their projects in one digital space. It allows for better organization and lets educators keep tabs on what their students are working on. And Michael put his students to work.

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Sara Zuckerman

Sara Zuckerman is a Content Marketing Specialist in Brand Offer Marketing for SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works.

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FIRST Tech Challenge – Kick off the 2019-2020 season with SOLIDWORKS

The 2019-2020 season, FIRST® RISESMpowered by Star Wars: Force for Change, is setting out to inspire citizens of the galaxy. Throughout history, great civilizations have risen, then fallen. Now it’s our turn to rise—building and bolstering our own planetary metropolis. The

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Sara Junghans
Senior Manager, Education and Early Engagement at DS SolidWorks Corp.

Just a working mom with three kids trying to find the happy balance of life!

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Teaching Enrichment with Apps for Kids Classroom, Part Two

Michael Steeves is a Senior Product Introduction Manager at SOLIDWORKS who volunteers to teach an after school enrichment class at his daughter’s elementary school. He utilizes Apps for Kids Classroom to teach the students about 3D modeling, printing, and more. In Part Two of his story, Michael gives other educators advice on how to best use Classroom to teach.

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Sara Zuckerman

Sara Zuckerman is a Content Marketing Specialist in Brand Offer Marketing for SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works.

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Get Spooky with the #Shapetober Riff Off!

Throughout the month of October, you can tag your Apps for Kids, xDesign, or xShape creations on social media with the #Shapetober and SOLIDWORKS Education will share your models with the world! This year, we want to include everyone in on the fun with our Apps for Kids #Shapetober Riff Off! Find the skull model created by SOLIDWORKS EDU below in the Apps for Kids public gallery, riff it, add something weird or fun to the design, and then share publicly with the world! At the end of October, we'll see what kind of crazy model this Riff Off has wrought!

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Sara Zuckerman

Sara Zuckerman is a Content Marketing Specialist in Brand Offer Marketing for SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works.

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3DEXPERIENCE World – Building tomorrow today with our Education Community

On February 9-12 2020, SOLIDWORKS is hosting 3DEXPERIENCE World, at Music City Center in Nashville. We have some great things planned for our education community! 3DEXPERIENCE World will bring together thousands of designers, engineers, educators and students united by the desire to

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Sara Junghans
Senior Manager, Education and Early Engagement at DS SolidWorks Corp.

Just a working mom with three kids trying to find the happy balance of life!

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Building a Deck with SOLIDWORKS Weldment Tools, Part One

In this Part One of Building Deck with SOLIDWORKS blog, intern Brian explains the different steps on how he built a deck using SOLIDWORKS.

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Brian Craven

Brian Craven is a Solidworks Education Intern working in the Dassault Sytemes 3DExperience Lab in Waltham. He is a Mechanical Engineering student at UMASS Lowell. Brian is excited about using this blog to showcase interesting and creative utilizations of Solidworks products. In his free time Brian enjoys building Jeeps for offroad-use and hiking.

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Steampunk 1577 Changes Lives with Electric Wheelchair Kit Designed in SOLIDWORKS

FIRST Robotics Competition Team Steampunk 1577 started the FRC revolution in Israel and their mission is to impact people who were not previously interested in STEM, and help them grow. They are one of the most influential FIRST teams in Israel, both with their robots and their community outreach projects. One of those projects, of which the team is incredibly proud, is their creation of a low-cost electric wheelchair kit, designed in SOLIDWORKS.

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Sara Zuckerman

Sara Zuckerman is a Content Marketing Specialist in Brand Offer Marketing for SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works.

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FIRST Teams Rise with SOLIDWORKS Sponsorship and Kit of Parts

SOLDIWORKS is a proud sponsor of over 1,000 FIRST Robotics Competition teams worldwide, providing free software and support to teams of all sizes, from rookies to well-established robot builders. We are excited to continue our support during the 2019-2020 season, FIRST ® RISE powered by Star Wars: Force for Change. And we’re ready to empower FRC teams during INFINITE RECHARGE.

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Sara Zuckerman

Sara Zuckerman is a Content Marketing Specialist in Brand Offer Marketing for SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works.

The post FIRST Teams Rise with SOLIDWORKS Sponsorship and Kit of Parts appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.




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Danielle Boyer Makes STEAM Fun with The Engineering Design Club

Discover how STEAM advocate Danielle Boyer created the Engineering Design Club in her hometown and used SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids to make learning STEAM more enjoyable.

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Sara Zuckerman

Sara Zuckerman is a Content Marketing Specialist in Brand Offer Marketing for SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works.

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Building Careers and Appreciating Teachers with SOLIDWORKS Certification

Kent Allison changed directions as a high school teacher when he discovered SOLIDWORKS. Now he is one of the leading SOLIDWORKS certification providers in Colorado and his students' are able to grow their careers and skip college courses by becoming Certified SOLIDWORKS Associates (CSWA).

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Sara Zuckerman

Sara Zuckerman is a Content Marketing Specialist in Brand Offer Marketing for SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works.

The post Building Careers and Appreciating Teachers with SOLIDWORKS Certification appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.




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Creating a Guitar Stand from Scratch Using SOLIDWORKS, Part 1

Fab Lab intern Matthew Desrochers created a guitar stand for the Lava Drop X xDesign Edition electric guitar. In Part 1 of "Creating a Guitar stand from scratch using SOLIDWORKS" blog learn about how he planned and created a guitar stand using SOLIDWORKS.

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Matthew Desrochers

Matthew DesRochers is a SOLIDWORKS Education Engineering Intern working in the Dassault Sytèmes 3DExperience Lab in Waltham. He is a Mechanical Engineering student at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. In his free time Matt enjoys working on his Volkswagen and screen printing.

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Teaching and Learning SOLIDWORKS from the Kitchen Table

With school closed due to COVID-19, my husband, David, is transforming his SOLIDWORKS-based courses, labs, and senior design projects to be delivered online to his engineering students at WPI. Our kitchen has become “command central”  to new instruction delivery methods

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Director of Education & Early Engagement, SolidWorks at Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation

Marie Planchard is an education and engineering advocate. As Senior Director of Education & Early Engagement, SOLIDWORKS, she is responsible for global development of content and social outreach for the 3DEXPERIENCE Works products across all levels of learning including educational institutions, Fab Labs, and entrepreneurship.

The post Teaching and Learning SOLIDWORKS from the Kitchen Table appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.




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Remote Learning with Apps for Kids Classroom

School closed? Teaching remotely? We can help! SOLIDWORKS Education created a playlist of Apps for Kids videos made specifically for educators who are teaching their students remotely. Teachers looking for a STEAM solution for children ages 4-14 can use Apps for Kids Classroom to teach students about STEAM concepts and the engineering workflow.

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Sara Zuckerman

Sara Zuckerman is a Content Marketing Specialist in Brand Offer Marketing for SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works.

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Creating a Guitar Stand from Scratch Using SOLIDWORKS, Part 2

#3DEXPERIENCE Lab intern Matt Desrochers created a guitar stand for the Lava Drop X xDesign Edition electric guitar using SOLIDWORKS. In Part 2 of this series, learn how he planned and created a guitar stand from scratch.

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Matthew Desrochers

Matthew DesRochers is a SOLIDWORKS Education Engineering Intern working in the Dassault Sytèmes 3DExperience Lab in Waltham. He is a Mechanical Engineering student at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. In his free time Matt enjoys working on his Volkswagen and screen printing.

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Aero Design Series – Stock Wheel – Part 1: Intro and Initial Mockup

In this case, we will be reproducing a wheel in SOLIDWORKS based on measurements of the actual part. This tutorial series will span the full design process, from initial mockup all the way to final details.

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Matthew Gruber is an alumni of Concordia University's Aero Design and Design/Build/Fly teams in 2015 through 2017, having joined after gaining an interest in helicopters and airplanes from living in Alaska.

Now is in his 3rd year in the airframe stress group of the 525 helicopter program at Bell and with 1 year of internships at Bombardier behind him, he credits the hands-on learning and team project experiences in SAE and D/B/F as the most formative in his path towards aerospace engineering. Being able to create in programs like SolidWorks and then to build into realization is one of the most rewarding aspects of engineering.

In his spare time, Matt likes backcountry snowboarding with his family dogs, bicycling for commuting, mountain trails and touring, looking for music and hanging out with friends and family.

For fun, for practice, and for a connection with the education and University communities and you the students, Matt is stoked to bring you these aero design video series.

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Educators, Students Join the 3DEXPERIENCE Open COVID19 Community

The COVID19 virus may have disrupted your classroom education.  But now researchers, educators and students can be part of a global community of designers,  engineers, and volunteers that join together to fight the virus. The Open COVID19 community is a

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Director of Education & Early Engagement, SolidWorks at Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation

Marie Planchard is an education and engineering advocate. As Senior Director of Education & Early Engagement, SOLIDWORKS, she is responsible for global development of content and social outreach for the 3DEXPERIENCE Works products across all levels of learning including educational institutions, Fab Labs, and entrepreneurship.

The post Educators, Students Join the 3DEXPERIENCE Open COVID19 Community appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.




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Apps for Kids at Home: Give Kids a Creative Outlet with the Print It App!

So you’re stuck home due to social isolation. Maybe you’re a teacher trying to teach remotely, maybe you’re a parent working from home. And you’ve got kids knocking around who need engagement, need to learn, need to do something that

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Sara Zuckerman

Sara Zuckerman is a Content Marketing Specialist in Brand Offer Marketing for SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works.

The post Apps for Kids at Home: Give Kids a Creative Outlet with the Print It App! appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.




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Teaching and Learning 3DEXPERIENCE and SOLIDWORKS From Home with Open COVID19 Community

David’s Engineering Design project-based class at WPI is online.  At home, we have been making face shield frames with multiple Sindoh 3DPrinters for local hospitals and medical centers, documented through the Open COVID19 community. More information on Open COVID19 Community

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Director of Education & Early Engagement, SolidWorks at Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corporation

Marie Planchard is an education and engineering advocate. As Senior Director of Education & Early Engagement, SOLIDWORKS, she is responsible for global development of content and social outreach for the 3DEXPERIENCE Works products across all levels of learning including educational institutions, Fab Labs, and entrepreneurship.

The post Teaching and Learning 3DEXPERIENCE and SOLIDWORKS From Home with Open COVID19 Community appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.




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Apps for Kids at Home: Teach Remotely with Free Classroom Curriculum

Apps for Kids Classroom comes with free educator resources and lesson plans designed for different age groups. There are over a dozen pre-written lesson plans available for download that include sample 3D models to start educators and students off right.

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Sara Zuckerman

Sara Zuckerman is a Content Marketing Specialist in Brand Offer Marketing for SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works.

The post Apps for Kids at Home: Teach Remotely with Free Classroom Curriculum appeared first on SOLIDWORKS Education Blog.




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Credit to the non-financial sector

Advanced preliminary release for Q4 2019 quarterly data on total credit to the non-financial sectors; comprising private non-financial sector and general government for 44 economies and regional aggregates have been updated. Data are available for the following borrowing subsectors: general government, private non-financial sector (series on credit from domestic banks as lending sector are also available), non-financial corporations and households. Data are presented in three versions: in billions of local currency and US dollars, and as a percentage of GDP.




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Credit-to-GDP gaps

Advanced preliminary release for Q4 2019 quarterly data on credit-to-GDP gaps covering 44 economies have been updated. These time-series data show the difference between the credit-to-GDP ratio and its long-run trend, which can serve as an early warning indicator of financial crises. As input, the data used are the credit-to-GDP ratio as published in the BIS database of total credit to the private non-financial sector. The credit series capture total borrowing by the private non-financial sector (ie households and non-financial corporations) from all sources.




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Basel Committee publishes stocktake report on climate-related financial risk initiatives

BCBS Press release "Basel Committee publishes stocktake report on climate-related financial risk initiatives'", 30 April 2020




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Climate-related financial risks: a survey on current initiatives

This report summarises the main results of a stocktake conducted by the Basel Committee of its members' initiatives on climate-related financial risks.




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Dealers' insurance, market structure, and liquidity

We develop a parsimonious model to study the effect of regulations aimed at reducing counterparty risk on the structure of over-the-counter securities markets. We find that such regulations promote entry of dealers, thus fostering competition and lowering spreads. Greater competition, however, has an indirect negative effect on market-making profitability.




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Releasing bank buffers to cushion the crisis - a quantitative assessment

Banks globally entered the Covid-19 crisis with roughly US$ 5 trillion of capital above their Pillar 1 regulatory requirements. The amount of additional lending will depend on how hard banks' capital is hit by the crisis, on their willingness to use the buffers and on other policy support. In an adverse stress scenario such as the savings and loan crisis, banks' usable buffers would decline to US$ 800 billion, which could support US$ 5 trillion of additional loans (6% of total loans outstanding). Yet in a severely adverse scenario, similar to the Great Financial Crisis, the corresponding figures would be only US$ 270 billion and US$ 1 trillion (1.3% of total loans).




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Luis de Guindos: Presentation of the European Central Bank Annual Report 2019 to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament

Introductory remarks (by videoconference) by Mr Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the European Central Bank, to the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament, Frankfurt am Main, 7 May 2020.




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On the instability of banking and other financial intermediation

Are financial intermediaries inherently unstable and, if so, why? To address this, we analyse whether model economies with financial intermediation are particularly prone to multiple, cyclic or stochastic equilibria.




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Equities: A Clash of Narratives

Equities are likely to keep trading in volatile ranges until the many conflicting narratives in the market give way to a singular message for investors.




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The Duration Risk in Equities

Equities have rallied since 2017 and yet the expected growth in dividends has declined since then. Is the fall in long-term interest rates to be blamed?




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Equities: Will Early Trends in Select Sectors Last?

Information technology, health care, and consumer discretionary stocks that outperformed in the last decade have done well in the first four months of 2020.




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Immigration and the fear of unemployment: evidence from individual perceptions in Italy

Bank of Italy Working Papers by Eleonora Porreca and Alfonso Rosolia




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Time-frequency forecast of the equity premium

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers by Gonçalo Faria and Fabio Verona




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Workers, capitalists, and the government: fiscal policy and income (re)distribution

Bank of England Working Papers by Cristiano Cantore and Lukas Freund




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Central Bank Digital Currency - Objectives, preconditions and design choices

Netherlands Bank DNB Occasional Studies by Peter Wierts and Harro Boven




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Dealers' insurance, market structure, and liquidity

Bank for International Settlements BIS Working Papers by Francesca Carapella and Cyril Monnet




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Quantitative easing and the price-liquidity trade-off

European Central Bank Working Papers by Marien Ferdinandusse, Maximilian Freier and Annukka Ristiniemi




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The impact of information laws on consumer credit access: evidence from Chile

Central Bank of Chile Working Papers by Carlos Madeira




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This Pandemic Is Bringing Another With It

More suffering is ahead for the developing world.




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McDonald’s Workers in Denmark Pity Us

Danes haven’t built a “socialist” country. Just one that works.




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The Best Photo Editing Software for 2020

Whether you're a casual smartphone shooter or a professional using an SLR, software can get the most out of your images. We help you find the best photo editing software for your needs.




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Asus ROG Zenith II Extreme

If you're willing to pay the (necessarily) big bucks to create a new TRX40-based Threadripper desktop, few motherboards on any platform can match the Asus ROG Zenith II Extreme for sheer robustness and feature set.




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America’s Parasite

Frankly, Trump doesn’t give a damn.




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Joe Says It Ain’t So

With partisan goggles, we plunge back into the muck.




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Psychology student credits success with Mont Alto's strong focus on research

Amanda Moore, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, is on track to graduate from Penn State Mont Alto this May with a degree in psychology. She credits her academic success with Mont Alto's strong focus on research and varied program offerings.




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Penn State Mont Alto donates hundreds of PPE items to medical community

As college campuses closed and the COVID-19 virus began casting a larger shadow in south central Pennsylvania, members of the nursing and physical therapist assistant programs at Penn State Mont Alto took stock of all the medical personal protection equipment (PPE) items in their labs. The two programs were supplied with hundreds of gloves and dozens of medical gowns and masks, plus other items such as disposable stethoscopes, shoe covers and safety glasses — items no longer needed as the campus transitioned to remote instruction.




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Peacocks and Vultures Are Circling the Deficit

The only fiscal thing to fear is deficit fear itself.




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Penn State nutritionist shares tips for feeding kids while stuck at home

Balancing finicky kid appetites with proper nutrition can be a challenge in the best of times. But now, with the majority of schools and day cares closed across Pennsylvania, many parents working from home, and schedules thrown in disarray, it may seem downright impossible. A Penn State nutritionist offers tips for feeding kids during stressful times.




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Five Nittany Lions selected in 2020 NFL Draft

Five members of the Penn State football team were selected in this past weekend's NFL Draft, marking the third straight year that the Nittany Lions have had at least five draft picks.




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NHS contact tracing team reportedly mulls switch to Apple-Google API



In what could herald a course reversal for the UK's National Health Service, health officials in that country have reportedly asked a team of developers to "investigate" switching its contact tracing app to a cross-platform API provided by Apple and Google.




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Top-spec 13-inch MacBook Pros can handle 87W adapters, but benefits are limited



Apple's higher-end 13-inch MacBook Pros are equipped to take advantage of 87W power adapters, though users won't see any charging speed benefits from the change.