Good Design - Donato

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    The xbox wire is one of the more clever innovations I've seen in wires. It has the ability to come apart near the connection to the Xbox. The purpose of this is to protect the user from potentially pulling the Xbox off the shelf if the user is moving too far away from it. This is actually really effective, it has saved me once already! It also doesn't come undone accidentally, it has the perfect amount of strength, I've never had it randomly come unplugged. So it was a basic improvement to a typical wire, with no perceived draw back, but with a huge fiscal benefit in protecting your expensive Xbox purchase!