Macbook 60w Vs Macbook pro 60w

I have a 13 inch mac book pro. and i recently just lost the charger that came with the laptop.
My friend told me he had an extra laptop charger fom his macbook and it 60w as well
I happily took it because that saved me like 70 dollars, but then i started seeing stuff about using and macbook 60w on a macbook pro will blow the laptop.
is this true?
whatst he major diference? i assumed because they are both 60w, there would be no difference.
any help i will greatly appreciate!

Heyyitsluis,
I don’t think that that’s true — the Apple 60 W MagSafe Power Adapter is used for both MacBooks and non-Retina 13-inch MacBook Pros. As long as you’re not using the 45 W MacBook Air adapter, you should be fine.

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