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| Author: | SAughton [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Apple ships a brick |
A US man got something of surprise when he opened the box that was supposed to contain his brand new MacBook Pro. http://www.macuser.co.uk/news/252195 |
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| Author: | RedFlames [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:17 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Apple ships a brick | |||||||||
that's the kind of thing people on fleabay do... surely apple have more inventive ways of conning people out of money.... |
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| Author: | bobbdobbs [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Apple ships a brick |
Methinks someone is going to be in trouble for this!! As long as he doesnt get into a ping pong between Apple and Best buy over who is responsible the Im sure it will be quickly sorted out now its gone public. |
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| Author: | rubicon [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Apple ships a brick |
When I saw the headline I thought: "Oooh, Apple has started reselling the Mac Portable, aka the Mac Luggable". |
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| Author: | SAughton [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:32 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Apple ships a brick | |||||||||
I thought it was one of my better headlines (not that the competition is particularly intense). Not as good as the last line though. |
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| Author: | rubicon [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:35 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Apple ships a brick | |||||||||
There is an expression Down Under "to s*it a brick", which would make the headline rather interesting indeed. 
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| Author: | SAughton [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:45 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Apple ships a brick | |||||||||
And Up Above too—that’s the expression I was thinking of at the time. |
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| Author: | rubicon [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:47 pm ] | |||||||||
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 See, my knowledge of old Apple kit meant my first thought was of brick in relation to the Portable. And here was me thinking Up Above was too classy for such things. |
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| Author: | cloaked_wolf [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Apple ships a brick |
A brick. Apple. I just cannot stop laughing. |
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| Author: | stuartpengs [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Apple ships a brick |
You know what, it came in an Apple box, with an Apple logo on it. Surely he should have guessed the price he paid was just for the box? 
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| Author: | monkeyphonix [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Apple ships a brick |
There seems to be lots of similar stories to this about just now, XBox 360 box shipped with rock in it, Wii shipped with piece of wood in it ? Presumably lot sof this stuff comes out of the same factory and some 'Saboteurs' are replacing the gadgets with things like this for a laugh. |
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| Author: | gavomatic57 [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 9:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Apple ships a brick |
I wonder if the brick will overheat before apple release a firmware update for it?? |
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:15 pm ] | |||||||||
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Depends if it’s an air brick or not, I suppose. |
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| Author: | gavomatic57 [ Fri May 01, 2009 6:42 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Author: | tombolt [ Fri May 01, 2009 11:26 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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That's what I saw it as. Great headline Simon. |
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