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SAughton
Dennis Magazines
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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_________________flickr | facebook | twitter
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| Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:10 pm |
 
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RedFlames
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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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bobbdobbs
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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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rubicon
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When I saw the headline I thought: "Oooh, Apple has started reselling the Mac Portable, aka the Mac Luggable".
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SAughton
Dennis Magazines
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I thought it was one of my better headlines (not that the competition is particularly intense). Not as good as the last line though. _________________flickr | facebook | twitter
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| Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:32 pm |
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rubicon
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There is an expression Down Under "to s*it a brick", which would make the headline rather interesting indeed. 
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SAughton
Dennis Magazines
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And Up Above too—that’s the expression I was thinking of at the time. _________________flickr | facebook | twitter
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rubicon
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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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cloaked_wolf
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A brick. Apple. I just cannot stop laughing.
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stuartpengs
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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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monkeyphonix
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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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gavomatic57
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I wonder if the brick will overheat before apple release a firmware update for it??
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paulzolo
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Depends if it’s an air brick or not, I suppose.
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gavomatic57
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tombolt
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That's what I saw it as. Great headline Simon.
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