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Baked Apple

Posted by pudge on from the mmmmm-powerbook dept.

Aaron Steele writes "Okay, I work at an Apple Authorized Retailer and we just had a lady come in to see if we could fix her PowerBook G4. She walks in the store and comes up to me, 'Sir, I've got a baked Apple.' The top of the screen was a little brown and warped. The lady opened up the machine and the screen was all cracked, and there was not a single key left on the keyboard. It turns out she had the machine in the oven for 20 minutes, baking at 400 degrees. No joke. And what's even more amazing. The machine still works. Ethernet, Modem, USB, it all works. Plug in an external monitor and keyboard and it's good as new ... almost." Am I the only one for whom this conjures up images of Shrinky Dinks?

8 of 586 comments (clear)

  1. Why? by Megane · · Score: 2, Redundant
    So did you think to ask her why she did it?

    P.S. The picture seems to be slashdotted into oblivion now.

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  2. Bad Link by graphicartist82 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This one should work.. http://homepage.mac.com/aaronsteele/PhotoAlbum6.ht ml

  3. Working URL by chabotc · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It could be worth pointing out that the correct URL is http://homepage.mac.com/aaronsteele/PhotoAlbum6.ht ml here.

  4. Why? by sql*kitten · · Score: 1, Redundant

    . It turns out she had the machine in the oven for 20 minutes, baking at 400 degrees.

    Did she say what she was trying to accomplish by doing this? I'm really curious.

  5. Apple crisp recipe by Joey+Patterson · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Ingredients:
    One Apple PowerBook G4
    One "dumb user"
    One computer store employee
    Thousands of Slashdotters

    Preparation instructions:
    1. Bake Apple at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
    2. Post the baking of the Apple on Slashdot.
    3. Have Slashdotters attempt to bring down mac.com.
    4. Profit?

  6. Baked by TheJesusCandle · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Methinks the powerbook was not the only thing that was "baked"

  7. Mac folk is city dwellers but they're on the level by asciirock · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...removed it from the kiln but then it end up getting trampled on by a herd of wild elephants. Well, I thought the hurricane and being blowed up woulda finished it off but gol'dang it the little feller booted into osX like a charm. I tells you these Apple computers sure take a lickin and keep on tickin'. Guh. Drool.

  8. another possibility: by Hubert_Shrump · · Score: 0, Redundant

    maybe it had ants in it?

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