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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?

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  1. Like warm apple pie... by indros13 · · Score: 0, Troll
    Hmm, so what would warm Apple Powerbook feel like?

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  2. Apple Crisp by Root+Down · · Score: 1, Troll

    Was there a crumb topping?

  3. A great testimony to Apple Computers. by nlinecomputers · · Score: 0, Troll

    Only Apple could combine the best hardware and most stupid end users.

    Baked Apple? Now I've seen everything. And I thought most Windows users were stupid.

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  4. Re:WTF? by LoudMusic · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well yeah, me too. But it's not NEWS. If the shit happens all the time, how is that new? People are idiots 24/7 (:

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  5. Why is this news for nerds? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Nerds don't do this.

    Oh, now I get it. Ok, Apple users do it. Sorry! :)

  6. You guys are so easy to fool by Papa+Legba · · Score: 2, Troll

    Check the pictures guys. It's very obvious that they did a screen swap to a lower body. This whole thing is a huge fake. Want proof?

    Check all the pictures labeled warped screen. You will notice two things. Their is a plastic IR cover to the right and an RCA plug to the left. Both are made from the same plastic as the keys of the keyboard, which if you remember correctly completely deformed in the oven.

    Both of these peices of plastic show NO deformity. Also the white plastic of the RCA plug has not even turned brown at all. This is a total fake.

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