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Thieves Clear Out NJ Apple Store In 31 Seconds

Posted by timothy on from the you're-soooo-specific dept.

theodp writes "An amazing surveillance tape of a burglary in progress at a New Jersey Apple Store shows five perps in masks smashing the plate-glass doors at 2:05 a.m., signaling to the security guard that they had a gun, and clearing off the display tables with the efficiency of a Indy 500 pit crew. The take: 23 MacBook Pros, 14 iPhones and 9 iPod touches in 31 seconds flat. Estimated value, based on average selling price: $46,345. No word yet on whether Microsoft's Laptop Hunters have alibis."

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  1. ObComment by girlintraining · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple Store's next product release: iRobbed.

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    1. Re:ObComment by Mauzl · · Score: 5, Funny

      I expect the price Apple sets for iRobbed will be iWayrobbery.

  2. Well, the ads do say "Get a Mac", not "Buy..." by daybot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some thieves broke into my college's computer labs and stole all the four-year-old iMacs. They turned their noses up at the brand new Dell Precisions in the same lab...

  3. Yeah, but- by FlyingSquidStudios · · Score: 5, Funny

    if they were smart, they would have stolen AppleCare too. It's a really good value.

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  4. Re:On the bright side... by Clever7Devil · · Score: 5, Funny

    The joke's on the thieves really. I hear that by the time they made it back to the hideout 13 of those iPhones had cracked displays.

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  5. Re:Yes, but by Kratisto · · Score: 5, Funny

    HEY! Apple's hardware is made to a higher standard. My Macbook is a luxury computer. It's the Ferrari of laptops... Not the engine, but... like... the logo.

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  6. quick release power connectors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Steve Jobs notes the quick release power connectors, making the job up to 3 times faster than a PC.

  7. You're not kidding, check out CNN's take by RalphBNumbers · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quoth CNN's article:

    The magsafe cords detached instantly, offering no resistance and leaving power sockets undamaged.

    Finally, the stiff unibody shells meant that the villains could grab the notebooks one-handed from a corner with no flexing, and no risk to the internal circuitry, the tough aluminum bodies resisting the jostling clanks inside the sacks.

    And so we see that it is true that Apple really does design for the end-user, with small efficiencies that all add up. Thanks to Apple, the scoundrels managed to load up their booty 23 Macbook Pros, 14 iPhones and nine iPod Touches in just 31 seconds.

    MacBooks: Laptops for a better class of criminal!

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  8. Re:On the bright side... by e2d2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes but those iPhones were treated incorrectly by the perpetrators. The one that exploded in the one guy's pants pocket was not supposed to be carried outside of a fashionable case. Everyone knows that sheesh.

  9. The newscaster's commentary made my brain bleed. by jpstanle · · Score: 5, Funny

    He talks about the burglars being "savvy enough to wear masks" and being able to distracting an unarmed security guard. Last time I checked, these sorts of tactics qualified as being "not retarded," but not quite "criminal mastermind."