Interesting... I agree that seems to contradict what our Apple representative has been telling us (the guy is the Army-wide sales rep, not some random customer-service individual). In any case, the government research lab where I work has a requirement for buying all mac assets from Holman's for the reasons stated above-and in coordination with Apple I'm told. It would be a good thing to know here if it is actually not the case that there is only one path to this end. If your interested, message me directly and I'll give you the rep's contact info.
Sort of. There is only one Apple-sanctioned reseller that provides this solution-Holman's (www.holmans.com). Last time I checked, it costs 75$ and they claim it is reversible -ie they don't break anything. We have several of their camera-free macbooks. It has it's problems though as you actually 'loose' your Apple warranty. Holman's assumes the warranty so your actually covered but you have to ship the goods to NM for service. Additionally, you don't remove the camera, they just disconnect it. So your 12$ hour security guard may not be convinced that it actually doesn't work.
See http://lists.apple.com/archives/Fed-talk/2006/Dec/msg00049.html
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Interesting... I agree that seems to contradict what our Apple representative has been telling us (the guy is the Army-wide sales rep, not some random customer-service individual). In any case, the government research lab where I work has a requirement for buying all mac assets from Holman's for the reasons stated above-and in coordination with Apple I'm told. It would be a good thing to know here if it is actually not the case that there is only one path to this end. If your interested, message me directly and I'll give you the rep's contact info.
Sort of. There is only one Apple-sanctioned reseller that provides this solution-Holman's (www.holmans.com). Last time I checked, it costs 75$ and they claim it is reversible -ie they don't break anything. We have several of their camera-free macbooks. It has it's problems though as you actually 'loose' your Apple warranty. Holman's assumes the warranty so your actually covered but you have to ship the goods to NM for service. Additionally, you don't remove the camera, they just disconnect it. So your 12$ hour security guard may not be convinced that it actually doesn't work. See http://lists.apple.com/archives/Fed-talk/2006/Dec/msg00049.html
I've used berg before also. I like mcmaster also but we go there fore hoses and mops-not precision mechanical parts.