In addition to blocking transmission, a box might block the "Recording of Sound" that might otherwise be stored for later piggyback transmissions. Sound Recording may be done without many of the aforementioned telltales....and a smaller battery.
Apple does not include a 2-button mouse for the same reason that they only include 256 MB of RAM.
It provides an opportunity for resellers to sell you the additional ram, proper mouse, and toehr goodies once they get you in the store. Resellers likley makes as much profic on these items as they do on the entry-level Mac.
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This actually solves another vulnerability.
In addition to blocking transmission, a box might block the "Recording of Sound" that might otherwise be stored for later piggyback transmissions. Sound Recording may be done without many of the aforementioned telltales....and a smaller battery.
Apple does not include a 2-button mouse for the same reason that they only include 256 MB of RAM.
It provides an opportunity for resellers to sell you the additional ram, proper mouse, and toehr goodies once they get you in the store. Resellers likley makes as much profic on these items as they do on the entry-level Mac.