I doubt the thieves will be activating them. They'll likely offload them on the black market and the poor soul who ends up with one will have to bear the brunt of the law if they're pursued.
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$6.6 Million Worth of Apple Products Stolen on M1 Highway in the UK
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I should have thought of that
My grandpa carried one in WW2!
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Suspended
with all 4 wheels and everything.
And maybe everything else can be bricked by Apple with a keystroke, but those Mac Pro wheels man, they're untraceable as the wind and good as cash on the street.
People do everything to be the first one to post an unboxing video on YouTube nowadays.
I can't believe I'm going to write this as it sounds so pedantic but as some other people have already posted along these lines, I'm going to join in... 😉
We don't have "highways" in the United Kingdom. We call them Motorways (that's what the "M" is in "M1").
I'll get my coat.
We don't have "highways" in the United Kingdom. We call them Motorways (that's what the "M" is in "M1").
I'll get my coat.
According to that, the A14 should become M6 when crossed with M1.
'cept for 54-year-old Mike Tyson.
He thinks all this unboxing stuff is just wetarded.
They'll likely be sold shrink-wrapped and brand new to unsuspecting buyers. The buyers won't find out about the lock until the seller is long gone.
Pauly Walnuts and Christopher Maltisanti were reported in the area.
Sounds like Jimmy Conway, Henry Hill and Tommy DeVito might be involved.
Almost seven million dollars worth of Apple products have been dramatically stolen from a truck in the UK, Northamptonshire Police reports.
A truck driver and security guard were transporting a large number of Apple devices in cargo before being accosted by thieves. The incident took place at around 8pm on Tuesday, November 10, on a slip road off the M1 highway, where the driver and security guard were targeted and tied up.
In what appears to be a carefully planned heist, the truck was driven to Crick in Northamptonshire, where the thieves transferred the trailer to an awaiting truck, and left the original truck driver and security guard behind.
The truck was later found in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, where it is believed the thieves transferred a total of 48 pallets of Apple products onto a third vehicle and escaped.
Northamptonshire Police are appealing for witnesses and individuals who have been offered Apple products for sale in unusual circumstances or for suspiciously low prices.
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And the dramatic soundtrack is composed on the Korg M1.
DOnt think about it and selling them as a unit.....think about it as component form
Same as they do for cars, most of the time they strip stolen cars down for parts as they can then make more money from the singular car parts being sold to garages to repair cars than selling the whole car.....harder to trace as well
Think about the same thing for this, you want to upgrade your memory/processor.... Apple will charge $$$ your local "Apple Specialist" charges $.
Single units as you say would be bricked immediately, components a hell of a lot more difficult to
Same as they do for cars, most of the time they strip stolen cars down for parts as they can then make more money from the singular car parts being sold to garages to repair cars than selling the whole car.....harder to trace as well
Think about the same thing for this, you want to upgrade your memory/processor.... Apple will charge $$$ your local "Apple Specialist" charges $.
Single units as you say would be bricked immediately, components a hell of a lot more difficult to
These will probably be stripped down and sold for parts. Apple devices are too easily tracked for the devices themselves to be worth stealing.