I found a quarter in my Macbook Pro?

[Karnicopia]

I think it serves some kind of purpose and for apple to machine a part it would cost more than a quarter so they said screw it let's just use a quarter.

 

[paaj]

Probably. Maybe something anti-resonant.

Or an inside joke. Let's put a Canadian quarter in there and count the seconds until someone notices.

 

[Timmy D]

there was a Canadian quarter in the old iPods as well. it helped to keep the noise down on the hard drive. That was also, a fix for an iPod. You could also fold a business card into quarters and place it on your hard drive.

 

[Cape Dave]

I am Canadian.
Voila!
(Yeah, there's water there...stinking cat knocked water from a nightstand onto the bed/macbook, it's sitting in rice...)

That is the strangest thing I have ever seen. And it is not the cat's fault

Also, maybe Apple has too much money and they are getting rid of it. Slowly. LOL!

 

[fs454]

You'd think there was some sort of law against using money as a component in a retail product, no? Same way you can't rip a dollar bill or write on them legally. Wouldn't it have been a much better choice for them to just throw some sort of shim in there? (especially something that would cost less than 25 cents per unit to make)

 

[Brookzy]

You'd think there was some sort of law against using money as a component in a retail product, no? Same way you can't rip a dollar bill or write on them legally. Wouldn't it have been a much better choice for them to just throw some sort of shim in there? (especially something that would cost less than 25 cents per unit to make)

Precisely! Especially considering disposal and laws around defacing money. Most bizarre.

 

[enzo thecat]

Whats really bizarre is that the one bought in Canada had a Canadian quarter in it while the ones purchased in American had American quarters.

 

[fs454]

Willing to bet this was probably a "release it now with a quarter or delay it 3 weeks while we machine a new weighted shim for each unit" kind of deal.


Ah well - glad optical drives are done for.

 

[choreo]

My guess is that these were units sold by "Value Added" resellers?

 

[Cape Dave]

My guess is that these were units sold by "Value Added" resellers?

OHHHHH. Dude. Good one

 

[Macalway]

Geesh, talk about jury rigged.

At least they 'invested' in the fix. Dell it would be a rock. (or just a bag of dirt)