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Qinetic

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Jan 6, 2009
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So after about 3 weeks my Macbook finally came. It was quite an interesting eBay experience. I'm going to do the battery calibration when I turn it on but I have one question. It's between -5 and 0 degrees fehrenheit outside and when I opened it up it was very cold. It wasn't ever sitting outside my door but it was still pretty cold. I'm letting it get close to room temp before I turn it on. Is this bad that it came pretty cold?
 
So after about 3 weeks my Macbook finally came. It was quite an interesting eBay experience. I'm going to do the battery calibration when I turn it on but I have one question. It's between -5 and 0 degrees fehrenheit outside and when I opened it up it was very cold. It wasn't ever sitting outside my door but it was still pretty cold. I'm letting it get close to room temp before I turn it on. Is this bad that it came pretty cold?

New Aluminum Macbook?
If so, this is from Apple.com:

Electrical and operating requirements
Line voltage: 100V to 240V AC
Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz
Operating temperature: 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C)
Storage temperature: -13° to 113° F (-24° to 45° C)
Relative humidity: 0% to 90% noncondensing
Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet
Maximum storage altitude: 15,000 feet
Maximum shipping altitude: 35,000 feet

You should be fine. I had the same question a few weeks ago about an external hard drive that had been sitting at the door in the cold. Everyone here informed me that I shouldn't have any problems. It wouldn't hurt to let it get room temperature before powering it on though. Probably not necessary, but why not.
 
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