It reported itself missing and was thus recovered from a self-disclosing IP node.
Why won't Apple do that for my stolen MacBook?
Why won't Apple do that for my stolen MacBook?
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Prototype Laptop Stolen from Apple in December?
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It dont belive that new prototype can't be stolen from Apple HQ unless you driving a TANK. Plus it was missing for 2 weeks before noticed...loled
It wasn't two weeks, it was 50.
1/1/09 to 12/18/09.
Ninjas?
Probably not..
Perhaps some assassins came in to save the day.. maybe the prototype wasn't an apple laptop.. maybe it was actually the apple..
Apple computers.. how could we ever have been so silly? They're bloody templars!
Thank God the assassins have retrieved the Apple
note: people who are playing AC2 will know what the hell I'm talking about
PowerBook G5!?!?
Damn, and here I was thinking we were finally gonna see the prototype PowerBook G5. Alas, I'll need to keep waiting for the next person to steal a prototype from Apple, maybe that one will be the PBG5.
-Brian
Damn, and here I was thinking we were finally gonna see the prototype PowerBook G5. Alas, I'll need to keep waiting for the next person to steal a prototype from Apple, maybe that one will be the PBG5.
-Brian
Ninjas?
Probably not..
Perhaps some assassins came in to save the day.. maybe the prototype wasn't an apple laptop.. maybe it was actually the apple..
Apple computers.. how could we ever have been so silly? They're bloody templars!
Thank God the assassins have retrieved the Apple
note: people who are playing AC2 will know what the hell I'm talking about
LAUGHING BEST POST EVER!!
Hahahaha. I agree with you. Silly thinking, now wonder to them PCs are so great!
Could it be referring to this?:
http://www.fakesteve.net/2010/01/the-tablet-is-freaking-us-all-out.html
http://www.fakesteve.net/2010/01/the-tablet-is-freaking-us-all-out.html
Zohmygawd, mybe it woz a Powerbook Gee Fi..... Sorry I'll stop!
It's unfortunate that those thieves arn't as massive nerds as us whose immediate thought isn't the kudos they would receive from a few forum lurkers, but how much money they could make selling on a street corner.
However, i would have thought that this $100,000 price tag is based mostly on trade secrets and technological advances that if in the hands of a company that could backward engineer it, would be worth said price in R&D. So in reality it was probably just a slightly buffeted sleeker macbook, covered in product code stickers.
edit:
difrance001 explained my suggestion well and i missed his comment. Must not skim read!
It's unfortunate that those thieves arn't as massive nerds as us whose immediate thought isn't the kudos they would receive from a few forum lurkers, but how much money they could make selling on a street corner.
However, i would have thought that this $100,000 price tag is based mostly on trade secrets and technological advances that if in the hands of a company that could backward engineer it, would be worth said price in R&D. So in reality it was probably just a slightly buffeted sleeker macbook, covered in product code stickers.
edit:
difrance001 explained my suggestion well and i missed his comment. Must not skim read!
Someone got fired, didn't turn in the prototype or took it home, and Apple had to involve the authorities after the terminated employee refused to give it up.
Plus it was missing for 2 weeks before noticed...loled
Actually that doesn't sound too surprising. Given the likely secrecy of working at apple, its likely you might not know what the guy working down the hall is working on. Maybe some manager went to take inventory once a month (or to have them destroyed after a prototype cycle) and found one missing.
All that article means is that the theft was reported during the time period from 12/7/09 to 1/3/10 -
CUPERTINO WEEKLY SUMMARY 12/7/2009 - 1/3/2010
You guys can really be ridiculous; its obvious you've never built anything electronic before.
Whenever I order circuit boards for projects, each time it is a unique spin I get charged several thousand dollars in NREs, non-recurring expenses. These include all the different levels of tooling from the board to holding the board during assembly to SMT solder stencils.
A laptop has more than one PCB... plus it has unique aluminum and plastic parts, which also take time, materials.
While Apple does have prototyping facilities, and these NREs may be smaller since they do it internally; they still are factoring into this price the cost of their employees and the millions of dollars of equipment they bought to build their prototypes.
I've had assembled circuit boards the size of my hand that in small runs their costs are over a thousand dollars yet building 1000 of them the cost would be $200 or less, this is not uncommon at all.
Whenever I order circuit boards for projects, each time it is a unique spin I get charged several thousand dollars in NREs, non-recurring expenses. These include all the different levels of tooling from the board to holding the board during assembly to SMT solder stencils.
A laptop has more than one PCB... plus it has unique aluminum and plastic parts, which also take time, materials.
While Apple does have prototyping facilities, and these NREs may be smaller since they do it internally; they still are factoring into this price the cost of their employees and the millions of dollars of equipment they bought to build their prototypes.
I've had assembled circuit boards the size of my hand that in small runs their costs are over a thousand dollars yet building 1000 of them the cost would be $200 or less, this is not uncommon at all.
Ninjas?
maybe the prototype wasn't an apple laptop.. maybe it was actually the apple..
Does Jobs carry the staff?
Since the founding of America no less. First they mess with the English language in the most bizarre ways, then they decide for no apparent reason to change the date format from dd/mm/yyyy to mm/dd/yyyy. *sigh*