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With pentagrams in every body MacBook Pro's are inherently EVIL
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 13 2012 @ 01:47 PM EDT
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MacBook Pro means being literaly locked out of your own computer
Authored by: Patrick Corrigan on Thursday, June 14 2012 @ 01:52 PM EDT
I grew up taking apart (and sometimes putting back together) old radios and TVs.
I learned the basics of electronics because I could see the discrete components
(vacuum tubes, resistors, capacitors, etc.) that made these devices function.
Because of this I understood how electronic devices worked. It was then easy for
me to understand how solid state systems worked, even though I could no longer
see the discrete components.

Later in life I spent a number of years as an auto mechanic, again taking things
apart and putting them back together.

Today I build my own computers and have taught my son to do the same.

The common thread is the ability to tinker. This is what Apple is trying to take
away from us, which is ironic if you look back at the origins of the company in
the Home Brew Computer Club, a group of tinkerers.

Long ago I noticed that new experiences allow some of us to broaden our
perspective, while others are only able to shift theirs. Steve Wozniak was
obviously the tinkerer, and without him Apple just shifted rather than broadened
its perspective.

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MacBook Pro means being literaly locked out of your own computer
Authored by: DebianUser on Thursday, June 14 2012 @ 07:05 PM EDT
Just the other day I satisfied my shiny toy lust by picking
up a core 2 duo refurbished macbook from the local surplus
electronics outlet at a good price. My old toshiba laptop
with faulty trident video has stretched my patience too far.

The macbook updated to Lion with no problem, and the case
can be opened with a quarter coin if you want to replace the
battery or upgrade the ram or disk drive. I generally have a
fairly low opinion of Apple's business methods (as opposed
to their shiny toy skills) but they have outdone themselves
in customer alienation with this move on the new macbooks.

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