Why didn't they just seal the thing in a block of polymer and put it behind a velvet rope

Why didn't they just seal the thing in a block of polymer and put it behind a velvet rope.....
By: Sydwyndir (Gun Toting Right-wing Goon; 5400)
Posted on: 06-13-2012 15:15.
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and move it from store to store under armed guard so the Faithful could look upon their icon, but not touch it?

God.

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So, no new Mac desktop as was predicted, and the official line is that the new MBP is... - Paul, 06-11-2012 18:54 (Views: 61; Replies: 35)

Soldered in RAM, proprietary SSD, glued in batteries... - Phred, 06-13-2012 15:10 (Views: 54)

I've already had 4 requests for them.... - P. Briscoe, 06-13-2012 16:35 (Views: 50)

Ya I'm just waiting - Sycraft, 06-13-2012 19:13 (Views: 58)

Man, you anti-Apple guys are so harsh. - Phred, 06-13-2012 19:47 (Views: 48)

That's seriously disappointing. [nt] - Bean, 06-13-2012 16:13 (Views: 34)

Yeah, not very good at all. I mean, you know the deal with Apple... - Paul, 06-13-2012 16:36 (Views: 53)

ease of assembly is the primary reason cars have front wheel drive.... - P. Briscoe, 06-13-2012 18:17 (Views: 46)

Hm. I'm not so sure. I'd say cost, weight, and space savings are the primary factors. - Paul, 06-13-2012 18:50 (Views: 51)

There's also the poor weather traction advantage. - Bean, 06-13-2012 18:55 (Views: 38)

True, although apart from the driveshaft/diff... - Paul, 06-13-2012 19:00 (Views: 42)

For a company originally run by hippies, they sure like disposable things [nt] - pudds, 06-13-2012 15:16 (Views: 40)

Hippies talk a lot about saving the environment. - Phred, 06-13-2012 15:41 (Views: 45)

*slacktivists.[nt] - Paul, 06-13-2012 16:30 (Views: 40)

Whoah, mellow out, dude bro. I like already signed that online petition and stuff. [nt] - Phred, 06-13-2012 19:09 (Views: 34)

Come back when you've lived in a park for a week.[nt] - Paul, 06-13-2012 19:32 (Views: 51)

Damn. Think I've only gotten up to 4 consecutive days living in a park. - Phred, 06-13-2012 19:51 (Views: 47)

I remember stumbling on an interview with Buffy St. Marie back in the mid 90s - Sydwyndir, 06-13-2012 15:27 (Views: 33)

Why didn't they just seal the thing in a block of polymer and put it behind a velvet rope - Sydwyndir, 06-13-2012 15:15 (Views: 42)

unofficial word is iMac and Mac Pro get new releases end of year or early 2013 [nt] - russ, 06-12-2012 04:02 (Views: 39)

that's nice, high end and powerful windows machines are updated and available *now* [nt] - Ordeith, 06-12-2012 04:04 (Views: 39)

With what fuckin' OS to run on them?! - Sydwyndir, 06-12-2012 06:07 (Views: 58)

What's different? What am I missing in the pic? [nt] - Phred, 06-12-2012 15:27 (Views: 34)

ubuntu? [nt] - Ordeith, 06-12-2012 14:49 (Views: 29)

LOL! You know Windoze 8 is bad if Ordeith starts recommending Linux! :D [nt] - Progressivebreaks, 06-12-2012 17:40 (Views: 26)

They Windows eighted the desktop environment a few versions back. [nt] - enet, 06-12-2012 15:28 (Views: 27)

Wait... Windows 8 doesn't force the likes of MacOS 'At Ease' on you now? [nt] - enet, 06-12-2012 08:43 (Views: 47)

But bro, they took away the Start menu. How awesome is THAT![nt] - Paul, 06-12-2012 08:29 (Views: 27)

WHERE? *looks around* [nt] - Mr. Spork, 06-12-2012 04:24 (Views: 27)

it's been updated. check the store. [nt] - Tendenzi, 06-11-2012 22:20 (Views: 48)

Stop the presses: These aren't even the E5 chips (out since March)? - Paul, 06-12-2012 01:17 (Views: 45)

LULz. "Strangely." Yeah, that's the word I'd use there. :P [nt] - Phred, 06-12-2012 15:28 (Views: 21)

OIC. Well... telling that they didn't roll it into the proceedings, in any case.[nt] - Paul, 06-12-2012 00:07 (Views: 27)

Not that surprised - Sycraft, 06-11-2012 19:06 (Views: 39)

I wonder if, now that Jobs has cooled down, they'll crank up OS X licensing... - Mr. Spork, 06-11-2012 20:09 (Views: 40)

They appear to be ceding it already to the Hackintosh market. - Paul, 06-11-2012 20:13 (Views: 42)

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