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This looks icky - for a select few MacBook folks...

Nov 27, 2007 1:55AM PST

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You can bet...
Nov 27, 2007 2:07AM PST

These are used in more than Apple products.

-> The upside to this is it will only affect people who don't backup.

Bob

PS. Whoops, that could be worse than I initially thought. People outside our office never seen to have a backup. And about half think that backups are something that happens when you put your car in reverse.

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Almost certainly
Nov 27, 2007 3:45AM PST

these drives are used in other devices, not just Apple.

Look what happened with Dell batteries!

Not good news though.

P

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(NT) PS. Thanks for posting this. Didn't make it on my radar.
Nov 27, 2007 4:14AM PST