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userbinatortoday at 7:14 AM3 repliesview on HN

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The one thought that comes to mind is this: "Your warranty claim was denied because we determined that the laptop was subjected to a sudden shock."


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consptoday at 7:23 AM

Back in the days this was to lock up the hard disk read/write head. Maybe a relic from those times instead?

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sysguesttoday at 7:19 AM

idk you can just use simple liquid-container or sticker?

maybe apple was preparing for "carrying-around laptop experience"?

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altairprimetoday at 7:20 AM

Did it park the drive heads?