Border protection guards kill — literally kill — a MacBook

December 15th, 2009 | Category: Gadget Corner

digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/apple/Israeli_security_guards_blow_up_woman_s_MacBook’; Young American woman travels by to Jerusalem to meet some friends, see the sights, live the life. Overzealous border security officers ask her a bunch of questions, take issue with her answers, and a few well-placed bullets later she is allowed entry into the country with a somewhat altered MacBook in tow. So what can we all learn from that incident? Firstly, back up all the documents you consider urgent; B, Israeli policemen don’t mess about; and 3, distressed laptops look gorgeous no matter how they got there — just look at the way the glass trackpad has wrinkled up from the force of the bullet penetrating near it, it’s a borderline work of art. The young lady in question has been promised compensation, but lest you think that is a one one-off you can see pictures of an equally dead Dell at

the Flickr link below. We’ve got a couple more close-ups of the ravaged MacBook after the break.

[Thanks, Itai N.]

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