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undocumented 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.
by userbinator 8mo ago
undocumented
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."
- sysguest 8mo agoidk you can just use simple liquid-container or sticker? maybe apple was preparing for "carrying-around laptop experience"?
- XorNot 8mo agoThat's an entirely different product build path compared to the electronics production line though. If a pick and place machine can drop it on and reflow it, that's what you want.
- sysguest 8mo agowell it would be hardened when contact with air or something see "Shipping Damage Indicators"
- altairprime 8mo agoDid it park the drive heads?
- consp 8mo agoBack in the days this was to lock up the hard disk read/write head. Maybe a relic from those times instead?
- userbinator 8mo agoApple is not known for backwards-compatibility, and they were already using SSDs in their laptops long before switching to ARM.
- tpmoney 8mo agoFrom elsewhere in this discussion, it's likely for the motion sickness functionality they added in recent years: https://support.apple.com/en-om/guide/mac-help/mchla3c4f1da/mac https://support.apple.com/en-om/guide/mac-help/mchla3c4f1da/...