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Old August 13th, 2008, 08:32 AM
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Fire At Apple

There was a fire at Apple last night. You can start to read about it at the AP News brief. More articles are coming online now,
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Old August 13th, 2008, 09:16 AM
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I guess the fire was a three alarm because the fireman had to sign NDAs before going into the building (this was a joke).
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Old August 13th, 2008, 10:03 AM
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Must have been those G86 nVIDIA chipsets that overheated.
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Old August 13th, 2008, 11:27 AM
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Must have been those G86 nVIDIA chipsets that overheated.
Ouch! I hope I'm not going to have to carry a fire extinguisher around with my MacBook Pro now...

(Mind you, if it does go... ever seen that episode of Fawlty Towers where Basil goes berserk with his car? )

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Old August 13th, 2008, 11:32 AM
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Some have said the fire was in the R&D department, whilst others have said it was in the Information Systems & Technology department.

CBS are currently showing a few videos relating to the fire.
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Must have been those G86 nVIDIA chipsets that overheated.
Shhhhhh! I'm trying to sell mine today!
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Yeah, that was not the R&D building. A/C unit malfunctioned.
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Old August 13th, 2008, 10:18 PM
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Oh wow, was anyone hurt?
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