Reseller sells early MacBook Air prototype on eBay

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Reseller sells early MacBook Air prototype on eBay
Wired: Gadget Lab found this 11/19/2008 on www.appleinsider.com (flag)
A California computer repair shop is likely to receive a call from Apple asking it to explain where it obtained an internal MacBook Air prototype that it later turned around and sold on eBay for $730. (link)

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MacBook Air Prototype Sold on Ebay
Published 11/19/2008 by Charlie Sorrel at Wired: Gadget Lab
... someone who writes "The Hinge of the LCD is Losing", we can forgive the slip. How did this mystery Mac make it out of the Cupertino campus? We don't know for sure, but MacRumors forum member brett33 is the buyer, and he's as mystified as everyone else. He's also aware that Apple may want it back: The black vans haven't shown up yet, but I have heard helicopters circling. Fake / Prototype Macbook Air [MacRumors Forums via Apple Insider] ...

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