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MacBook gets MacBaked

August 26, 2008 by Dr. Macenstein
Filed under: Photos

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I’ve always found Apple’s laptops to run fairly warm and never felt the need to pre-heat mine, however a certain “Mr. Kidd” apparently felt otherwise.

“Here’s a fun one. My buddy Kidd left his laptop in his oven while away - you know, in case of break-in or fire, it’d be safe. We’re all over after grabbing him from the airport, ready to bake some cookies. Preheat the oven to 375, start mixing the ingredients, about ten minutes later, we notice a pretty awful smell. Open the oven door and, surreally enough, there’s a laptop and a backup harddrive staring me in the face.

The cookies, however, were great.”

Well, while the melting is certainly a tragedy, it IS nice to finally see an Apple product burst into flames via user error for once.

[via Flickr]

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13 Comments on MacBook gets MacBaked

Dan Crane II on Tue, 26th Aug 2008 3:57 pm

The big questions is, did it boot up?

oh no on Tue, 26th Aug 2008 4:18 pm

i hate to be the one to state the obvious doc… but that is a mbp.
someone had to… right?

Dr. Macenstein on Tue, 26th Aug 2008 4:24 pm

DAMN IT!
Thanks oh no.
-The Doc

dizzy on Tue, 26th Aug 2008 4:28 pm

That is just a dumb enough move that I could see myself doing that. That’s okay though its about time to upgrade to a new macbook refresh anyway

Adam on Tue, 26th Aug 2008 4:36 pm

It seems people do this fairly often. iBook in oven.

What possesses people to keep things in their oven? Isn’t there a cleaner, safer, yet still hidden place to keep a laptop?

min on Tue, 26th Aug 2008 6:56 pm

“It seems people do this fairly often. iBook in oven.

What possesses people to keep things in their oven? Isnâ€™t there a cleaner, safer, yet still hidden place to keep a laptop?”

And it still boots up!!!! Hmmmm, I wonder if my iBook will do the same.

Richard on Tue, 26th Aug 2008 8:15 pm

oh god, the humanity..

err computer’ity

Alex on Tue, 26th Aug 2008 10:40 pm

I bet in a week or two there will be a guy whose work is to melt stuff. (Kinda like Will it blend!)
would’n it be super fun?

But you know this ain’t completely stupid.
If I’m going to another country, I BRING the mbp with me. If I really can’t, I leave it in the safe. If I don’t have a safe… then well… I leave it in the freaking oven. robbers will NEVER look there, and neither will curious people who have the key hahaha

and this, obviously, excludes the possibility of leaving a note in the oven’s door or telling your friends about it.

odin on Tue, 26th Aug 2008 11:14 pm

Apple actually paid them off to say this. In actuality this happened at 20,000 feet.

the_0ne on Wed, 27th Aug 2008 10:02 am

You know, with lawsuits as they are today, he could have a case here. Nowhere on my oven does it say to NOT put your laptop computer in for safety/security. Neither the dog, my 1 year old, the telephone, neighbor’s cat, my fireworks collection. Nowhere am I warned of the “you might be a dumb-ass and turn on your oven before removing such item”. Find an ambulance chaser quick!!!

chuck on Wed, 27th Aug 2008 11:54 am