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1. #268338
   On March 18th, 2008 at 2:59 pm, Vic said:

   A shattered MacBook Air is $1700 down the drain – that’s just for the stock model.
   Bruises heal.

   I’ll take the bruises.

2. #268340
   On March 18th, 2008 at 3:01 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

   I would’ve done the same thing.

   I love my MacBook Pro.

3. #268341
   On March 18th, 2008 at 3:03 pm, Kevin from Ohio in Virginia said:

   I’ll take the bruises too, but that’s just so I won’t have to use the Mac.

   Please, please, PLEASE don’t make me use a Mac, mister! I’ll do whatever you want. Fall headfirst down the stairs. NO PROBLEM.

4. #268344
   On March 18th, 2008 at 3:06 pm, NeoConNews said:

   That really looks like it hurts. Are we sure he isn’t a victim of spousal, candidate, or reporter abuse?

5. #268348
   On March 18th, 2008 at 3:09 pm, RobM1981 said:

   “Chicks dig scars,” or so Hollywood tells us…

6. #268354
   On March 18th, 2008 at 3:21 pm, Izuko said:

   The expression we have in construction is “protect everything, but skin grows back.”

7. #268355
   On March 18th, 2008 at 3:21 pm, Yashmak said:

   Considering I once face-planted to avoid falling on and breaking a paintball gun, I’d probably do the same thing Charlie did. . .if I could ever bring myself to buy anything by Mac.

8. #268357
   On March 18th, 2008 at 3:25 pm, ChePibe said:

   I always knew Michelle had good taste, and now I have evidence. Good laptop choice!

   But I’m not so sure it’s worth the pain and suffering either. I screwed up my left knee (permanently) to save a laser printer, so now I’m more likely to sacrifice the lappy than myself.

9. #268359
   On March 18th, 2008 at 3:28 pm, Regulus said:

   How the Mac avoided the fate of the BetaMax and HD-DVD is a mystery. Ordinarily, when an industry settles on a standard (in this case an operating system), the loser in the competition goes away.

10. #268360
    On March 18th, 2008 at 3:29 pm, W_over_w said:

    . . . had it been my Dell XPS M2010, he’d be dead. Just sayin’ . . .

11. #268368
    On March 18th, 2008 at 3:32 pm, Thomas said:

    Maybe Rhandi Rhodes snuck up behind him.

12. #268406
    On March 18th, 2008 at 3:59 pm, Barry F. said:

    I typically buy protection plans on my computers, if they get damaged. Do they not offer that for the MacBook Pro?

13. #268413
    On March 18th, 2008 at 4:05 pm, bloghooligan said:

    i’d dive into a thicket of razors to save a macbook air…

    and #9, because Mac, unlike Betamax or HD-DVD has always had an interactive cult following. not to mention, while Windows sured up the business processing market, Mac sured up the graphics design market. and since the iPod, Mac’s marketing has been phenomenal; couple that with people getting fed up with Windows and programs being offered for both platforms, Mac’s here to stay.

    besides HD-DVD was simply inferior, while Betamax was a superior technology, but marketed poorly.

14. #268445
    On March 18th, 2008 at 4:43 pm, Mooseman said:

    The only good thing about a Mac is the OS. Other than that, wrap a chain around it and it makes a great anchor for my kayak.

15. #268455
    On March 18th, 2008 at 4:47 pm, graysonret said:

    With his income, protect the face. The Mac can be replaced, and the hard drive rescued. My income isn’t anywhere near his, but I’ll protect the face first. My laptop is insured.

16. #268458
    On March 18th, 2008 at 4:50 pm, OneofThem said:

    Can I trade? I just have an old iBook G4. Still love it, though.

17. #268463
    On March 18th, 2008 at 4:52 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Poor guy can’t afford another one if he breaks this one? I’d see if it survived the fall…and what’s he doing with three phones? Oh yeah, two ears and a mouth.

18. #268512
    On March 18th, 2008 at 6:04 pm, jamesgreenidge said:

    IceBook Raises Hand!

    On March 18th, 2008 at 4:50 pm, OneofThem said: Can I trade? I just have an old iBook G4. Still love it, though.

    Hey, still using my 900mHz G3 iceBook — since ‘03! Not into the PC-Mac War; I simply chose the machine that most resembled my ‘87 first love and most advanced (and terribly malmarketed PC of all time) — the Amiga! Ah, like back then, Amy would’ve left both PC and Macs in the dust hadn’t Commodore f’ed up!!!

    Sigh!

    James Greenidge
    Queens NY

19. #268513
    On March 18th, 2008 at 6:04 pm, Alphonse said:

    For my black eye, I made up a story about being abducted by aliens, who in the course of examining me temporarily removed one eye to insert electrode probes. I actually had one guy believing it (or else he was a bigger kidder than me).

    How about hanging on to an expensive violin?

    On January 16, 1995, Pine was disembarking from a commuter train run by the Chicago-area Metra agency on her way to teach classes at the school. The doors closed on the strap of her 378-year-old Amati violin case, and Pine was dragged more than 300 feet as the train started. Terrified passengers finally succeeded in alerting the engineer, but her left leg was severed above the knee, and she lost part of her right foot.

20. #268530
    On March 18th, 2008 at 6:31 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Or landing on your Stradivarius and smashing it after falling down the stairs…

21. #268537
    On March 18th, 2008 at 6:48 pm, CowboyBebop said:

    I probably would have done the same thing and I only have a MacBook.

22. #268608
    On March 18th, 2008 at 8:18 pm, The Ugly American said:

    Well….at nearly $2000, I’d probably face plant too.

    Have yet to make the grand leap towards a MacBook purchase but I do love my iMac.

23. #268609
    On March 18th, 2008 at 8:19 pm, The Ugly American said:

    What….no Mac-haters yet?

    I’m sure they’ll be along shortly ; )

24. #268652
    On March 18th, 2008 at 10:05 pm, Mooseman said:

    On March 18th, 2008 at 8:19 pm, The Ugly American said:

    What….no Mac-haters yet?

    I’m sure they’ll be along shortly ; )

    Look a bit higher, my anti-Mac post is there

25. #268659
    On March 18th, 2008 at 10:24 pm, BrianNY said:

    MacBook Air, hmmm? What’s the frequency, Charlie?

26. #268771
    On March 19th, 2008 at 7:09 am, palladin said:

    Joy of Tech has a comic about the new “Charlies Rose AppleCare Protection Plan”

    http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/17/charlie-rose-face-plants-to-save-his-macbook-air/

27. #269460
    On March 19th, 2008 at 8:02 pm, sassyassdad said:

    Ah, yes. Macbook Pro, the only way to go. I’m sad it took me over 20 years to make the move from Windows to Mac. (Even though my elder son has been trying to make me understand for all of that time.) I’m sixty and don’t like the idea of a face plant, but my Macbook Pro is pretty important. Hope I don’t have to face that particular choice.