Border security guards kill -- literally kill -- a MacBook

[Pikarya]

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Young American woman travels over to Jerusalem to meet some friends, see the sights, live the life. Overzealous border security officers ask her a bunch of questions, take issue with her answers, and a few well-placed bullets later she is allowed entry into the country with a somewhat altered MacBook in tow. So what can we all learn from this incident? Firstly, back up all the data you consider important; B, Israeli policemen don't mess about; and 3, distressed laptops look gorgeous no matter how they got there -- just look at the way the glass trackpad has wrinkled up from the force of the bullet penetrating near it, it's a borderline work of art.

The young lady in question has been promised compensation, but lest you think this is a one one-off you can see pictures of an equally dead Dell at the Flickr link below. We've got a couple more close-ups of the ravaged MacBook after the break.

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http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/a...ill-a-macbook/

lold

[Omniyoji]

Holy shit!

Looks to me like shoot first, ask questions later...

[Ragnell]

wat

[deshende]

Nice to see that Electra was nimble enough to dodge the bullets.

[Calina]

Holy shit!

Looks to me like shoot first, ask questions later...

"shoot first, shoot later, shoot some more and then when everybody's dead try to ask a question or two"

lol

[Korietsu]

I saw this. I have to say. It's a fucking travesty. Amazingly enough, what they were trying to destroy is fully intact. Amusingly enough, they do need to shoot the MBP's to kill them. Even being run over they survive.

[Blabj]

I saw this. I have to say. It's a fucking travesty. Amazingly enough, what they were trying to destroy is fully intact. Amusingly enough, they do need to shoot the MBP's to kill them. Even being run over they survive.

Solid block aluminium CNC milled cases FTW.

Pretty daft that they thought shooting it would be the easiest way. Removing the hard drive takes like 20 seconds (if you have the little screwdriver handy...)

[Pikarya]

Removing the hard drive takes like 20 seconds (if you have the little screwdriver handy...)

Screwdrivers obviously don't exist in that region.

[Korietsu]

Solid block aluminium CNC milled cases FTW.

Pretty daft that they thought shooting it would be the easiest way. Removing the hard drive takes like 20 seconds (if you have the little screwdriver handy...)

You're questioning Muslims. Let's think about this.