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This MacBook Air was sold by the Californian iTech Systems on Ebay for $730. As it that wasn’t bargain enough, the notebook appears to be an Apple prototype with a temporary plastic botton casing and a misplaced power button. The full listing reads more like a typical Chinglish Ebay description:
The deficiencies known at the time of testing are described here, but this does not preclude the item from additional deficiencies not know to us at the time of inspection.
The Hinge of the LCD is Losing, the Bezzel of the LCD is a litle open on the top corner (see picture more clear)
Unit test and boot fine working perfect. The only problem is Hinges are losing both hinge (something losing inside, we don’t see any broken out side). The picture Belown here is actual unit. So please ask any question before bidding. The Screen LCD look perfect (no dead pixel, no scratches, no blemmis). The outer Case is migh have a little scratches or migh be a little dent from a normal used.
This is Great Unit if you know how to fix both hinge or great parts if using for parts. And also this laptop current run 10.4 Tiger.
Yes, Tiger, an OS that never shipped on the Air. It actually turns out that the Air was running a pre-release build of OS X 10.5 Leopard, rather than Tiger, but for 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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