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I had my bag stolen in San Jose, CA in 2022. Contained in the bag along with an iPad and other work items, were AirPod Pros. The AirPods pinged and located the thief in Hayward, CA at a residential address. I called and reported it to the San Jose police to follow up on my earlier report of the theft and loss, and the police said - “Oh, it probably gone now so you can just call back on Monday between the hours of 8am to noon, to update your case number report…. In other words they had no intention of doing anything - and they said as much directly to me on the phone with the provided information……they did absolutely nothing! Very disheartening - but not at all surprising.

rob53 said:

Does this mean the NSA, CIA, FBI and all the other entities will have to stop using their copies? I would like to know how many copies of these systems have been sold to the US government as well as state and local police forces.

No -  This in my view is standard tactics. It means that the government publicly repudiate these entities and disavow the use of these tools to all entities outside the government, but within government its business as usual - including the use of such tools. This is all about control, and outlawing the use of such tools by private citizens/enterprise with the exception of government. The efforts will now continue, but covertly - all while the public at large believe the narrative. This is really a subterfuge tactic.

docno42 said:

auxio said:

Very nice!  I'm so tempted to pull the trigger on a similar machine...

Don't wait too long or you won't get it until next year.  I just refreshed and now shipping dates for that config are Dec 10 - Dec 23rd (!)

Yes - wouldn't wait too long. I noticed when I placed my order, the eCommerce site seemed to be a bit laggy - bogged down no doubt because of all the traffic perhaps?

Tuubor said:

Holy crap these first commenters are negative! 😆😆 Did you guys even watch what they just announced?! These laptops whipe the floor with every notebook ever made.

Agreed - overly negative which is a pity. In my view this should be a solid home run product. As with all products there are always some compromises or features not appealing to all potential buyers - but looks to be excellent overall to me. I quickly just placed my order for 16" w 64GB mem., and 4 TB SSD - space gray - I can imagine the shipping times will quickly climb so wanted to get my order in quick in these supply chain constrained times we live in...... Should be awesome. As an aside market seems neutral to favorable to the announcement I notice for AAPL..... just as I place the order around 2:30pm EST

Child safety is of course paramount. However, why this particular product? Why not first start with ALL automotive manufacturers that provide keyless entry fobs. Many are relatively easy to get into to gain access to the button cell batteries.