Apple Tech: Swede’s iMac takes a burnin’ and keeps on turnin’
Anders Norman, literally loses his house and all his possessions, save one, in an unfortunate fire. The flames engulfed his iMac but amazingly the computer still functions! Apple’s product design and construction is astoundingly well done. Jony Ive, Senior Vice President of Design at Apple, should be proud. Source is from TUAW and Febers.se.
Read Anders’ account.
from TUAW Norman’s experience (translated from Swedish) follows: “Unfortunately, the whole house and all things in there completely destroyed, so even the iMac. What’s funny is that it is still in operation. While damaged from smoke and dust and partially melted, but yet, however in operation.
After I plugged in the burned power cord and wiped off the worst dust from the screen I pressed the melted start button. Imagine my surprise when the startup sound sings from the speakers! The screen turns on and the machine connects to the wireless network.
The mouse works flawlessly and the scroll wheel as well. Firefox starts and I take up the article from the local magazine about the fire … Fantastic!
On Friday I bought a new iMac at the Apple Store here in Umeå, which I now rejoice.”
