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Re:New iMacs run fans at full on all drives other than Apple... by tomkarlo on Thursday May 12, 2011 @01:55PM (#2541577)
I'm not saying they were designed to _prevent_ access. They just weren't chosen with a priority on home users being able to open them, because Apple doesn't expect home users to open their devices. And that's true for like 95% of users. It's not some huge conspiracy against hackers.

By comparison, if Ikea sold you a desk and used torx screws (and didn't provide a driver) that would be pretty obnoxious, so they're either going to use standard heads or provide a driver.

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Re:New iMacs run fans at full on all drives other than Apple... by wiredfool on Thursday May 12, 2011 @02:16PM (#2541672)
If if Ikea sold me a desk and used torx screws (and didn't provide a driver), I'd jump up and and down in delight, because it meant that they didn't use 4.5mm allen heads that are really damn soft, have no leverage, and still manage to strip out 3/4 the way through the project.
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