"I spent $2000 on a MacBookPro but was too cheap to buy the warranty. So when the logic board (or something really expensive) crapped out I decided to make a cool video instead of shipping it out under Apple's flat-rate facilitation repair for only a few hundred dollars."

madog

This is the first stage to becoming a serial killer.

BiZarRroBALlmeR

Even a broken macbook pro sells for decent money on ebay. He could have sold it and been halfway to the lowest end macbook....

thechansen

I cry at the environmental impact of this. I do hope he recycled the tiny, tiny, burned pieces when he was done.

bjacobel

@thebear91 if it made sense no one would watch it because you would have seen it already

Zomb

was that Chris Cornell?

se.genius

Looked like Cousin It with an Axe.

Curves

That blooper reminds me of when Gimli tried to hack the One Ring to bits with his axe. With the Macbook just sitting there normally and the poor guy getting owned... smoke clearing... the eerie music...

pardyhardy

Cheer that man.

Seinosuke

I dont think i have the heart to do this to a Macbook Pro maybe a Thinkpad but not a macbook pro

bwilliams18

If this would get trimmed down a bit, the music revised to sound just a bit more sad and mushy, and the text "Have you ever seen a grown man cry?" superimposed before the shots of the MacBook getting beheaded, this would make for a wonderful Apple ad.

I'm serious. Transgressive art holds a load of untapped potential in the advertising industry.

DisposableInterloper

HARDCORE

Pablos102030

But why? Throwing away good money seems retarded. Even if it was dead, it's still worth it's weight in parts.

I'm not saying this because I'm a Mac fan, but I just don't see the point.

thebear91

Nutbastard!! HOW COULD YOU!!!

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge

THIS should be the new Microsoft ad.

Skorpius

@Chester_Copperpot: thats like my favorite line! I love how this is right next to the "Upgrade to a Mac" ad

gamecrazychris

Thats a sad, sad video :(

Makes you want to cringe.

Jon B.

God it feels good to be a gangster....

Chester_Copperpot

This just makes me think of Zoolander...

"They're in the computer?"

:|

MIKEAWESOME

Fastest minivan - Sorry...I just happen to be into 80s turbo Dodges! He's run 11s since that page was created and is now the fastest minivan we know of.

CSX321

Why? Seriously, why? I can understand smashing an old car (that's going to the crusher anyway) to relieve tension and stress. That makes sense. There's no additional waste, and something comes out of it.

This just wastes decent parts that could revive other MacBook Pros. Had it been a laptop that had no hope of being parted out to fix another, or was doomed to be crushed in some other manner anyway, then I'd have no gripe. But I can guarantee that the MacBook Pro still has a market for parts. Artsy or not, I disapprove (not that it matters).

C.S.M. Technophile

5-7 years and no older.

madog

And for those who don't know, the flat-rate repair program will fix anything wrong with the laptop, even it's Apple's super pricey $800+ logic board for just $3-500 depending on model. Accidental damage is NOT covered under this plan, so they will not do it if you do [or just charge you $1000 in order to fix the cosmetics, which would be mandatory]. Also, older machines are not covered [about 5 years or older].

madog

1. The 30fps look is distracting, please convert to 24fps. Also, the overall pacing wanes. Please use a variable speed effect to prevent this.

2. Sound effects are tired, as are flashes/jump cuts - needs more thought.

3. The location has no production value. Please submit a list of options for a reshoot.

4. Main character has no sex appeal/style, looks very 1990's cliche. Need to recast with an attractive female?

5. The overall metaphor is a bit muddled. David and Goliath? Who is who here? Who has ultimately triumphed? From my perspective it could go both ways. message here needs to be fleshed out and clarified.

6. Not sure and axe vs. a Macbook really provides the epic battle we're looking for. To easy to break apart. Consider revising with a Mac Pro or Apple storefront. Bonus if you axe Justin Long!

Please get back to me with a new script and shooting schedule asap. We'll cover some of the more nit-picky notes (lighting/camera) after we nail the rest down.

I'll be leaving early on Friday to go to the lake house so please coordinate with my asst. asap.

Best.

The Terminator

I watched this on my MBP...and safari froze.

Dreadfish

The hard drive was taken away....

If you want to do a "smash my gadget" video at least do it right*

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*Complete specs

Twenty5

I watched this on the 15.4 inch screen of my beloved Macbook Pro and asked myself one question for the entire duration of 1 minute and 47 seconds: Why?

TheSonOfKrypton

O.O...nooooooooo!!...that was painful to watch.

smeee

It's The Last of the Mac-hicans

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

@Skorpius: LOL. It would be effective.

Mericana

I could care less if they smash their shit. It's just a waste of time really. You can only fight the man soo much.

swoyekr

Each time I see one of these videos the I die a little bit inside.

Bauer22

I would be much happier if they had done that to a child. I know, I'm cruel. I couldn't even get through the whole video of the MBP!

ipodrulz

And that's why we let bad apples go to waste as composte ;)

cowpop

My first comment just appeared 12 from the top. The machine had a few good parts harvested from it, but overall it was completely ruined by vomit.

Thanks for all the comments, I'm glad I could provide some entertainment. :-)

slowedmotion

Hahaha, sweet, I'm the guy who made this. Just to put your hearts a bit at ease, the Macbook Pro had been vomited directly into, so the entire thing was hosed in terms of recovery (not to mention the health hazard of taking it all apart). Some good parts were salvaged, but it was headed for the garbage, so I rescued it and put it to a more dramatic use.

slowedmotion

@maztec: I'm 23. It was a ruined machine. I intentionally didn't explain the circumstances on the video so that people would assume crazy things and work themselves into a frenzy for no good reason.

I'm a computer technician, so I value all of my electronics... "wander" no more. ;-)

slowedmotion

@thebear91: He's a teenager. What the hell else do you expect? I bet his parents buy him a new one. And we wander why the children of today do not value what they own.

maztec

That blooper video was wicked sick

BarkoNorwang

@vgart: I think more sad is sadder than the video

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge

I think the HAIR is more sad than the video....

vgart

You guys do realize that the guy standing up here in the comment section, jumping up and down, waving his arms over his head while screaming, "I MADE THE VIDEO" is the guy who made the video, right? :-) I mean, he explains why the MBP was hosed right near the top of the comment stack...

Personally I prefer the blooper vid over the ax attack vid.

Toshie

FINISH IT! OMG that was therapeutic <3

Ezzy77

eh... even if the vomit totally broke the computer wouldn't apple still take it in for recycling?

It's strange how I was fine with the smash videos until it was my computer model (my baby!) up there on the chopping block.

LazyPanda

@Kaiser-Machead on the Edge: Nutbastard wouldn't use an axe, unless there was a gun duct taped to the axe. Actually, I think he'd be more careful so he could extract the components and mod his Segway to run Linux.

johnnyabnormal

i was crying while watchin tht ad...every hit that poor macbook pro took made a tear come out of my eye...next time if you hate something that much, just contact me and i'll buy it off u!...bastard!

Mirza

Haha. It's funny how people have said they cringe over watching a laptop get destroyed. I'll be honest I did a little bit too but then I realized...

It's a laptop. Yes it's an overpriced and expensive laptop but it's a laptop just the same. I liked this video because it made me think of how much I might be attached to my computers, tv, etc...

It seems that Mac users are more attached to their computers than PC users (probably because PC users have tons more problems.)

Anywho..I need to be e-mailing this off to my friends who use Mac's just to cause them some pain. Muhahahaha

Greatbam

Still probably could have sold the LCD for a few hundred =\

madog

If you were a real technician and really 23 you would know that vomit can be cleaned from ANYTHING! Maybe not the smell, but then again that wouldn't be as bad as the iBook G3/early G4 keyboard glue.

Kids these days... with your MTV, and skateboards, and....... and..... spiralgraphs.

madog

@slowedmotion:

"He choked on his own vomit?"
"No, he choked on someone else's vomit."

gadjitfreek

@Greatbam: You should only cringe if the data wasn't backed up. :)

johnnyabnormal

That's a fake! Did you see how it already looked broken AFTER he smashed it a few times! SO FAKE! Photoplop!

:-P

Stacky Botrus

@madog: Indeed, vomit can be cleaned from just about anything non-porous, so the "shell" of the MBP was nearly salvageable; however, all of the electronics were extremely corroded due to the acid involved, and neither I nor anyone else involved wanted to risk catching some horrible ailment from the putrid slurry that had befallen the machine.

I wanted to rescue the LCD as well, but in transport from storage to the recycling truck, the LCD was damaged (you can see a big round "spot" on the LCD where it had failed on the video) and thus unrecoverable. I rescued it from the truck before it departed to the land of wind and ghosts.

I have had far more fun with it than would otherwise be possible with the money gained from selling it for parts, so I consider the sacrifice completely worthwhile.

slowedmotion

it's supposed to be a stab at consumerism. as much as i love my gadgets, i do seldom feel a little discomfort in the thought that my obsessions are for mere plastic/metal.

majorbabu

Boy, I called it; there are more peoiple whinging here already than were spazzing about flying squirrels.
It's a POS macbook. STFU.

AmishJohn

I have to say, I'm not impressed.

Axes are designed for cleaving and I didn't see any cleavage in that clip.

(Did you see what I did there?)

spittingangels

@slowedmotion: Am I the only one intrigued to hear how the laptop was puked on in the first place. Be honest....2 girls 1 cup?

klusta

I threw up a little in my mouth. I need to rush home and comfort my poor defenseless MacBook Pro. There's a raving axe murderer on the loose!

Shame on you Gizmodo for showing snuff films! ;)

smegz

@The Terminator:
Bravo...bravo!

smegz

@klusta: No idea, but I can only assume it was a combination of a handle of vodka, an enormous Mexican dinner, and a bit of 2g1c.

slowedmotion

Can't believe i loved the video that much...
The jumping dude in the blooper video is also funny.
Best Apple news since the iphone's 'will it blend' video.

Edi_bOMB

That was pretty pretty.

TheAstronot

I could really have used one of the cooling fans -- this MBP has a noisy fan.

And I hope he cleaned up all those toxic, environmental pollutants.

YMMV

All the expensive parts were removed. Boo!

bluSCALE4