Apple fans are finding COINS hidden in their Macbooks and they can’t explain why
Several people have spotted money lurking inside their expensive laptop computers
SEVERAL Apple fans have found coins lurking within their Macbook laptops and cannot explain how they ended up there.
The mystery of the iCoins came to light last week, when an Imgur user called greatease posted .
This mystery coin appeared to be wedged inside the computer's SuperDrive, which is used to play DVDs or CDs.
"I found a penny inside my MacBook Pro and can't work out how the f***it got there," he wrote.
revealed that several people had also found coins within their Macbooks.
Several other people found pennies or quarters , prompting the website to ask: "Is Apple putting coins inside our SuperDrives on purpose?"
Many of the people who found coins in their laptops suggested there was no way for it to get there.
On the forum of the , one Macbook owner wrote: "Today when I was taking the bottom plate off of my Macbook (for the first time ever) I noticed a canadian quarter sealed in plastic above the optical drive.
"I've never taken the bottom plate off before, it's sealed in completely, and I can't see a possible way for it to have gotten in there post manufacture."
However, there may be a rather dull explanation: the coins found their way into the SuperDrive by accident.
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In the comment beneath Gizmodo's article, one person who used to work as a technical support "Genius" at an Apple store wrote: "We’d find stuff like this all the time and 90% of the time, it was the result of kids shoving things in the optical drive.
"We’d find coins, paperclips, SD cards, you name it.
"If it was slim enough to fit in the slot, we’d find it in there."
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