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March 18, 2008

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Charlie Rose saves MacBook Air, does not save face

Posted Mar. 18, ’08, 11:40 AM PT by Aayush Arya
Category | Apple » People

Charlie Rose black-eyedWhat would you do if you were falling face first onto the street? You’d stretch your hands out and prevent the fall, of course. But what if you had a brand new MacBook Air in your hand? If you were Charlie Rose, you’d let your face take the hit in order to get your MacBook Air away from the scene unscathed.

If you watched The Charlie Rose Show yesterday and were wondering what the black-eye was about, you now know that it was the Mac love kicking in and, for once, that wasn’t a good thing. He was strolling down the 59th Street in New York and tripped on a pothole. Apparently, when it comes down to saving your face or a MacBook Air, the notebook comes first.

We are of the caring and curious sort, so naturally we wanted to know how the poor notebook was doing: the show’s producers assured TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington that it’s just fine. There were some blood stains on it, but those were just Charlie’s. Nothing to worry about!


3 Comments

David Matthews said:

Just as we're born with natural instincts, our brains know when its' holding a Mac product. Our instincts automatically kick in and knows to protect our beloved Macintosh. So I don't think that Mr. Rose actually thought about saving his Macbook Air. Glad to here the Macbook Air is ok.

March 18, 2008 2:47 PM
Scooter said:

Of course he made a conscious decision! We have to assume he has health insurance, so his co-pay for the treatment for the eye was probably $50 or $100, and a little bit of embarrassment (but much love from tech-types). Had the MBA been damaged in the fall, he'd be looking at over a grand if not more to get the case repaired, the internals looked at, etc. All in all, a good trade. Plus, don't think Steve and Co. are sending him get well and thank you cards adorned with Apple freebies galore from now 'til eternity...

March 18, 2008 5:43 PM
Dave-O said:

He made the right choice. As sweet as Apple products are, they don't quite heal themselves yet.

March 18, 2008 10:30 PM

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