Mar 11, 2015 9:21 PM

The True* Origin Story of the New MacBook

How did Jony and Tim dream up the design of Apple's new, crazy-thin MacBook? Turns out, it was a happy accident. Aaaaiiiiii!

*This is almost certainly not true. But it is definitely funny.

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