{"id":992,"date":"2008-02-15T21:03:42","date_gmt":"2008-02-15T21:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/02\/when-apples-connectors-dont-connect.htm"},"modified":"2008-02-15T22:17:44","modified_gmt":"2008-02-15T22:17:44","slug":"when-apples-connectors-dont-connect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/02\/when-apples-connectors-dont-connect.htm","title":{"rendered":"When Apple&#8217;s connectors don&#8217;t connect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks back I wrote about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/02\/delays-when-purchasing-apple-hardware.htm\">Apple&#8217;s lack of clarity over delivery times when ordering a new computer<\/a>.  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