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BiG writes "Yes, if you were to ask me, I would put money on this. Look on MacMalls site, Outposts, any others. They have begun to advertise floppy drives 'compatible with Powerbook G3/G4'. Do you think this is infuriating Steve to no end? And these same sites are also advertising firewire devices 'fully compatible with the new iBooks'. Any ideas why? You gotta love these guys. "

TheMacMind posted a similar story last week. I think the offending copy may have already been removed but according to TheMacMind, one page read:

"12 GB hard drive kit for Apple Powerbook G3 and G4."

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