To nurture a community vibe at its retail stores, Apple Computer encourages customers to hang out and play around with the equipment. The stores are pretty liberal: Customers can stay as long as they want, surfing the net, checking e-mail or videoconferencing for free.
But when it comes to running an unofficial hardware test lab, Apple draws the line.
Last week, Apple barred webmaster Robert Morgan from using the Macs at his local Apple Store as a performance test lab -- right after Morgan published tests results for the iMac G5 that contradict Apple's claims for the machine.
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