EU bans sale of Apple Macs starting 1/1/2006

The European Union has revealed it is to ban the sale and use of Apple Macintosh computers by 2006 - citing "the need for unification" in a directive unveiled today.

www.digitmag.co.uk...

Directive EU01042005, which was passed during a late-night session in Brussels, will be adopted by all member countries on January 1, 2006, and prohibits the "sale, use, resale, leasing, and hire" of Apple Macs.

[edit on 1-4-2005 by makeitso]

Ah come on guys, April Fools is only fun for 24 hours. Now its time to get back to what really matters, extreme paranoia at its best.

My favorite quote from the article :

Apple iPods are excluded from the move -- although they must be renamed EuPods...

also gotta love the author : Follie Aprilis