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Kroc Camen Nov 3, 2023

@NanoRaptor There’s no manual in the box, it’s just a solid 12lbs of floppy disks wrapped in a layer of cardboard and plastic

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Mina Nov 3, 2023

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So I got curious. The MacOS 14 installer is apparently about 13 gigabytes. So that's 1024*13/1.44 = 9245 3.5" floppies (rounded up). A 3.5" floppy apparently weighs around 20 grams. So 20*9245/1000 = 185 kilograms of floppies (408 lb).
Looked up the dimensions of a 3.5" floppy in mm and worked out the total volume: 93.7*90.0*3.3*9245*(10^−9) = 0.26 cubic metres. So you're looking at a box of floppies very roughly the size and weight of 3 averageish people.

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Kroc Camen

@anperson222 @NanoRaptor Apple finally switched to CD only after the EU started demanding that the box come with weight warnings and Apple Store staff be sent on safe weight handling courses and be provided with lifting equipment. When the American press heard of the CDs, they joked that Europeans were stupid paying for an empty box!