Slick new machines--meant to appeal to consumers who buy computers by poking and prodding showroom models--have helped the tech giant suck up market share over the past year.

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So finally we were pinching him and poking him and prodding him.

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After the poking, joking and prodding would come a shot of Steve retreating, tumbling, shouting, hands up to his face, as the creature came after him.

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Propping her limp body into a sitting position, they began poking, prodding, and speaking to her sharply while she, with eyes rolling wildly in fear and confusion, angrily flailed at them trying to get them to leave her alone so she could go back to sleep.

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