While the slate itself was previously used (this isa loaner from ASUS), the Mobile Dock arrived factory sealed so I have to assume thisis characteristic of every piece of hardware.
Thisfactory closing isa symbol of the fact that those days unfortunately can't come back, and in a way, in a global sense, so to speak, it's for a good reason because the fewer of those big guzzling cars we produce, the more leverage we'll have on certain rather pressing geopolitical issues elsewhere.