“Not id the thieves, or their fences were smart enough to erase the EPROMs and re-load them. (or in the case of Pentium 4s, replacing the processors)”
Agreed, if the thieves/fences were that crafty. Out of 67 lost CPUs, though, there’s no doubt a few would show up w/original MACs. No?
Since most thieves are basically lazy and stupid, yes.