Apple has apparently added Facebook to the list of websites people are unable to access when playing on Macs in the Apple store.

We’ve all done it. You’re waiting for a friend to show up so you wander into a computer shop and start browsing the web on their dime. Sometimes a salesperson will walk up to you and ask you what kind of computer you’re looking for and you’ll close the Facebook tab so fast, they think you must have been watching something involving a couple of girls and a beverage container.

According to TinyComb, Apple banned MySpace back in 2007 saying that nearly 2 million people visit Apple Stores every week and the company wanted to give everyone the chance to test-drive a Mac. In other words, kids were using Apple stores to check their MySpace and not giving people who may actually want to buy a Mac the chance to try one out. Makes sense, right?

That said, blocking Facebook could be a little different, given the fact that the MySpace crowd is a little younger than the Facebook crowd. A  lot of people use Facebook to connect with colleagues and friends from work and while you’ll get the regular time wasting crowd, Facebook accounts for a huge portion of online activity for millions of people. Surely people considering purchasing a new computer will want to try out the things they do most on the models in the store to get a good feel for the machine. They’ll want to check out some news headlines, maybe sign into Gmail, watch a video on YouTube, update their twitter and more than likely check their Facebook.

While we’re all for stopping the freeloaders from clogging up test machines, we’re sure there’s an easier way to prevent people from spending an hour on the web. Perhaps limiting people to a 10 or 20 minute test-drive or restricting the amount of time customers are allowed to surf the web on machines.

After all, Apple wouldn't want its potential customers to get the wrong idea and think that Macs have compatibility issues with social networking.