1informal Used to refer to the immediate usability or functionality of a newly purchased product, typically an electronic device or a piece of software.
‘most laptops come with wireless capability out of the box’
‘console games need to be good to go right out of the box’
‘Let the developers give us, the paying, gaming public, products that are playable out of the box.’
‘We slapped it into the Vancouver mobo and had the whole thing running first time within 30 minutes of taking the motherboard out of the box.’
‘Unlike its predecessor, the console will play DVDs straight out of the box - no need for the optional extra DVD kit.’
‘This circuit seems to suit the car much better than the previous circuits and it was already good yesterday straight out of the box and I am pretty happy with it.’
‘All of this stuff should work out of the box, but as I do not really read my own feeds, please let me know if something seems wrong.’
‘The main advantage of the Mac is that is just works, straight out of the box.’
‘If somebody made an automatic shoe-lacer she'd expect it to work straight out of the box at the press of a button.’
‘To make matters worse, it's more expensive and gives you fewer necessary applications right out of the box than Linux.’
‘Most half-decent machines, even notebooks, are, out of the box, fast enough for everyday jobs already.’
‘I miss quality image management - something I had with my Sony Vaio out of the box.’
1.1US From the very beginning; immediately.
‘his family memoir was a ratings smash right out of the box’
‘It's hard to find other producers who've enjoyed such distinguished success right out of the box.’
‘Today's high school quarterback comes better prepared to shine right out of the box.’
‘In addition, they have start paying for themselves straight out of the box.’
‘Distributors didn't think that every film had to gross $150 million out of the box.’
‘I see too many publishers come in and expect to hit home runs the first time out of the box.’
‘Buckman's approach - going global right out of the box - would probably strike many as overly risky.’
‘You may not have this hot list out of the box, but you can hone it over time.’
‘To fault Mad About You for not being perfect out of the box (and it's the rare show that is) is unfair.’
‘I think we had some good chemistry, you know, between the two of us right out of the box.’
‘We had to work pretty hard to gain some speed back that we had expected to have right out of the box.’
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