Is this a hoax?

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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
See for yourself:



<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2020903080&r=0&t=0&sho wTutorial=0&ed=1020723326&indexURL=0&rd=1" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2020903080&r=0&t=0&sho wTutorial=0&ed=1020723326&indexURL=0&rd=1</a>
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  • Reply 1 of 150
    cdhostagecdhostage Posts: 1,038member
    Well, I don't know Apple hardware well enough to say whether that picture is a noraml stock logic board or what.



    But Apple definitely wouldn't give new, unannounnced hardware to someone who couldn't be trusted to not try and sell it on eBay.

    DDR RAM? Apple would want the world to know, and there's been no announcement.
  • Reply 2 of 150
    nonsuchnonsuch Posts: 293member
    His feedback says things like "Got exactly what was advertised." Hmm ... <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
  • Reply 3 of 150
    macjunkiemacjunkie Posts: 35member
    It's Dorsal, trying to support his smack habit!
  • Reply 4 of 150
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    Why is the board RED? didnt someone mention that seeded hardware has red boards somewhere?

    just a thought.

    Apple has never had 5 PCI slots and 4 ram slots on the same machine and that pic looks legit..... i dono
  • Reply 4 of 150
    bigcbigc Posts: 1,224member
    I think it's 2 MB sram
  • Reply 6 of 150
    macratmacrat Posts: 35member
    Anyone else notice the board is 'flipped' or reversed to a normal board? It would have to go on the left side of a box instead of the normal right.
  • Reply 7 of 150
    river-windriver-wind Posts: 34member
    over @ #mac, we've noted the following:

    1)it lists alot of things that the CPU has on it, but has no CPU/daughtercard to go with.

    2) advertises that it'll work with current CPU's , but current CPU's can't work w/DDR

    3)mentions that altivec can handle DP FP calculations, but the current G4+ does SP

    4)those are DDR slots



    as far as I know the last Apple mobo that was red was for the Kanga g3 laptop
  • Reply 8 of 150
    matsumatsu Posts: 6,558member
    Watch this thing. If there's a tizzy over at Apple, or we get reports of an irate Jobs maiming employees with flying cameras, that could be legitimate leak.



    It's possible that an enterprising (but not to bright) youngster decided to sell some beta equipment without thinking whether it was actually released yet or not? errr... But I think that there would only be product like that floating around if some kind of release or at least official announcement was imminent. When was that WWDC mixer again???





    OTOH, it could just be a guy having a little fun with us.



    [ 05-02-2002: Message edited by: Matsu ]</p>
  • Reply 9 of 150
    I would venture a guess that this is not legit... He says it has a 133mhz system bus. He also does not mention the speed of the DDR. These are the holes I see in it so far...
  • Reply 10 of 150
    apple.otakuapple.otaku Posts: 590member
    Just waiting for it to become an invalid item...
  • Reply 11 of 150
    Well, what can we tell from the picture...



    Definite...



    4 PCI slots

    4 RAM slots

    2 USB

    2 Firewire

    1 Ethernet



    My guesses...



    Is that a modem port next to the ethernet port? (cant tell clearly)

    Are there 2 ATA connectors in the top right?



    No clue...



    No idea whether the RAM slots are DDR. He just states that.

    The specifications section is dubious across any number of issues.

    Where is the CPU connector?
  • Reply 12 of 150
    mspmsp Posts: 40member
    [quote]Originally posted by river-wind:

    <strong>over @ #mac, we've noted the following:



    3)mentions that altivec can handle DP FP calculations, but the current G4+ does SP

    </strong><hr></blockquote>





    The ad makes no mention of Altivec handling DP, only "Powerful floating-point unit supporting single-cycle, double-precision calculations ", which describes all G4's FPU.
  • Reply 13 of 150
    burnburn Posts: 49member
    As river-wind already stated, those are DDR ram slots.. (easiest way to tell is that SDRAM has two notches along the row where the ram fits into the slot. DDR has 1) I can't really tell, but I would assume the 'opposite orientation' of connectors is simply a result of someone switching the horizontal orientation of the image.



    A small question - are all the new mobo's red? small detail really.. I just think it looks really sweet. The ad says it's not a current board though..



    [ 05-02-2002: Message edited by: Burn ]</p>
  • Reply 14 of 150
    ssmurphyssmurphy Posts: 40member
    What is with the jumper block next to the two IDE drive connectors. Also look at the single port next to the firewire ones. Could that be a FireWire or USB 2 connector?



    Also where the power connector (next to the two IDE Ports) is along with the connector for what you would think would be the front power/ program switch panel would plug in that the unit would have a hinge running long the right side of the board as shown. This would keep the cable length under control.



    This would also give more air flow to the processor if they use a case like the Quicksilver ones in use now.



    Any other thoughts?

    Later Steve



    [ 05-02-2002: Message edited by: ssmurphy ]</p>
  • Reply 15 of 150
    fotnsfotns Posts: 301member
    I believe Apple uses colored motherboards in its prototypes, like this 6100 prototype pictured at Applefritters. <a href="http://www.applefritter.com/prototypes/pdm/index.html"; target="_blank">http://www.applefritter.com/prototypes/pdm/index.html</A>;
  • Reply 16 of 150
    arnarn Posts: 21member
    [quote]Originally posted by ssmurphy:

    <strong>What is with the jumper block next to the two IDE drive connectors. Also look at the single port next to the firewire ones. Could that be a FireWire or USB 2 connector?



    [ 05-02-2002: Message edited by: ssmurphy ]</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Looks like a firewire2 connector:



    <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2002/05/20020502174828.shtml"; target="_blank">http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2002/05/20020502174828.shtml</a>;
  • Reply 17 of 150
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    [quote]Originally posted by Burn:

    <strong>As river-wind already stated, those are DDR ram slots.. (easiest way to tell is that SDRAM has two notches along the row where the ram fits into the slot. DDR has 1) I can't really tell, but I would assume the 'opposite orientation' of connectors is simply a result of someone switching the horizontal orientation of the image.



    A small question - are all the new mobo's red? small detail really.. I just think it looks really sweet. The ad says it's not a current board though..



    [ 05-02-2002: Message edited by: Burn ]</strong><hr></blockquote>





    apple's prototype motherboards are red and I believe they use different colors for different stages. I know the boards they seed are usually red.



    definitely interesting and looks legit. it resembles what an apple motherboard would look like for the most part.
  • Reply 18 of 150
    matsumatsu Posts: 6,558member
    Someone should do a screen grab before Apple legal gets this thing blocked, just in case it's legit.
  • Reply 19 of 150
    nitridenitride Posts: 100member
    The CPU connector is the large yellowish rectangle in the lower-right corner of the un-altered image (to the right of the RAM slots).



    Doesn't look like there is a modem (of course the G4s did have a modem up above the board attached to the back wall), but the little square-ish connector between the Ethernet and FireWire *could* be FireWire 2.



    And remember the mobo may not be going into a current G4 case. It looks like it *will* be vertically mounted (the opening in the middle of the board look like holding clip clearance) however just not in a standard G4-esque case. The board is very oddly shaped, irregular. Must be designed around something internal to the chasis - new door opening mechanism perhaps?



    Hopefully they will replace the aging design of the tower with one that allows for more useful internal space/front mounted drives. Of course knowing Apple (Steve Jobs) you wont be able to put anything in the front at all beyond the SuperDrive. <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
  • Reply 20 of 150
    Hmm.. I am starting to believe myself this is legit. But wait... If you click on the link it says "This item is no longer in our database?" What the heck? Either it was a hoax, or Apple put down the hammer...
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