What could this be?
My friend who works in the Charles De Gaul airport posted this pic on my .Mac account.
Says they've been unloading stacks of heavy computer boxes all weekend.
Took a look inside one in an elevator...
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Says they've been unloading stacks of heavy computer boxes all weekend.
Took a look inside one in an elevator...
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anymore pics?
Originally posted by Jamil
finally a leak of the new imac????
anymore pics?
umm probably just the 30 inch displays, or maybe even 23 inchers. you;d be surprised how heavy those displays are.
Originally posted by ipodandimac
umm probably just the 30 inch displays, or maybe even 23 inchers. you;d be surprised how heavy those displays are.
the 23" display i saw had a white strip down the side, which this hasn't. have not seen a 30" though...
Originally posted by ipodandimac
umm probably just the 30 inch displays, or maybe even 23 inchers. you;d be surprised how heavy those displays are.
the displays have the logo at the bottom of the screen not the top. also the bezel is too wide and the whole frame is too deep.
Cool, in any case. Good hoax too, if it is one.
Can't you just call your friend and ask him what the product name was on the box? Seems the easiest solution to me.
I will tomorrow, I can't get hold of him till then.
He knows I'm a Mac user that's why he thought I'd be interested, but he didn't say anymore.
Here's what he said, make of it what you will...
"hey dude, look what I've been unloading today. These things weighed a ton. Thought you'd be interested as your a mac geek"
And he still works there?
I smell a fish.
This almost seems a staged, self-consciously-mysterious thing.
Then again, it matches nothing else in Apple's line-up and that appears to be a little Apple logo at the top. If it was a Cinema Display (the absolute closest thing it could be), where are the white sides? And the Cinema Displays aren't that thick, are they? And they certainly don't have that much bezel surrounding the screen.
Interesting. Although in this age of Photoshop and web-based hoaxes/jokes, I tend to keep myself in check until more evidence is presented.
Not gonna wet my pants just yet...
Who knows...
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I have emailed him so if I get a reply I'll let you know.
Originally posted by Messiahtosh
It wouldnt be that hard to open one of those boxes up, there's no platic wrap on the outside of a box.
It does seem strange that Apple would be shipping unannounced machines in their retail packaging for anyone in the airport to see. If I recall correctly, Apple usually ship new machines to trade shows in locked metal shipping containers.
This just seems odd. Stranger things could happen, I guess.
If it is in fact the iMac G5, I like it. Much cleaner looking than I expected.
Whatever it IS, the question remains, on how and why this person was able to see an apple box, then to open it, when he himself is not a rabid apple fan, willing to take the risk of being fired just to see the what's on the inside.
On the other hand, if this is the new iMac, or new monitor or whatever, maybe apple is shipping them to the site in boxes, for sale IMMEDIATELY after the PhilNote.
But that begs the question. Why not just read the outside of the box?
I'll believe or won't belive at the keynote.