i really want to believe, but you guys do realize that an iMac would probably have more in the box than just the unit itself, right? Wheres the keyboard?
i really want to believe, but you guys do realize that an iMac would probably have more in the box than just the unit itself, right? Wheres the keyboard?
This along with the small dimensions leads me to believe that it is a wireless device.
And maybe this explains the lack of documentation as well... maybe they designed the experience to be like prehistoric man finding the monolith in 2001. You open the box seee this... look at it for awhile then it turns on by itself. lol
i really want to believe, but you guys do realize that an iMac would probably have more in the box than just the unit itself, right? Wheres the keyboard?
EDIT! Okay my bad I **MUST** have been looking at something else when I reported that the first photo was taken on the 23rd - either that or Adobe Photoshop had some sorta bug... cause now using that freeware program I found everything seems to be dated today again...
First, the thing the pictures is big. It looks bigger than 17" to me. In fact, it look nearly as big as a 23" display, but it's probably 20" or so. Forget about it being a tablet
Second, the box is matte black. The recent Apple black boxes all look kind of shiny when you take a picture with the flash turned on. Try it with your recent Mac box and see for yourself.
Finally, it looks like a real piece of hardware to me. If it's an iMac, then I'm left to wonder how annoying it'll be to use the optical drive, and what is going to keep it from tipping over. There's room in the box for a reasonably sized "foot", I suppose...
(And if it's a hoax, then it is a very shrewd one.)
Just have never seen an apple product ship without its plastic wrapping around it, and warranty seals, etc. So, if something was just tipped out of a box, it would be on it, no?
Just have never seen an apple product ship without its plastic wrapping around it, and warranty seals, etc. So, if something was just tipped out of a box, it would be on it, no?
Plastic wrapping around the box?!?! Not the last hundred or so Apple computers I've seen (where I work we order quite a bit of Apple)
Plastic wrapping around the computer? Well its not really plastic (near as I can tell) and it looks exactly like what's bunched up in the top 1/2 of the polyethylene (styrofoam) container - it's white and kinda sorta fabric like but not exactly..
If this isn't a retail box, would all the components necessarily be inside?
If this is the iMac, perhaps the keyboard folds up in a similar way to the Vaio that's been brought up in comparison.
Also, if this is the iMac, I think it bodes well for a G5 Powerbook sooner than later. Even though this thing is certainly thicker than a Powerbook and would have more effective cooling options available to it, there's still a bunch of stuff and a G5 crammed in a small space.
God I love this forum! Nice to hear from you again, Mandricard.
I am now waiting for the kormac post....
heh. I will take that as a (backhanded?) compliment? (Fear not, I am always lurking.)
At any rate, the photos really, after looking again, look dang real to me. But hey, I never underestimate how devious the board members can be around here.
I think it's a little suspicious that both shots are taken from probably the only angles which wouldn't yield definite proof of authenticity - for instance you can't see the front of the box and therefore any photographs, likewise can't see the back of whatever it is.
I reckon that if you had a spare Powerbook box and a LCD/Plasma TV, you'd shoot it from those exact angles so as not to give the game away.
I think someone's having a little fun - of course, I'd be delighted if I were wrong!
Can any of you Photoshop experts pull out any additional details from the first photo?
It's amazing that this thing can be any size you want it to. In the first photo, I think it looks very large. But in the second photo, with a hint of a thumb up there, it looks excedingly small.
Plastic wrapping around the computer? Well its not really plastic (near as I can tell) and it looks exactly like what's bunched up in the top 1/2 of the polyethylene (styrofoam) container - it's white and kinda sorta fabric like but not exactly..
Whatcha trying to do, give me a heart attack?
Maybe you are right... wish the guy hadn't used the flash on that one (like the the other, hence the color-shift).
It's amazing that this thing can be any size you want it to. In the first photo, I think it looks very large. But in the second photo, with a hint of a thumb up there, it looks excedingly small.
Yeah, I was thinking that too. It's hard to tell the real size of the display/unit.
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I have no idea if it's the iMac, but the ports would most prob. be on the right hand side if the apple-logo were on top of the screen.
The stuff peeking out from behind the thing is what has me hooked... and the placement on the floor, which, is dead on the same, as above.
Anyway I have made an ass of myself before on these boards, but it's definitely more fun to do so, so....
I BELIEVE!
Hope Springs Eternal,
Mandricard
AppleOutsider
P.s. Just to prove I am not completely hoodwinked, the question that immediately springs to my mind, is "Where's the plastic wrapping?"
Originally posted by Osakans
You mean to tell me that your friend works at Charles de Gaulle airport and opened a sealed box he was supposed to be unloading?
And he still works there?
I smell a fish.
That stinks
1. It's a plasma screen (and I'm not saying it's from Apple) inside a PowerBook box.
2. It's the iMac G5
3. It's a cinema display.
4. It's a hoax.
5. It's the video iPod.
Originally posted by benackerman
i really want to believe, but you guys do realize that an iMac would probably have more in the box than just the unit itself, right? Wheres the keyboard?
This along with the small dimensions leads me to believe that it is a wireless device.
And maybe this explains the lack of documentation as well... maybe they designed the experience to be like prehistoric man finding the monolith in 2001. You open the box seee this... look at it for awhile then it turns on by itself. lol
Originally posted by benackerman
i really want to believe, but you guys do realize that an iMac would probably have more in the box than just the unit itself, right? Wheres the keyboard?
As John Lennon would sing:
Imagine all components
Shipping one-by-one
(yoohoo-you-hoo-hoo)
Originally posted by Mandricard
... P.s. Just to prove I am not completely hoodwinked, the question that immediately springs to my mind, is "Where is the plastic wrapping?"
Do you want me to laugh?
Oh lord, drop some brain!
Originally posted by DaveGee
All the details...
EDIT! Okay my bad I **MUST** have been looking at something else when I reported that the first photo was taken on the 23rd - either that or Adobe Photoshop had some sorta bug... cause now using that freeware program I found everything seems to be dated today again...
Sorry about that and WEIRD! I know what I saw...
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Thanks for those exifs. But you must be aware, that these shots are not a good advertising for Kodak
Second, the box is matte black. The recent Apple black boxes all look kind of shiny when you take a picture with the flash turned on. Try it with your recent Mac box and see for yourself.
Finally, it looks like a real piece of hardware to me. If it's an iMac, then I'm left to wonder how annoying it'll be to use the optical drive, and what is going to keep it from tipping over. There's room in the box for a reasonably sized "foot", I suppose...
(And if it's a hoax, then it is a very shrewd one.)
Originally posted by Vox Barbara
Do you want me to laugh?
Oh lord, drop some brain!
Maybe?
(I have no idea what that means.)
Just have never seen an apple product ship without its plastic wrapping around it, and warranty seals, etc. So, if something was just tipped out of a box, it would be on it, no?
Originally posted by SpcMs
As John Lennon would sing:
Imagine all components
Shipping one-by-one
(yoohoo-you-hoo-hoo)
There's still chance the iMac will be presented by Yoko.
I am now waiting for the kormac post....
Originally posted by Mandricard
Maybe?
(I have no idea what that means.)
Just have never seen an apple product ship without its plastic wrapping around it, and warranty seals, etc. So, if something was just tipped out of a box, it would be on it, no?
Plastic wrapping around the box?!?! Not the last hundred or so Apple computers I've seen (where I work we order quite a bit of Apple)
Plastic wrapping around the computer? Well its not really plastic (near as I can tell) and it looks exactly like what's bunched up in the top 1/2 of the polyethylene (styrofoam) container - it's white and kinda sorta fabric like but not exactly..
Dave
If this is the iMac, perhaps the keyboard folds up in a similar way to the Vaio that's been brought up in comparison.
Also, if this is the iMac, I think it bodes well for a G5 Powerbook sooner than later. Even though this thing is certainly thicker than a Powerbook and would have more effective cooling options available to it, there's still a bunch of stuff and a G5 crammed in a small space.
Originally posted by Rhumgod
God I love this forum! Nice to hear from you again, Mandricard.
I am now waiting for the kormac post....
heh. I will take that as a (backhanded?) compliment? (Fear not, I am always lurking.)
At any rate, the photos really, after looking again, look dang real to me. But hey, I never underestimate how devious the board members can be around here.
Hope Springs Eternal,
Mandricard
AppleOutsider
I reckon that if you had a spare Powerbook box and a LCD/Plasma TV, you'd shoot it from those exact angles so as not to give the game away.
I think someone's having a little fun - of course, I'd be delighted if I were wrong!
It's amazing that this thing can be any size you want it to. In the first photo, I think it looks very large. But in the second photo, with a hint of a thumb up there, it looks excedingly small.
Originally posted by DaveGee
Plastic wrapping around the computer? Well its not really plastic (near as I can tell) and it looks exactly like what's bunched up in the top 1/2 of the polyethylene (styrofoam) container - it's white and kinda sorta fabric like but not exactly..
Whatcha trying to do, give me a heart attack?
Maybe you are right... wish the guy hadn't used the flash on that one (like the the other, hence the color-shift).
Hope Springs Eternal,
Mandricard
AppleOutsider
Originally posted by tbmcan
It's amazing that this thing can be any size you want it to. In the first photo, I think it looks very large. But in the second photo, with a hint of a thumb up there, it looks excedingly small.
Yeah, I was thinking that too. It's hard to tell the real size of the display/unit.