spymac: "Full speed ahead: lust factor ten. "

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  • Reply 21 of 70
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    1.) did anyone check Apple's server for the next day



    example: replace yesterday's number with today's and see if it came up?



    2.) if this did leak I'm sure the person who leaked it will be fired or at least caught. I mean how many people could have access to this.
  • Reply 22 of 70
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    humph <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
  • Reply 22 of 70
    drewpropsdrewprops Posts: 2,321member
    Drat.



    I -always- discount this stuff then it always comes true. At least I can go to sleep now full in the knowledge that Apple's coming out with a tricorder.



    Live long and prosper.



    D
  • Reply 24 of 70
    crazylb1crazylb1 Posts: 43member
    the problem applenut is that the images arent listed by a number according to how many days left, but rather they are named by their slogan. So unless you know the slogun it would be pretty hard to figure out the next slogan.
  • Reply 25 of 70
    casecomcasecom Posts: 314member
    [quote]Originally posted by applenut:

    <strong>1.) did anyone check Apple's server for the next day



    example: replace yesterday's number with today's and see if it came up?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I tried something like that yesterday, but they don't seem to be numbered in sequence:



    <a href="http://a772.g.akamai.net/7/772/51/"; target="_blank">http://a772.g.akamai.net/7/772/51/</a>;

    89fd7ada69ddb5/www.apple.com/home/

    images/12/mwsf02_fullspeedahead.gif
  • Reply 25 of 70
    nebrienebrie Posts: 483member
    [quote]Originally posted by KidRed:

    <strong>Does this mean spymac's specs are creditable now?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Spymac's specs on the other hand are a whole different thing. The color ibooks were posted on rumor sites earlier before they did, the specs on the imacs and part numbers were posted onto AI days before they did. OS X.2 is not shipping till March, Shiller already told the WSJ that. The top of the line iMac's product number is the exact same one as OS X.
  • Reply 25 of 70
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    [quote]Originally posted by crazylb1:

    <strong>the problem applenut is that the images arent listed by a number according to how many days left, but rather they are named by their slogan. So unless you know the slogun it would be pretty hard to figure out the next slogan.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    did not realize that. thank you. so it was definitely someone on the inside.
  • Reply 28 of 70
    jeremiah richjeremiah rich Posts: 853member
    It is obvious that they were simply TOLD the slogan, and made the image in photoshop.. The one from Apple is of course a different size, but is also wider, etc. If you look at the info, you will find that the one from spymac was created at 1:12AM on the 5th.. But Apple.com's image was made on Friday (the fourth) at 4:40PM... This would suggest that they definately did not hack apple.com, rather the may have gotten the information from their source last minute.... Either way, this will help Spymac's repoir...



    [ 01-05-2002: Message edited by: Jeremiah Rich ]</p>
  • Reply 28 of 70
    horned_froghorned_frog Posts: 577member
    iPhaser*, damnit!



    *not ot be sold tho persons under the age of 21.



    Whew. I can get one.
  • Reply 30 of 70
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Bah! <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />



    Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations



    [ 01-05-2002: Message edited by: starfleetX ]</p>
  • Reply 31 of 70
    suckfuldotcomsuckfuldotcom Posts: 550member
    spymac

    Apple



    If it means anything, it looks like spymac got the text, not the image, and made a mock-up because those don't look anything alike.



    SdC



    [ 01-05-2002: Message edited by: suckfuldotcom ]</p>
  • Reply 32 of 70
    tltl Posts: 33member
    [quote]However, don't give SpyMac too much credibility!! The image next numerically always gives Apple's 404 page. They probably just put the image in the right location a little early before updating the actualy html. SpyMac may have just checked it at the right time and gotten lucky.<hr></blockquote>



    But the URL to the phrase is <a href="http://a772.g.akamai.net/.../mwsf02_fullspeedahead.gif" target="_blank">http://a772.g.akamai.net/.../mwsf02_fullspeedahead.gif</a> so it'd have to be a damn good guess to predict it ahead of time.



    ---

    well you may edit yours away, but i'll leave mine up



    [ 01-05-2002: Message edited by: tl ]



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  • Reply 33 of 70
    erbiumerbium Posts: 354member
    The message I'm getting, that makes me a little worried, is that all this hype is for one thing. An LCD iMac. &lt;sigh&gt;
  • Reply 34 of 70
    suckfuldotcomsuckfuldotcom Posts: 550member
    Hmmmmmm......



    Maybe it should be "Lust Factor X", no?



    I think Apple means that OS X will now go where it has never gone: portable.



    SdC
  • Reply 35 of 70
    cosmonutcosmonut Posts: 4,872member
    My translation of the slogan:



    "It's going to be fast, and you WILL want one."
  • Reply 36 of 70
    gigawiregigawire Posts: 196member
    [quote]The message I'm getting, that makes me a little worried, is that all this hype is for one thing. An LCD iMac.<hr></blockquote>



    i don't know... there seems to be a preoccupation with speed in these messages.
  • Reply 37 of 70
    eupfhoriaeupfhoria Posts: 257member
    [quote]Originally posted by suckfuldotcom:

    <strong>Hmmmmmm......



    Maybe it should be "Lust Factor X", no?



    I think Apple means that OS X will now go where it has never gone: portable.



    SdC</strong><hr></blockquote>



    good point... why isn't it "Lust factor X"?
  • Reply 38 of 70
    crazylb1crazylb1 Posts: 43member
    Jobs did say he wanted all Macs at least at 1Ghz by this year, hence all the speed references. Not that 1 Ghz is some place "no PC has gone before."
  • Reply 39 of 70
    horned_froghorned_frog Posts: 577member
    double post, error.



    [ 01-05-2002: Message edited by: Horned_Frog ]</p>
  • Reply 40 of 70
    horned_froghorned_frog Posts: 577member
    Speed is a big issue with them, Which is why the global broadband idea is still viable.



    If it WAS the broadband, tommorow's slogan should be "It will NEVER be 56 days to macworld again."
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