Will AppleInsider ever show the "iMac sketches?"

nittanyliontosh · August 22, 2004 10:43PM

This site, AppleInsider, claimed in a News topic to have sketches of the forthcoming iMac G5. Will we see these sketches before the iMac is released, will we see them ever?

monkeyastronaut · August 22, 2004 10:56PM

Probably not.

republic · August 23, 2004 5:23AM

Seeing how close we're coming to Paris, probably not. We may be too busy gawking at the real thing shortly to care.

mike eggleston · August 23, 2004 5:43AM

It is very possible that the sketches were found out to be false, and as such, they will not produce them. That is the optimist in me saying that.

Honestly though, I don't think they had them in the first place.

paul · August 23, 2004 8:37AM

how about a link to the article in question?

cubist · August 23, 2004 3:41PM

I don't see any reason why they would say they had them, when they didn't have them. It's much more likely that they had some sketches of questionable lineage, like NittanyLionTosh's, and they turned out to be spurious.

nittanyliontosh · August 23, 2004 4:46PM

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Originally posted by cubist

I don't see any reason why they would say they had them, when they didn't have them. It's much more likely that they had some sketches of questionable lineage, like NittanyLionTosh's, and they turned out to be spurious.

Mine was a joke. AppleInsider claimed in a news article that they had obtained sketches from a reliable source. I made my own sketches. There's a big difference.

a_greer · August 23, 2004 4:51PM

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Originally posted by Mike Eggleston

It is very possible that the sketches were found out to be false, and as such, they will not produce them. That is the optimist in me saying that.

Honestly though, I don't think they had them in the first place.

Or maybe the Apple legal team discovered the leack before the web lackies could upload the images, Apple hates leaks...funny, it is just the opposite of what the car companies do, they drive their now cars arround a track for the press with the bumpers, head and tail lights covered with paper, maybe apple doesn'e like the "wet their whistle" approche.

macsrgood4u · August 23, 2004 6:02PM

A.I. can post it, or a revised more "realistic" photo-shopped version and wait for Apple to send a cease and desist e-mail. As long as you don't show an actual photo you can more times then not be left alone. If Apple complains then, well, the cat's out of the bag. Show the sketch and get it over with........ (yeah, sure). We'll more then likely get a preview of the iMac the night before. 8 days.

jambo · August 24, 2004 1:33AM

AFAIK the sketch(es) are not of great quality and I suspect that is why the news team has decided against posting it/them.

The design has been pretty well described, sketch it in your mind!

nittanyliontosh · August 24, 2004 2:18AM

Sounds lame to me. People are getting restless. Does this place have "well-placed" sources, or not?

If the quality is bad, why not take what you can see of them, and do an artist's rendition of them, have a member here mock one up.

kelib · August 24, 2004 7:34AM

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Originally posted by NittanyLionTosh

If the quality is bad, why not take what you can see of them, and do an artist's rendition of them

Because they don't have them

nittanyliontosh · August 24, 2004 11:04AM

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Originally posted by kelib

Because they don't have them

Then Jambo is lying.

jambo · August 24, 2004 12:50PM

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Originally posted by NittanyLionTosh

Then Jambo is lying.

If we didn't have them then the news story wouldn't say that we do.

I don't appreciate being called a liar. I wish I had never taken time out of my life to even respond to this thread. Any more crap and it'll be locked.

Thanks.

messiahtosh · August 24, 2004 12:53PM

I did not accuse you of lying. I only said that if what the other poster said was true, then what you said would not be.

jambo · August 24, 2004 1:06PM

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Originally posted by Messiahtosh

I did not accuse you of lying. I only said that if what the other poster said was true, then what you said would not be.

I didn't accuse you of accusing me of anything, my comment was aimed at NittanyLionTosh.

I think you've slipped up. Duplicate names are not tolerated. Check your PMs.

Thanks

superkarate monkeydeathcar · August 24, 2004 1:47PM

this is classic (whateverhisnameistoday)-tosh!

messiahtosh · August 24, 2004 2:13PM

Like I said before, I do not have the password for this account, so I can not post from Messiahtosh while on my PowerBook. The un-banned account is tied to my iMac, which I do not use very much.

And by the way, if anyone has slipped up, it is AppleInsider. You claimed that you had and would show sketches of the new iMac, yet nothing has been revealed and there is no way to prove that you guys are not lying, unless we see the alleged sketches.

jambo · August 24, 2004 2:22PM

Your password has been e-mailed to you.

mr. macphisto · August 24, 2004 2:33PM

It's ridiculous to be fretting over sketches. I recall seeing the article where AppleInsider stated that they had obtained sketches. I don't doubt that this website does have sketches from a reliable source - but it is their decision as to when or if they wish to release the sketches.

They may not wish to release them due to any legal issues with Apple. They may not wish to release them due to poor quality of the sketches. It really doesn't matter. While AppleInsider (and other rumors sites as well) don't always get 100% reliable information from sources, they don't make stuff up (at least AI, MacRumors, and ThinkSecret do not). Based on previous records, we can assume that AI does have sketches and has their own reasons for not releasing them. That's good enough for me. Besides, we've only got a week to go anyways.

monkeyastronaut · August 24, 2004 10:41PM

I'd still would rather see the sketches tho.

Just a few more days anyway, and any sketches won't matter at all.

Will AppleInsider ever show the "iMac sketches?"

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