What could this be?

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  • Reply 321 of 525
    If one adjusts the Yellow Picture which wasn´t flashed and overexposed,than it becomes clearer,that both belong together:



    see here:





    http://homepage.mac.com/uli.heckmann/



    oh before I forget:

    Monsieur Philbot (topicstarter),it´s one day later,and You´re friend didn´t come up with more,nor DID YOU show up!

    And another one-the Airport(assuming You´re french-hahaha) is

    called Charles de Gaulle Roissy Airport
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  • Reply 322 of 525
    philbotphilbot Posts: 240member
    Well...



    I spoke to my friend and he is amazed at all the excitement his pics have started.



    He says that there was trailers full of stuff, but the few he had to take to a conference suite were already open, like the one in the pic.



    I asked him about the box and he said it was all black apart from the logo on the side, but there was a load of tape and stickers on the top and sides.



    He sent another pic, but it's the same as the others.



    Yes, they've been in photoshop, to resize them down.



    new pic
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  • Reply 323 of 525
    pscatespscates Posts: 5,847member
    Tell your friend that unless he can learn to take a useful, definitive picture from something other than the same damn angle (what, three times now?), we're forced to continue thinking this is all a silly hoax, and that any/all involved parties are quite possibly full of it.







    Your "friend" seems quite hung up on that whole "standing above, shooting down at a weird angle where nothing is easily discernible" style of photography, isn't he?



    That his trademark shooting style? It'll take him far! Perhaps MOSR and MacWhispers are hiring staff photographers?



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  • Reply 324 of 525
    kasperkasper Posts: 942member, administrator
    Quote:

    Originally posted by pscates

    Tell your friend that unless he can learn to take a useful, definitive picture from something other than the same damn angle (what, three times now?), we're forced to continue thinking this is all a silly hoax, and that any/all involved parties are quite possibly full of it.







    Your "friend" seems quite hung up on that whole "standing above, shooting down at a weird angle where nothing is easily discernible" style of photography, isn't he?



    That his trademark shooting style? It'll take him far! Perhaps MOSR and MacWhispers are hiring staff photographers?











    Uh-oh! And as if this isn't enough excitement for a Friday, the third (new) picture appears to reveal a spot of BLOOD on the wall directly behind the product!



    =D



    -Kasper
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  • Reply 325 of 525
    philbotphilbot Posts: 240member
    I would have thought the reason the pictures are all roughly the same angle is because he was stood in a lift taking a few quick snaps.



    Who knows what they are? I don't.
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  • Reply 326 of 525
    Poor philbot....



    If these turn out to be fake, which is pretty much the current consensus, you will be eaten alive by these crazed apple fans...





    good luck.
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  • Reply 327 of 525
    banchobancho Posts: 1,517member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ShallowThroat

    Poor philbot....



    If these turn out to be fake, which is pretty much the current consensus, you will be eaten alive by these crazed apple fans...





    good luck.




    Nah, he'll be beheaded and set symbol as a warning to others . The little graphic in the upper right will have pics of the offending heads stuck on pig poles.
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  • Reply 328 of 525
    pscatespscates Posts: 5,847member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Kasper

    Uh-oh! And as if this isn't enough excitement for a Friday, the third (new) picture appears to reveal a spot of BLOOD on the wall directly behind the product!



    =D



    -Kasper




    Murder most foul. I shall ring the authorities!



    Ha, I didn't notice that. Someone here, no doubt, can provide some onscreen blood analysis? They've basically already subjected the photos to every other level of examination, what's a little more?







    Hell, I watch "CSI"...I might have a go at it myself later on!
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  • Reply 329 of 525
    banchobancho Posts: 1,517member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by pscates

    Murder most foul. I shall ring the authorities!



    Ha, I didn't notice that. Someone here, no doubt, can provide some onscreen blood analysis? They've basically already subjected the photos to every other level of examination, what's a little more?







    Does Photoshop have Luminol filters?
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  • Reply 330 of 525
    philbotphilbot Posts: 240member
    I never said what they were...



    I asked you guys "what could this be?"



    Besides I'm friends with Vinney Jones so I think I'm safe.
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  • Reply 331 of 525
    kasperkasper Posts: 942member, administrator
    Quote:

    Originally posted by pscates

    Murder most foul. I shall ring the authorities!



    Ha, I didn't notice that. Someone here, no doubt, can provide some onscreen blood analysis? They've basically already subjected the photos to every other level of examination, what's a little more?







    Hell, I watch "CSI"...I might have a go at it myself later on!




    I've provided photo analysis in the post above!



    Kasper
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  • Reply 332 of 525
    voxappsvoxapps Posts: 236member
    [humor] Well, hoax or not, these photos make it obvious that its video card sucks, it doesn't have enough RAM, it's $500 too expensive, and Doom 3 will play like a slide show. That does it, I'm getting a Dell! [/humor]
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  • Reply 333 of 525
    banchobancho Posts: 1,517member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Voxapps

    [humor] Well, hoax or not, these photos make it obvious that its video card sucks, it doesn't have enough RAM, it's $500 too expensive, and Doom 3 will play like a slide show. That does it, I'm getting a Dell! [/humor]



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  • Reply 334 of 525
    I want to believe.... but....



    Phil, perhaps you could ask your friend what else he noticed on the units (if he didn't take pictures). e.g. what else was in the package, if there were ports on the far side, (esp a disk slot), if it ticked like a bomb, etc.



    Hope sort of Springs Eternal



    Mandricard

    AppleOutsider
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  • Reply 335 of 525
    tak1108tak1108 Posts: 222member
    I don't think this is the new iMac as it seem too "rectangular" to be a new cube.
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  • Reply 336 of 525
    gmacgmac Posts: 79member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by pscates

    Murder most foul. I shall ring the authorities!



    Ha, I didn't notice that. Someone here, no doubt, can provide some onscreen blood analysis? They've basically already subjected the photos to every other level of examination, what's a little more?







    Hell, I watch "CSI"...I might have a go at it myself later on!




    Arrghh! Now we need some pics of the grassy knoll...
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  • Reply 337 of 525
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Bancho

    Does Photoshop have Luminol filters?



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  • Reply 338 of 525
    messiahmessiah Posts: 1,689member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Voxapps

    [humor] and Doom 3 will play like a slide show. [/humor]



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  • Reply 339 of 525
    philbotphilbot Posts: 240member
    I'm afraid he's no computer geek - he unloads trailers for a living...



    He once called my iMac a 'microfiche'
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  • Reply 340 of 525
    dfilerdfiler Posts: 3,420member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ShallowThroat

    If these turn out to be fake, which is pretty much the current consensus, you will be eaten alive by these crazed apple fans...



    I call no consensus!



    I've been into serious rumor mongering for at least 7 years now and am quite conservative in what stories I'll swallow. I also agree that the device depicted in the photos may not be an apple product.



    Yet the images don't appear doctored and they weren't accompanied by claims typical to hoaxes. Seems like a non-apple zealot managed to a couple quick snaps with a digital camera because he knew his friend would be interested.



    The device in the pictures is also exactly like what many have been expecting of the G5 iMac, an aluminum display enclosure with an enlarge back for components.



    One person's skepticism is another's paranoia. Or... One person's acceptance is another's gullibility.



    Definitive claims one way or the other say more about the poster than the evidence.
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