Silver PowerBook G5

lungaretta · February 10, 2003 8:09PM

i like their: "NOT AVAILABLE***, BUT YOU WILL BE THE FIRST WHO HAS IT WHEN APPLE WILL RELEASE IT." and also their

"(Available within 6 months)"

<a href="http://www.apple4less.com/new_g5.htm"; target="_blank">oh if it were true and available now...</a>

looks cool though

kidred · February 10, 2003 8:17PM

Looks fake, not sure about round edges top and bottom. That would be too bubbly when closed. Cool idea, but i hope they don't think they are gonna pass that off as official. Also, how they pre-order something that Apple hasn't announced yet? Why isn't the page linked from the outside?

algol · February 10, 2003 8:40PM

Anyone dare to actually fill the order form out?

lungaretta · February 10, 2003 8:47PM

[quote]Originally posted by Algol:

Anyone dare to actually fill the order form out?<hr></blockquote>

after you...

spiffster · February 10, 2003 8:50PM

I'm not so sure about this one. Silver? Just think of the price!! Maybe chrome, but still who wants a shiney laptop? I wouldn't think making one like that would be good idea. Fingerprints, smudges? <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />

ast3r3x · February 10, 2003 10:05PM

[quote]Originally posted by Spiffster:

Fingerprints, smudges? <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> <hr></blockquote>

just what i was thinking

kidred · February 10, 2003 10:06PM

No it's plastic with chrome paint on it to stop finger prints which will end up chipping, er, oh wait, they don't do that anymore..

mcq · February 10, 2003 10:36PM

heh, that was amusing.

btw, they should "update" their prices on some stuff.

Apple Studio Display (17" flat panel) \t \t M7649ZM/A \t PRICE: 799$ US

Apple Cinema Display (22" flat panel) \t\tM8058ZM/A \t PRICE: 1999$ US

Apple Cinema HD Display (23" flat panel) \t\tM8537ZM/A \t PRICE: 2499$ US

What a ripoff!

slotracer152 · February 10, 2003 10:38PM

two words: velvet gloves

neutrino23 · February 10, 2003 10:49PM

This is clearly a fake. The English grammar is poor. There is no indication anywhere about company information, location, etc. If you look at the main site he has set himself up as an Apple distributor. However, there are so many problems with the site you can't believe it is real. In some cases he writes prices as 100$ US instead of $100 US. He also has some big errors in the Powermac lineup. Almost certainly he is located overseas somewhere (Korea?) and is just having fun pretending to be a distributor. He is not asking for a credit card number or anything beyond name, address, email so I don't think he is malicious.

He has links to distribute Apple pdf files. I suspect Apple wouldn't like that.

He is selling the 5GB/10GB/20GB iPods for $149/$249/$349 - great prices if he will honor them.

jeremiah rich · February 10, 2003 11:08PM

Haha! Looks cool of course, but it wouldn't ever every be cool to have all of those smudges.. It would be a great reflector if you were stuck in the desert and.....

slotracer152 · February 10, 2003 11:33PM

I am very disappointed that nobody pointed out the fact that it has no latch.

for that matter...where is the pointing device?

[ 02-11-2003: Message edited by: Slotracer152 ]

kroehl · February 11, 2003 2:08AM

[quote]Originally posted by Slotracer152:

I am very disappointed that nobody pointed out the fact that it has no latch.

for that matter...where is the pointing device?

[ 02-11-2003: Message edited by: Slotracer152 ]<hr></blockquote>

Soooper doooper springy spring keeps the lid closed.

For pointing you just smudge your fingers across that shiny surface till you find the active area and the cursor moves.

Nothing to it.

Kroehl

dr. zoidberg · February 11, 2003 6:31AM

please, folks... let´s just stop it here, okay?

this is clearly a fake, some 3D rendering (and not even too good if ya axe me) to name it, so let´s just keep up some of our pride for the next better fake we´re running into.

lungaretta · February 11, 2003 7:19AM

[quote]Originally posted by dr. zoidberg:

this is clearly a fake, some 3D rendering (and not even too good if ya axe me) to name it <hr></blockquote>

duh! well yes... given it says at the bottom "(Picture from: Epix3d(www.epix3d.8m.com), it's a design not a real G5, as G5 don't exist yet.)" i think that's pretty obvious.

<img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />

slotracer152 · February 11, 2003 7:30AM

[quote]Originally posted by lungaretta:



duh! well yes... given it says at the bottom "(Picture from: Epix3d(www.epix3d.8m.com), it's a design not a real G5, as G5 don't exist yet.)" i think that's pretty obvious.

<img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" /> <hr></blockquote>

G5s don't exist yet?....what did I order from the guy in Colombia last week?

<img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[oyvey]" />

Silver PowerBook G5

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