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Aluminum MultiTouch MacBook, New MacBook Pro, and More

Fake or no fake, on seeing the Alu MacBook, my veteran 12" PowerBook just sighed a deep sigh.

The kind of sigh a good-looking middle aged woman silently sighs when she catches her husband glancing at a pretty 21 year old across the road.
 
arn said:
How many times do I have to say it?

It lists a live, active iTunes account and password. I consider posting someone's username and password to be poor form.

arn
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Easy, boy, sounds like you're getting hysterical.

I think a lot of people are confused about why you consider a "live active iTunes account" significant. Or even what "live active iTunes account" means in this context - was that info plainly listed on someone's .mac page? Did you then log in to that account and start buying music? If so, the question still remains, why is that significant?

The lack of clarification on all these questions is why most people are dismissing these mock-ups out of hand.
 
~Shard~ said:
Thanks for that valuable contribution to the discussion... :rolleyes:

:p ;)
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So you call this a discussion.

I thought we were just a bunch of Mac heads with tons of time to waste and a serious attention lacking problem. Oh, well...
 
...hah

Virgil-TB2 said:
As a .Mac user myself, the most disturbing part about this whole debacle is the idea that "some guy" was able to access .Mac pages of other users that not only display their stuff but also conveniently list their password, iTunes balance, and other personal information.

If that is even possible, then .Mac has a rather serious security problem no? And isn't that more of a page 1 story as opposed to the page 2 story that this "leak" is?

It makes me think the whole story about "finding" these pages is bogus or some kind of cover story.
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Your right .mac is very secure, if you have a password set.. but even if they didn't have a password set to find something on a .mac page randomly.. maybe on google or yahoo would be really hard. I say its a friend or the owner himself.
 
I can't believe this has been posted, I barely ever post in the long time I have been here.

For a start these pictures are exactly the same as the mockups posted on this very site down to the crappy imperfections.

Secondly Apple don't even shoot promo pics for machines until a couple of weeks before a release in order to keep things under wraps.

Finally you don't have to be a high level employee to have an Apple email account. I would like to ask whether Arn could post the direct link to the images (not the page) to see whether they are Apple hosted.

PS. MacRumors is a great site it is very unusual to see such a lack of judgement.
 
Looks interesting, the Mac mini looks slightly taller to me. If the apple.com email is live then perhaps it's a leak to throw off exiting rumours. Could all be planned by Apple.
 
Surely said:
So....um....... if this doesn't qualify as a Page 2 story, what does?:confused:

This shouldn't be a main page article, there is too much evidence that leans towards the fake side. The Tiger backgrounds? That iTunes ad? The iPhone that hasn't changed- design changes aside, wouldn't you think that they would have at least included the App Store icon on the screen? The British spelling of aluminum? Too much wrong to think that it's right.


/I still like it here though :D
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So why complain then?

By the way, never understood that page 2 difference. They are all rumors. Except when a product release happens. So, by that measure, everything except a product release should go to Page 2.
 
im not sure if it has been said, but is it too ridiculous to assume that some hacker stole someones @apple info and then posted these images on someone elses account, thereby making him anonymous and making the pictures seem more realistic?
 
WildCardPix said:
If anyone at Apple is reading this, I would only ask that you still maintain an anti-glare, true-color monitor option for your MBPs for those of us that rely on them for image/video editing for our businesses. Thank you.

~David
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Yes, I'm sure Apple is reading MacRumors. Especially since the MacBook Air introduction and our warmed welcome for that product. :rolleyes:
 
Question the Authenticity

I'm new to this, but I would agree with another post commenting on the Tiger desktop that is shown. That, in itself, would discredit the authenticity of this ad: after heavily marketing Leopard, why put an old OS brand image on the screen? Apple is smarter than that.
 
Chimera said:
I can't believe this has been posted, I barely ever post in the long time I have been here.

For a start these pictures are exactly the same as the mockups posted on this very site down to the crappy imperfections.

Secondly Apple don't even shoot promo pics for machines until a couple of weeks before a release in order to keep things under wraps.

Finally you don't have to be a high level employee to have an Apple email account. I would like to ask whether Arn could post the direct link to the images (not the page) to see whether they are Apple hosted.

PS. MacRumors is a great site it is very unusual to see such a lack of judgement.
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apple doesnt 'shoot' actual photos of their acutal products. They are all done by design on computer.
 
Lonon said:
So why complain then?

By the way, never understood that page 2 difference. They are all rumors. Except when a product release happens. So, by that measure, everything except a product release should go to Page 2.
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I complain because I can. ;)

From Macrumors FAQ:

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Mac OS X Hardware Icons Use The Tiger Background

If you look in /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents you'll notice that even on Leopard, all the system icons use the Tiger background. In fact, the Xserve and Mac Pro images you see here are already distributed with Mac OS X.
 
I don't know if anyone else noticed this, but the reflection on the macbook pro looks like the image was just mirrored horizontally and made more transparent. The black keyboard wouldn't be in the reflection directly below the image.
 
no magnetic latch, tiger desktop, black square around lcd, the case corners are too rounded! thank god it's fake, 'cause it's ugly! :p
 
tMac85 said:
wow those are so bad.

im really surprised macrumors even wasted the time putting up the images.
Clearly a fake.
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Incase you hadn't noticed, there haven't been many articles lately, so anything that's remotely newsworthy should be considered, and this is, considering the apple.com account.

tveric said:
I think a lot of people are confused about why you consider a "live active iTunes account" significant. Or even what "live active iTunes account" means in this context - was that info plainly listed on someone's .mac page?
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Clearly it was listed on the .Mac page in question.

Did you then log in to that account and start buying music? If so, the question still remains, why is that significant?
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They probably tried to log into it and found it worked, thus they knew it wasn't just a simple fake, as who creates a fake account loaded with $800+ credit for someone on a mac site to steal ?

The lack of clarification on all these questions is why most people are dismissing these mock-ups out of hand.
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Hmm.. I haven't read through the whole thread, but did anyone try log into the developer section of Apple with said account, see what sort of access it had there etc ? Maybe even a private section of Apple that is known about but no one usually can access.
 
Probably going to release some of whats been said but hey.

Images look like they were produced in cad software to me, especially the macbook, the blur is too digital if you get my meaning. However I suppose its possible these are inhouse renders where they're trying things out before physically making them and that the end product will look similar.

As to the designs, quite like the look of the macbook, if it came in a 13" screen.
 
So much fake, so much fail. :( I can't believe people actually believe any of this... Yeah, there may be updates coming, but I doubt any of these are the real deal. Honestly, when has Apple EVER sent out fake images of new products just to screw with our heads? Some people are so DENSE when it comes to stuff like this, I swear. Though, when it's time for new Macs to be released, they'll be released; no use in obsessing over Photoshopped shots of Macbooks and Macbook Pros.
 
DanBUK said:
Fake or no fake, on seeing the Alu MacBook, my veteran 12" PowerBook just sighed a deep sigh.

The kind of sigh a good-looking middle aged woman silently sighs when she catches her husband glancing at a pretty 21 year old across the road.
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can't blame him, all he wants is to put in the old car with to many miles for a brand spanking new one with excellent head lights and a bumper he doesn't have to pretend is still there :)
 
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