Biggest Apple Leaks in 2007

[theheadguy]

Honestly, I do enjoy going back and reading posts by forum members who believed there was no way the rumors (such as the ipod interface changes earlier this year) could be real. The presumptuous statements and downright rude tones by many are unwarranted but put forth anyway. Here's to another year of rude people who know it all.

 

[Telp]

Honestly, I do enjoy going back and reading posts by forum members who believed there was no way the rumors (such as the ipod interface changes earlier this year) could be real. The presumptuous statements and downright rude tones by many are unwarranted but put forth anyway. Here's to another year of rude people who know it all.

HEAR HEAR. But blimey man, its just gunna get worse the more noobs that come...

 

[theBB]

You will be waiting awhile... You realize it isn't a "glossy screen" but it is glass on the front of the screen, right?

I don't care what transparent material they use, I'd rather it does not have that much glare. In the end though, I don't see Apple backing down on that front, either. Long wait indeed.

 

[bluedevil14]

I just hope Apple isn't losing a hold of their secrecy.

 

[philbeeney]

I am waiting for rumors of non-glossy screen option.

I heard that the matte screen iMacs would be announced at Macworld 2008 in response to customer feedback. But don't quote me on that.

 

[Bosunsfate]

I personally enjoyed the wine director rumor and the email from Steve Jobs.

Both were the kinds of rumors you wanted to believe, but somehow I walked away thinking...nah that's some kind of joke.

Good "jokes" they were.

 

[Doctor Q]

I heard that the matte screen iMacs would be announced at Macworld 2008 in response to customer feedback.

Thanks for your promise and personal guarantee about it, philbeeney. That's just what I want them to announce.

 

[SactoGuy18]

I remember when the fatboy nano was leaked, I did not believe those could be real...it looked so ugly in pictures, and the colors in that photo are not flattering....but then when they were released I loved them and got one 2 days later!

I love my fat nano!

I still remember seeing the leaked pictures for the first and said "WTF?!" in regards to the new iPod nano design. I was hoping for something that looked like the 2G nano but wider and lower in height to accommodate a video display screen. Fortunately, I saw one at an Apple Store and promptly bought it just one day they were announced (though it took nearly a month for the third-party case manufacturers to catch up. ). In fact, I'm listening to a podcast on the player as I type this.

 

[wongulous]

Great article.

What's most fascinating about this is that these are relatively minor morsels, and a vast majority of them are iPod/iPhone-related... truly, if this is the best that gets out, Apple really is doing a pretty fantastic job. Especially if even the big ones like the new Nano form factor only came out a week or two before they debuted.

To think we go on these forums and spend hours each week (or day!) and bookmark this website to visit at least once per day and check every article and all of the tabs of the website, et cetera, and at the end of a WHOLE year of being addicted to MacRumors, this measly list is all we have really found out ahead of time. Which goes to show that we aren't so much about rumors as we are just about community and being a bunch of geeks reading about Mac-related news and theories. Which is okay, or great even. I'm still addicted, and for good reason.

 

[extraextra]

Honestly, I do enjoy going back and reading posts by forum members who believed there was no way the rumors (such as the ipod interface changes earlier this year) could be real. The presumptuous statements and downright rude tones by many are unwarranted but put forth anyway. Here's to another year of rude people who know it all.

Haha yeah, those are my favorite. "There's no way this is real, it's just a load of BS!", and they end up eating their words a few days (or months) later.

 

[arn]

What's most fascinating about this is that these are relatively minor morsels, and a vast majority of them are iPod/iPhone-related...

This really isn't an exhaustive list... but just some of the more dramatic leaks - videos, photos and unusual circumstances

There are many non video/photo rumors that do turn out true.

arn

 

[carlitofox]

one more thing ......

(always wanted to say that !!!)

you forgot about numbers wasn't there some pics of that floating about just before the launch ????

 

[wongulous]

This really isn't an exhaustive list... but just some of the more dramatic leaks - videos, photos and unusual circumstances

There are many non video/photo rumors that do turn out true.

arn

This is true. I wasn't intending to reduce MacRumors, or "Mac rumors" (as a whole), but it's not like some of the huge hardware photoleaks of years past of entire computer casings, specifications, and prices or secret factory photos or anything. I was more comparing it year-over-year. MR is really doing the best they/we can, because it's not like we have secret operatives. However, being the best Mac rumor website out there has its perks, I'm sure, like informants willing to send things your way...