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Apple's corporate typeface is Myriad, this box uses Frutiger.

I seriously doubt Apple is changing their type again so soon.


F-A-K-E.
 
dotnina said:
Yeah, I agree with the flaws people have noticed. Also: since when does Apple slap the name of the product across something? You don't get a Powerbook that says "POWERBOOK" or an iBook that says "iBOOK" or anything ... the iPod, yes perhaps, but that's far more subtle.

Ya, I'm going to have to go with "fake," sadly. Four more days, though. :D
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Even though, after reading a few posts, I think this is a fake, MHO is you're wrong on that one. With the introduction of the iMac G5, Apple changed that. The "iMac" label is just huge! Not that it doesn't look cool because of that, no. It's cut out of the thin white plastic layer with a grey plastic layer underneath, just like the Apple logo in the front. Typical cool Apple labeling ;)
 
ChrisH3677 said:
You're right. I'd take pictures from all 6 sides to start with.

Plus I'd take pictures of the accessories.

Plus at least a few key pages of the manual.

Plus any other unique identifiers - barcodes, serial numbers, model IDs etc etc.
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Exactly -- any moron who wants to prove the early release would do that at least. And then upload it with complete anonymity. Don't want to get hit by Apple Legal.
 
things to think about

I read about the first 200 posts on this thread, and thought about alot of things.

I haven't decide yet if I believe it.

$500

This is a dual purpose device...
stand alone CPU or...
home theater device

I think that this product will only have one or two configs, the rest of the options will be user serviceable.
$499 basic
$599 same but with Bluetooth and Airport Extreme (maybe superdrive)


This is obviouly aimed at home use, so no need for a hole to use a Kensington lock. Sony, Pioneer etc... stereos, VCRs, DVD players don't have lock slots

I think that alot of things are going to be optional accessories but user installable like G5 replacement parts..

No keyboard or mouse....(keeps price down)
PC users already have compatible ones, plus they won't want a single button mouse.

Bluetooth compatible

Airport extreme compatible

I think that the thing on the front is an infrared port for wireless remote

I think that the drive will be at least DVD/CDRW, so people can burn iTunes and watch DVDs on their TV.

Ports on the back, left to right:

Power port similar to ibooks and pbooks

56k modem port

10/100 ethernet

2 FW400 (so you can always keep your ipod pluged-in)

2 USB2.0

Mini Video Port like iBooks and 12" pbook:
Reason for mini-plug..so users can hook up to anything: VGA ,S-Video, RCA, SCART (European), and possibly DVI.

1/8" miniplug that can be just audio or audio/video like the iPod Photo. Virtually all miniDV cameras, and many digital photo cameras have these ports.

The Box,

The print isn't upsidedown when the boxes are stacked, like in CompUSA. (Will Best Buy and Circuit City sell the iHome too?)

If you buy the iHome at an Apple retail store, they are going to put in a big bag with apple logo, so it won't matter that it is upsidedown. Many Apple retail stores insist on have customers leave with Apple bags, even if you just buy something small. They want the free advertising when you walk around in the mall or down the street. Plus, my Pismo, mother's Lombard, and sisters 1st gen iBook all have the apple logo upsidedown. They didn't correct that till 1st gen G4 Powerbook, i think.

The sceenshots of iTunes, iPhoto etc.... They are on the box to demonstrate all the uses (and ease of use) of the product.

Think Different...Apple is thinking again..to reach more users, show them how the thing works on the outside box...much better than boring box with just a picture of the product that it contains.

sidenote: some of the best ads that i ever saw for a technology product:
Mackie and their musical products. Their one page ads would show what every button, knob, fader, or port was used for..

Last thing:
Centre...is used in the US, mainly implying high class, cultured, and upscale.
It is used to differentiate from the orninary.

My local Apple retail store is in a mall called Kenwood Towne Centre, which is located in one of the wealthier neighborhoods.



If this is a real product, Apple is going to sell tons of these things.
 
spacepower7 said:
No keyboard or mouse....(keeps price down)
PC users already have compatible ones, plus they won't want a single button mouse.
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Most Windows users who will be switching (a 2+ year old PC) have PS/2 mice and/or keyboards. I recently tried buying a new mouse in my local stores and found that 90% of mice on sale there are PS/2 still.

Also, where is the mic or mic port?
I had assumed that was an audio out on the front (for headphones) and the that the audio in was on the back. Some ppl think that's the power button on the front, you think it's the infra red. Whatever it seems it's missing something - whether it's power, mic, line out, infrared.
 
I don't think it's real. None of the lettering on the packaging seems to be spaced correctly, the leading on some of the characters is off and I don't think apple would put the logo so close to the edge of the product. And think about the name iHome. It grammatically doesn't make sense. God the person that made this up is jac*ing off right now.
 
As I read the posts, it amazes me how many points are duplicated, triplicated, and a few even more. So I am curious, am I the only one with so little of a life to have read all 283 previous posts?
 
macnews said:
Just to go in a different direction on this iHome...

I would love such a device that could do all of the following:

1. Record tv shows ala Tivo. I don't have a tivo but I like the idea of a "digital vcr" but hate how Tivo charges you - I understand why they do it (more money) but don't think you should have to pay for a "feature" like this.

2. View my photos from my computer. Right now, complete intigration with iPhoto. This would leave out those with a PC, unless iPhoto comes installed (a good move) and then those with MS systems could import their photos. Importing shouldn't be required for mac systems as it would eat up disk space to record shows as in #1 above.

3. Play iTunes through TV or what ever system you have hooked up for sound. Include in this iTunes visual effects. This shouldn't be a problem connecting between mac and pc systems. This also included iPod integration.

4. Play iMovie files on your tv streamed from you mac, wired or wireless.

5. Include wired and wireless abilities and even bluetooth. Also, can play DVD's, video cd's and music cds. Possible to even burn cd's.

The above would be the basics. Advanced, and more expensive options would include:

6. Ability to "share" screens like you can do on powerbooks or powermacs. It could go either way so you those watching TV could watch a demo from a computer or you could watch the tv show playing on your tv on your laptop in a different room. Note - not done through recorded files.

7. Ability to record tv shows and transfer to your computer to watch later or archive to dvd. Even import in to iMovie and edit out the commercials.

8. Include a dvd burner.

Yes, I know there are devices out there that can do these things but NONE do it easy and nice. This is what Apple is good at and VERY successful at. This is EXACTLY what they did with the iPod so don't give me Apple will never do such a thing. I think Steve is finally seeing the success of consumer electronics and certainly ties in to the whole digital hub concept.

Reasons why they should do something like this are:

1. profits - nice profit margins could be had due to the fact they already own and make the OS and applications so little cost there. This is also little more than a headless mac all you need are the video connections, like those missing on the iHome pictures. Profits will come from people who own macs, people with iPods and general electronics consumers who want a dvd player or dvr.

2. Increase market share for the mac. You are essentially buying a computer but how many computer like devices exist in your home today? Note, it is not marketed as a computer. A computer needs a monitor not a tv. This is designed to be a dvr/dvd/cd type of device but so much more. It is new, and would truely be ground breaking if it could work seemlessly with a "normal computer." MS can't do this- they have to market it as a computer because getting a windows machine to network is not easy for the average joe/jane. Other dvr/dvd players can't, and most likely won't, do this because it is not their area of expertise. What ends up happening is the halo effect like Apple is starting to see with the iPod. Imagine, someone sitting with a ms/intel machine using iPhoto on an iHome and asking why it is so difficult to do the same thing on an "actual computer?" Oh you can, check out this iMac...

3. The iPod has shown Apple can do well in other markets. The iPod, I believe, is successful due to the entire iPod/iTunes/computer seemless actions. It is bone simple yet what people want and expect. Apple has been the only company that shows they can do this.

4. It sets the stage for a ground breaking i(something) store where you rent/buy dvd's online. Pixar experience and reputation helps here, not to mention the precident set by itunes store. While other online music stores maybe lossing money or loss leaders, I don't think at 200 million (i think last reported) downloads iTunes store is lossing money. I also have spoken with Apple insiders who have told me it isn't lossing money. Economics of scale come in to play here big time.

5. #4 also sets up for a video iPod. I know Steve said he won't make one, but how far are you from that when you have an iPod photo? Perhaps it won't be the current form factor, perhaps something larger, but the possibility expands the entire digital hub and makes it truely a digital life component. Think being able to connect this to your car dvd player. No need to pack those DVD's any more, just like now I don't have to pack all my cds. I just take my iPod.

So that is what I would love. As much as I want to believe this iHome, I honestly don't think what is posted is right. We may see something else this coming week and if not, please please please make it Steve. If you make it, they will come. I suspect if we see a headless imac we will not see a iHome type device. That might be saved for the fall or a year from now. Allows Apple to gauge sales of the headless mac and further work out kinks of 10.4.

So that is what I want for a late, or early, christmas present.
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I'm sure Apple monitors this forum and will take your novel into consideration immediately.
 
Also, I expect the headless iMac to be the replacement of the eMac so it wouldn't make sense to call it iHome.

I think schools would like a headless eMac coz then they'd still have the option of going CRT in environments with sticky fingers. And if they were Windows sites, they can keep their old monitors and save a bucket.
 
I can't believe some people still believe it's real. There are too many things that just aren't right, as a lot of people in this thread have pointed out. The very first thing I thought when I saw it was CARDBOARD! It's very obvious that it's a box wrapped in printed paper (both the box as well as the purported iCentre).

Also, the design is not right. It's allmost a perfect square box (well, they wanted it to be, but it's difficult to be precise when you're working with cardboard, paper, glue and probably even scotch tape). Every apple design has round edges. + everything others have pointed out, like wrong font, spelling, styrofoam etc. etc.

This thing has a purpose to entertain and amuse us, not to fool us. Come on, we're on the MacRumors forum!
 
I just read the whole thread and there is something I don't think anyone pointed out. In the last picture, look at the CD slot, notice how it looks rainbow colored? That effect only happens when light reflects off of a black INK. Black ink is many colors combined but empty space (hole/slot) is black due to a total lack of color and light. Meaning only a black ink/paint could create the multi color effect. Therefore the CD/DVD slot has to be printed on, rendering this a fake.
 
I'm not going to write much seeing as how there are 13 pages before me that say mostly everything that needs to be said.

This is obviously a fake item and it's NOT difficult whatsoever to see that. Whether or not the headless iMac is announced at the conference is neither here nor there because just look at the history of images of products leaking: they're never true.

I'm not denying that Tiger, Panther or any OS for that matter hasn't been leaked in previous years in some shape or form (whether for downloading or just screen captures) but take a look at how Apple has dealt with all of that. I'm sure most of you know what ThinkSecret is and know how much crap they get for even posting a new picture of a feature on Tiger -- Apple watches this kind of stuff, they're not blind and this is not a marketing ploy. Does anyone recall how pissy they got when TS even MENTIONED this rumored headless iMac? They weren't happy and they would definitely be a little more ticked about actual pictures of it getting out there. It's. Not. Real.

In conclusion: this is not real, stop arguing that it is and just look at the pictures -- the proof is right there.
 
I don't really dig the name iHome. I mean, it's OK, but you think they could have come up with something even better. If it's real, not bad design, but what about at least having a pinhole on the slot loading cd-rom bay for manually ejecting CDs? Seems suspicious. :confused:
 
ASP272 said:
I don't really dig the name iHome. I mean, it's OK, but you think they could have come up with something even better. If it's real, not bad design, but what about at least having a pinhole on the slot loading cd-rom bay for manually ejecting CDs? Seems suspicious. :confused:
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It'll all be revealed this coming week. Don't worry. = )
 
Just stirring the pot...

What I would do if I found myself alone with an upcoming Apple product is take pictures quickly, hoping to not get caught.

Then, I would look at the pictures at home, and build a cardboard model that looked like them.

Then I would stage fake-looking photos of the model and post them online, with obvious errors.

They would be debunked by people catching the errors.

But then it would be revealed that my creation WAS the real thing (in a sense)!

That's what I would do to damage the sanity of my fellow Mac-followers.

I'm just saying...
 
yippy said:
I just read the whole thread and there is something I don't think anyone pointed out. In the last picture, look at the CD slot, notice how it looks rainbow colored? That effect only happens when light reflects off of a black INK. Black ink is many colors combined but empty space (hole/slot) is black due to a total lack of color and light. Meaning only a black ink/paint could create the multi color effect. Therefore the CD/DVD slot has to be printed on, rendering this a fake.
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That was pointed out somewhere way back but does raise an interesting point. Normally Apple's slot loading drives have some sort of fabric-like guard in them. On my PB it's grey. On the kid's Ruby it's grey.

This unit has a grey faceplate so wouldn't the guard also be grey?

A good explanation from you though - I gotta agree, a black hole wouldn't create a rainbow - it would need some sort of reflective surface.
 
ASP272 said:
I don't really dig the name iHome. I mean, it's OK, but you think they could have come up with something even better. If it's real, not bad design, but what about at least having a pinhole on the slot loading cd-rom bay for manually ejecting CDs? Seems suspicious. :confused:
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Apple hardware doesn't usually have names that define where you will use it or what you use it for

eg iPod, iBook, iMac, (even eMac isn't too specific that it's for education)

(Software regularly does though eg Garageband, iPhoto, iTunes, iDVD, iCal, iChat)

Yes there's always exceptions (xServe maybe), but as a general rule of thumb it applies.

Thus I don't imagine Apple would call a hardware device iHome

About the pinhole - on my PB it's inside the slot. But I think on a home device they wouldn't complicate it like that - it'd be asking for trouble. Imagine a 12yo sticking a paper clip in the slot? :D
 
hahaha. this is so fake. aside from the stick on cardboard box, the incorrect spelling of "Center" the American way, the lack of TV out, video out etc etc... it just looks fake. but looks nice. the words "iHome" is way too large. anyway, hope something like this appears in the future... near future. :)
 
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I noticed this quickly...two different pictures seem to reveal two very different slot drives...
:rolleyes: Btw, if the headless mac is good, i'm getting one!
 

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FAKE!!! FAKE!!!

Close the lid, turn that thing over, and drop it. That thing is done for. Apple never packages its computers with the whole side not covered by styrofoam. My powerbook was covered by at least a couple inches on either side. So was my imac G5.

No question, people, this thing isn't real.


Although I did get excited at first glance (I even emailed it to a couple of buddys).
 
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