iMac Photos?

[MacRumors]

Showing up briefly on a personal .mac homepage, then finding thier way to both Apple Insider and french mac enthusiast site MacBidouille, photos of a mysterious product have emerged that has been claimed to be the new iMac. The story surrounding the photos is fishy at best, with the box being opened in an elevator by a curious worker at Charles DeGaulle airport in Paris. The photos are fuzzy/blurry, and at first glance do not appear to have been photoshopped or altered in other ways (photos in thread). However, with lack of any corroborating evidence, we can only speculate as to the actual nature of the product in the photos.

 

[Mudbug]

for the record, I don't think these are real.
Just in case - Apple Legal - click me

 

[Mr. Anderson]

Kind of a departure for Apple if that's the design. Very uninspiring and monolithic. Doesn't have any of the character that the other iMacs have. But if its got a G5 in it, that might make up for some.

D

 

[Veldek]

Me neither. They don't seem to fit in the package and it's much too small.

 

[Zaty]

for the record, I don't think these are real.

Neither do I

 

[hcopp]

it justl ooks like a cinema display to me

 

[yossele]

It' kinda reminds me of the picture of The PowerMac, before the announcement, I guess lets wait till Tuesday, it's probably fake, it looks like a screen with NO leg/base.

 

[applemacdude]

Maybe its a removable monitor for the new imac which can accommodate different monitor sizes

 

[Knox]

My first thought was that someone just found an iBook box, took a random company's LCD/computer, stuck it in the box and took some photos.

 

[SilentPanda]

I really don't believe it but only on the basis that they look like the "power" line. That and I particularly don't like them and am wanting to buy a new iMac when they come out (providing the video card is better than what the rumored specs are which I somehow doubt).

 

[Lancetx]

According to another website, Apple Legal has requested their removal.

http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=3713

 

[appleface]

maybe i'm gullible.

i don't know if it's real, but it is almost exactly what i envisioned: a wall-mountable all-in-one display with wirelessly connected mouse, keyboard, and speakers.

 

[Squire]

As some of you have implied, maybe it's just one piece of a 2-piece system. Does it appear thicker than a new cinema display?

Squire

 

[webmatthijs]

looks like a cheap touch screen computer they use in museums. if he took the foto's why didn't he include the apple logo to make it official.

i think i like the old one better.

 

[webmatthijs]

It' kinda reminds me of the picture of The PowerMac, before the announcement, I guess lets wait till Tuesday, it's probably fake, it looks like a screen with NO leg/base.

i think the leg base is that metal thing that is maybe hiding under there. anyone agree?
see the red arrow:

 

[el_aarono]

looks like a cheap touch screen computer they use in museums. if he took the foto's why didn't he include the apple logo to make it official.

i think i like the old one better.

To me it looks like that small white circular spot on the top center edge could be an apple logo.

What do you think?

 

[DavidCar]

I read someone's suggestion that the screen is much too big for the box. That convinces me this is not for real.

 

[macridah]

That box almost fits it to perfectly. I suppose the keyboard could be in another box, but apple is known for it's elegant packaging.

I would like the new G5 iMac if it was a cinema display with the computer behind it and the keyboard and mouse was wireless .... super clean setup.

 

[Brian Haworth]

A larger shot

It's much too thick to be a cinema display, and doesn't have white sides like the cinema displays.

 

[JDOG_]

Looks very much like a picture of a 20" cinema display put on it's side and photographed in low-light conditions.

If it is the new iMac, it still looks pretty sweet from a pretty terrible angle.

 

[Doctor Q]

This is too suspicious for me to believe.

But seeing the new design in an elevator must have been a "moving" experience!

 

[nacl99]

Is the frame around the inside of the screen beveled? That seems different form the cinemas.

Also it would be easy to photoshop out the white sides with metal.

box is too small for, keyboard and such? isn't it

 

[paulypants]

It's much too thick to be a cinema display, and doesn't have white sides like the cinema displays.

Thats because whoever faked this colored on the side gray (badly)
thats why the side looks so fuzzy, there is no defining lines on the
side where it meets the face...

 

[dotnina]

I read someone's suggestion that the screen is much too big for the box. That convinces me this is not for real.

So true. Where's the styrofoam on either side of the monitor? My Powerbook came in a bed of styrofoam ... it looks like the sides of this monitor touch the box.

 

[applekid]

Doesn't appear to be an iMac. Maybe a new digital device or a Apple plasma TV.