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Is this It (Photo)?
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Let's all close the topic here and see what happens at he WWDC......no...this is just way too JuICy!
The above post reminds me of some sort of AlienWare Model
The above post reminds me of some sort of AlienWare Model
you decide
This:
was claimed by the original poster at Appleinsider to be a mockup he put together.
I'm not so sure if it's really a 'mockup.' Look at the metal textures on the sides.
This:
was claimed by the original poster at Appleinsider to be a mockup he put together.
I'm not so sure if it's really a 'mockup.' Look at the metal textures on the sides.
compare the pics
If you scale the two pictures to the same size and layer them one on top of the other, they match up perfectly, Apple logo and all. One is obviously based (very closely!) on the other, but which one?
Until I saw the AppleInsider pic i was nearly convinced that this was the real thing, but now I'm not so sure. Ports in the recess of the bottom handle, an illuminated Apple logo on the power button, and a sleek yet conservative no-nonsense brushed aluminium appearance - it's very 21st century Apple. I must admit that the curvy/plasticy G4 tower design is getting a bit old, despite the updates. I wouldn't be surprised if this is very close to what we see next week.
If you scale the two pictures to the same size and layer them one on top of the other, they match up perfectly, Apple logo and all. One is obviously based (very closely!) on the other, but which one?
Until I saw the AppleInsider pic i was nearly convinced that this was the real thing, but now I'm not so sure. Ports in the recess of the bottom handle, an illuminated Apple logo on the power button, and a sleek yet conservative no-nonsense brushed aluminium appearance - it's very 21st century Apple. I must admit that the curvy/plasticy G4 tower design is getting a bit old, despite the updates. I wouldn't be surprised if this is very close to what we see next week.
Exact same thing?
I don't know what you mean that they're the exact same thing. The lines separating the front panels on the appleinsider image are white, while in the "dontask" image they seem thinner and grey. Anyhow, the AI image might have been based on the dontask image, but it doesn't seem that this is merely a scan of a printout or anything...
Not that I'm saying it's real.
I don't know what you mean that they're the exact same thing. The lines separating the front panels on the appleinsider image are white, while in the "dontask" image they seem thinner and grey. Anyhow, the AI image might have been based on the dontask image, but it doesn't seem that this is merely a scan of a printout or anything...
Not that I'm saying it's real.
isnt it possible someone with illustrator simply outlined the dont ask pic? Its not hard, in fact, some would argue easy.
I know. That's what I think as well. Can anyone make metallic textures that look that real with the whole 'flash light' effect?
If that's what's coming on the 23rd...hell yeah.
Originally posted by job
I know. That's what I think as well. Can anyone make metallic textures that look that real with the whole 'flash light' effect?
If that's what's coming on the 23rd...hell yeah.
problem is that the slots are pure black and the lines are perfectly parallel. I know i cant get a photo that good, even with a Canon S50 :-D.
Re: The Apple isn't crooked
I keep seeing people say this, but near as I can tell, it's not true. I centered the image on the middle crease, blew up the image so that about 30 dots appeared on my screen with the crease in the middle, and held up a straightedge aligned with the top dots. The dots below the crevice did not fall on the same line near the crease.
I am also not saying it's real, but the halftone is NOT perfect. It is quite clearly slightly perturbed near the major crease at high magnification. Whatever it is, I'm willing to believe that it was at some point printed it out in halftone and re-scanned, at least.
I keep seeing people say this, but near as I can tell, it's not true. I centered the image on the middle crease, blew up the image so that about 30 dots appeared on my screen with the crease in the middle, and held up a straightedge aligned with the top dots. The dots below the crevice did not fall on the same line near the crease.
I am also not saying it's real, but the halftone is NOT perfect. It is quite clearly slightly perturbed near the major crease at high magnification. Whatever it is, I'm willing to believe that it was at some point printed it out in halftone and re-scanned, at least.
It's got an error
The invite to the apple store has a grammatical error in it. The part "...OS X, codenamed 'Panther', ..." is wrong.
A comma always belongs within quotations, so it should have been "...OS X, codenamed 'Panther,'..." with the comma following the word Panther within its quotations.
The fact that there is an obvious error in a (supposedly) printed Apple document leads me to believe that it's fake. However I've seen errors like this on their website, so who knows.
The invite to the apple store has a grammatical error in it. The part "...OS X, codenamed 'Panther', ..." is wrong.
A comma always belongs within quotations, so it should have been "...OS X, codenamed 'Panther,'..." with the comma following the word Panther within its quotations.
The fact that there is an obvious error in a (supposedly) printed Apple document leads me to believe that it's fake. However I've seen errors like this on their website, so who knows.
Originally posted by job
I know. That's what I think as well. Can anyone make metallic textures that look that real with the whole 'flash light' effect?
If that's what's coming on the 23rd...hell yeah.
Don't know about you guys, but we have plenty of metallic panels kicking around our offices. Some of them are even slotted. I think it would be fairly easy to photoshop this up. It looks pretty realistic though, so even if it's fake it's a pretty impressive work of art.
It does look about right for a robust, well equiped 2U sized case. Looks good to me - distinguished even. Remember apple's recent push into enterprise services? Hmmmmm....
well i just took the "Artist Rendition" from Apple Insider and layered it over our little crumpled rumor photo and they are an EXACT match in all ratios and EVERYTHING lines up perectly. so i think it's pretty clear that this picture is actually just a majorly doctored image of the "Artist's Rendition" made to look like something from a newspaper or print piece. OR original picture is indeed real and the Artist Rendition was created from it by simply scanning into Illustrator or Streamline to create a vector version just by applying a filter. Either way I'm 100% that either they both come from the same source image or one is the source for the other, no question about it.
Here's to adding more fuel to the fire:
The was posted on the IMG forums. I think this was discussed a while back as possible proof that this image came from some sort of print media. Is it an image from the other side? Or is it just a random oddity?
The was posted on the IMG forums. I think this was discussed a while back as possible proof that this image came from some sort of print media. Is it an image from the other side? Or is it just a random oddity?
Has it even been 24 hours since this thing surfaced? I think you're giving Apple legal a little too much credit.
Re: It's got an error
Yeah, I've come across this error in all sorts of published matter, but you have to realise that designers are often cheeky little buggers who do this on purpose because having the comma before the quote offends their sense of balance.
Maybe you graphic designers can let us know if this happens all the time, because I've see them change the comma position before final printing on a couple of occasions
Just plain cheeky.
Yeah, I've come across this error in all sorts of published matter, but you have to realise that designers are often cheeky little buggers who do this on purpose because having the comma before the quote offends their sense of balance.
Maybe you graphic designers can let us know if this happens all the time, because I've see them change the comma position before final printing on a couple of occasions
Just plain cheeky.
Push the midtones up and blow out the shadows and you will notice that the slots are not perfectly black, nor are they uniform, in fact, there is a series of horizontal lines that run through the lines -- they are not uniformly spaced, but they are consistently placed from one slot to the next, horizontally. As for how to get these slots perfectly vertical, it can be done by using a good tripod head with a built-in level and a leveled light table, which most professional photography studios have (or, Photoshop's rotate command).
I'm not saying it's real, but I'm not saying it's fake. Just remember, however, when the first photos of the MDD macs were posted to MacB, everyone exclaimed that the speaker perspective was distorted and therefore the design was fake.
Originally posted by job
Here's to adding more fuel to the fire:
The was posted on the IMG forums. I think this was discussed a while back as possible proof that this image came from some sort of print media. Is it an image from the other side? Or is it just a random oddity?
Looks like a picture of a naked woman to me.
OK. I just have ...
... to tell you my own thoughts about that image.
I think it's real.
This was apparently cut out from some (preprint?) promotional material, folded up and scanned in later.
Look at it. The perspective is just perfect for an add. Makes the machine looking big and bad. (Certainly bigger than it is - I hope it's just as bad-ass as it looks, though. )
The raster is above the wrinkles because it was produced by the scanning process. The lower left corner was blurred after scanning, so it's above the raster.
There are no reset or eject buttons on current PowerMacs so it's likely there won't be any on the new ones.
The reason the lower handle seem 'further away' from the case than the upper one is, because there are probably some ports located down there - possibly along with a headphone jack. (Seem to be covered in the picture somehow.)
Looking at the media slot, the tower is a bit smaller than the current ones - which fits previous rumors.
The cover above the slot loading drive might be larger than that below because it would need a hinge to accomodate a drive with tray.
I agree with others that the minimalistic design fits with Apple's current lineup (PowerBook, XServe) - and it draws a hard line between the older PowerMacs and the new machines (which is something that Apple would clearly want, considering the less-than great reputation of the current G4's in terms of computing power).
So while I'm not _sure_ this is real, I can't see a single point that would rule it out.
That said, I don't like it. Looks boring to me.
But then again I also like the design of my old b&w G3 better than that of my new MDD PowerMac. So YMMV ...
bye. Andreas.
... to tell you my own thoughts about that image.
I think it's real.
This was apparently cut out from some (preprint?) promotional material, folded up and scanned in later.
Look at it. The perspective is just perfect for an add. Makes the machine looking big and bad. (Certainly bigger than it is - I hope it's just as bad-ass as it looks, though.
)The raster is above the wrinkles because it was produced by the scanning process. The lower left corner was blurred after scanning, so it's above the raster.
There are no reset or eject buttons on current PowerMacs so it's likely there won't be any on the new ones.
The reason the lower handle seem 'further away' from the case than the upper one is, because there are probably some ports located down there - possibly along with a headphone jack. (Seem to be covered in the picture somehow.)
Looking at the media slot, the tower is a bit smaller than the current ones - which fits previous rumors.
The cover above the slot loading drive might be larger than that below because it would need a hinge to accomodate a drive with tray.
I agree with others that the minimalistic design fits with Apple's current lineup (PowerBook, XServe) - and it draws a hard line between the older PowerMacs and the new machines (which is something that Apple would clearly want, considering the less-than great reputation of the current G4's in terms of computing power).
So while I'm not _sure_ this is real, I can't see a single point that would rule it out.
That said, I don't like it. Looks boring to me.
But then again I also like the design of my old b&w G3 better than that of my new MDD PowerMac. So YMMV ...
bye. Andreas.