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New G4 Case Leaked?

Guess: Pictures are Real; but....

I firmly believe these are pictures of machines seeded to a site. I also believe that the reason they are seeded are so the company can test the new configuration (Ram, speed, IO, etc) with their Hardware/Software

However....Apple is known for two things
1) Seeding hardware with enclosures that are not the final model.

2) Seeding different enclosures to different manufacturers as a mechanism for detecting who the leak is.


The pictures look good, but they don't look 'radically different'. (I'll avoid the phrase 'Insanely great') Apple is getting to the point where it really needs to rev the enclosure...with the iMac body rev almost certain, I would not be surprised to see a heavy enclosure rev for the professional desktop as well.


And face it...when it comes to 'enclosures' Apple is good about keeping the lid tightly shut.


Personally, blending out the background or where the Apple Logo may sit may not be enough for this leaker to have gotten his company in quite a bit of trouble.


-Andrew
 
I don't think this it

I'd expect a radical departure from the current towers like the iBook and PB. Apple wants to wow us with a newly refined desktop that our new OS will reside in.

Look at the clear side panel... Why the overly large wires, as an electronics tech I know wires that size are not needed. And where's the ram, the heatsink and drives that are so prominent when you open any computer, I don't see any of those through the clear enclosure.
 
That's not a clear side panel!

That's not a clear side panel! Indeed--where is the PCI backplate? Why are there large round cables inside the unit? What you're seeing is the reflection of a machine sitting next to the G4, in the G4's shiny side. There's no way that's translucent. You can even sort of see a shelf reflection above the G4.

Also...as for radical departures, I've heard more rumors indicate that the G4 towers were going to face slight faceplate modification, and nothing more, for MWNY than rumors that some Ti-iBook looking tower was coming. So the faceplate-only change is consistent with what I expected.

I think the iMac will be radically different, and as such the G4 tower really need not be. Seems to make sense to me. They can throw down a more radical case design for the G4 towers next year, or even half a year away at MWSF. I'm glad to see a change at all, true. Looks sorta sharp to me. What I want most is dual processors.



blakespot
 
"too" fake?

Well, those pictures of the Cube that came out prior to release looked too fake to be real, too... ;)

I'd be willing to agree that these are images of prototype boxen. The see-thru sides are a defiinite possibility, shades of the way-cool case conversions one can get for their tired old wintel boxen these days :)
 
It's not a transparent side -- it's reflection. Why would there be a crazy mess of rounded cables all throughout, not to mention no PCI backplate or visible cards, etc.

It is definitely a reflection. Look at the current G4 tower...it's sides are indeed reflective.


...


I recall the first time this case shape (the El Capitan case design) was seen. The night before Jan '99 MacWorld, someone had sketched out the design on a cocktail napkin and was circulating it...I think it was at appleinsider.com -- nice departure. And it's not thaaat old.

blakespot
 
How do you open optical drive ?

Great pictures but how are we supposed to open the optical drive ? idem for ZIP drive.

no button ?
 
Now you're just being silly...

They are fake because you believe rumor sites? Well i can see you think they are fak because of the photoshopping, and because of the fact that the pictures are of low quality, but c'mon.. Simply because rumor sites have you wanting to believe that new cases are coming? That is crazy!

As for the quality of the photos, you don't think Apple put the case on a nice grassy, dew covered field for all to partake, do you? The photographer had to be quick and sly to get these photos.

As for the photoshop job, well if i had done a better job it would have actually made them look MORE fake.. I know how you rumor kiddies work!:)

-Chevell
http://www.macosx.org
 
FAKE!!!

Come on people, this is the old tower modified over Potoshop, Remember that the new CD rom / DVD rom or whatever is slot loading why it need a door to be hidden by. Or a way to access the drive and remove it, replace it. It is almost ovious that it is someone playing with the feeling of thousands of Mac Fans. Please belive what ever, and look up in other Mac rumors pages to verify, some of these places are more real that others
 
PEOPLE GET REAL!!!

OF course this picts are not real!!https://forums.macrumors.com/images/icons/icon4.gif What are you thinking with? Some nerd thats has played with Photoshop...and played very badly. Bed my head that this is not the G4 we will se at MWNY.
Transparent sides...yeah right...
 
new g4 case?

My guess:

These photos are real photos of a real proto in
the field.

My guess is that this proto will not go to
production. It looks like Apple was trying
out ideas of how to simplify and refine the
case so it looks less like what the G4 currently
looks like: a way to house current drive tech
and still have them be functional.

Guess we'll know soon.
 
Why change to this design???

What advantage does this faceplate offer?? Why spend loads of money on changing production lines/mouldings etc for this rubbish. Common sense tells you that these are fake, I think the previously unknown site is using these to up their profile.

ps the prespectives are not consistent with the speaker & the on/off button, this indicates obvious cloning in photoshop from two separate sources/photos.
 
what a joke

for my, and apple's sake, i hope these are not real. what an ugly bloated unoriginal POS. It is barely a departure from the current enclosure and does not coincide with all the talk on the street as of late. I'm not saying that they are fakes or fugazi's, i just hope and pray that they are, that poorly executed excuse for an enclosure would make me switch to winbloze.
 
Fake, and here's why...

Let me preface this by saying that I initially thought these were real. Now, I think they're probably old prototypes, like someone else suggested.

Here's my justification: I was reading the posts, and someone mentioned "slot loading." SMACK! <ow> iMac -- slot load. TiBook -- slot load. iBook ice -- slot load. That right there is the kicker, as far as I'm concerned. Not that these weren't real machines at some point -- I just don't think they're the final product.
 
What a joke??

Hey, gr8gatzby, the G4 tower with (only) modified faceplate _is_ consistent with most of the rumors that have been circulating over the past month, you'd know if you'd been watching the rumor scene. And as for this case making you swtich to Windows--what sense does that make?? Some generic beige PC tower, or worse a rip-off of these towers done by some PC case manufacturer?? Now you confuse me.


blakespot
 
Its a picture of the TOP of the existing model

Someguy over at http://bbs.xlr8yourmac.com has spotted what it actually is, the picture is actually of the top of the existing model turned onto its front. The other bits were then pasted on. Also accounts why it may appear narrower than the present G4.
 
Is that Image Mirrored anywhere

When people warn it might be pulled, sometimes people keep the image, putting on an FTP site or on Gopher.

Is there any chance that's happened here, because I can't see the image and I really want to.
 
new g4 case?

Someone correct me if I'm wrong...

My understanding of why G4 towers don't have slot
loading drives is because the pro machine needs the
capability to accomodate different sizes of CDs, for
example, burning CD business cards.

Maybe I'm wrong because why create non standard
CDs if other Apple models can't use them?
 
not much of an improvement

if this really is the new case then it's quite a disapointment. i was really hoping for something innovative. i hope these pictures are fake.
 
While it is possible that they are real, I work for UCACMIC (under cover apple case makers international corp.) and these are the real cases that were emailed to me by my department head Mr. Iam F. Ache last week.
Please note that these are modified to hide the sources
g4.jpg
 
Re: What a joke??

i am anal, i am retentive, i am vain, i am a mac user. asthetics are everything. i would rather use a winbloze box than a poorly designed mac, at least the winblows box would have an excuse. the mac has none, it has an obligation to it's loyal followers to be nothing short of sexy and eye poppingly beuatiful just to stare at from any angle, and this "new enclosure" does not come close to living up to these requirements.

does it make sense? no. this is warped logic. but that's just the way it is.

Originally posted by blakespot
Hey, gr8gatzby, the G4 tower with (only) modified faceplate _is_ consistent with most of the rumors that have been circulating over the past month, you'd know if you'd been watching the rumor scene. And as for this case making you swtich to Windows--what sense does that make?? Some generic beige PC tower, or worse a rip-off of these towers done by some PC case manufacturer?? Now you confuse me.


blakespot
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[Edited by gr8gatzby on 07-10-2001 at 06:02 PM]
 
Give it a rest!!!

I think that a lot of you guys out there are getting your panties all in a bunch over trying to prove whether or not the pics are real. Afterall, this is a "rumor" site which means they could very well be the real thing or fakes. Why not just wait MWNY to find out what the real scoop is??
 
If they are real then we as mac users will have to except them.... when the Blue dalmation and Flower Power iMacs were released we thought that was a bad move on Apple's Part! Now they are big sellers!!! Apple has always been creative and if these are the real thing then I guess we don't have to buy it we can just look at them.... I don't see what the problem is with them.... Besides the poor quality of picture..... go to http://www.go2mac.com and take a look at the article about them....

 
Interesting...

It seems the page with the "spy" photos has been pulled... Could be a confirmation. (Could be simple cloak-and-dagger smoke.) Draw your own.

Personally, I think that validates macosx.org's claims that these were authentic pix.


blakespot
 
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