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Is the 5 USB Mac Mini a fake?
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
So, one of our readers, Dave - who happens to be an expert at PCB design, has spent some time looking at the Mac Mini image posted today and he believes it is a fake. There have been many posts around the web on why. We've put it all together for your consideration
Firstly, the dispersion of artifacts isn't consistant with an unedited image:
Also, within a given area that is unedited and consistent, a single macroblock type will be used
if the macroblock type changes, it indicates editing of the image. Like ...
Most. Boring. Apple. Rumor. Ever.
Technologizer —
Weird but true: Writing the guide to judging Apple rumors which I posted last week was both cathartic and disillusioning. Ultimately, it left me feeling that the best response to about seventy percent of Apple-related gossip is to ignore it: Chances are that it’s wrong, and devoting even a little ...
Mac Mini 2009 'Leak' Analyzed, Declared Fake [Rumor Smash]
Gizmodo —
In the age of Photoshop, it can be impossible to discern a forgery with the naked eye. But one PCB (and imaging) specialist has analyzed the recent Mac Mini "leak" and declared it fake. As you can see in this image, the general "dispersion of artifacts" is not consistent with an unedited picture. In other words, all of that confetti you're seeing around the ports and power plug are pretty suspect. Zoomed in to the pixel, the image also reveals the use of multiple macroblock types. But apparently the expert's most damning argument has nothing to do with the image quality itself. It's ...
Purported Mac Mini video surfaces
CNET News - Apple —
Either Apple's about to launch a Mac Mini, or somebody is really determined to get into the Apple Rumor/Hoax Hall of Fame.
A day after a photo surfaced supposedly showing Apple's design for a next-generation Mac Mini--which was then debunked through some crazy spectral analysis or something...
Rumor: New Mac mini video?
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... on the Mac web, and then were also apparently shot down. The new machine was claimed to have a FireWire 800 port, mini DisplayPort, and five USB ports among the visible features, with a 2GHz Core 2 Duo and 2GB of DDR3 RAM on the inside. Now, adding fuel to the fire, a ...
Video claims to offer more evidence of a Mac mini revision
Infinite Loop —
Last week, we told you about a photo that surfaced of a supposed Mac mini update in the works. Now, the source of that photo has made a short video hoping to quell the cries of, "fake!"
First, a forum member at MacRumors posted a photo of the back of what was characterized as a prototype next-gen Mac mini. The photo showed a Mac mini with FW800 swapped for FW400, Mini-DVI and Mini DisplayPort replacing DVI, and an additional USB port added to the four of the current model.
Though AppleInsider reported that the port layout in the leaked photo ...
Apple Upgrades Its Desktops
Technologizer —
To quote Steve Jobs, boom! Apple just did a sweeping update of its desktop Macs that involves lower prices, beefier components (especially graphics), and other improvements. And it also upgraded its wireless networking gear. All in all, it confirmed a ton of rumors that swirled through the blogosphere ...
