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Rumor: Is Apple's 'Brick' A Mac Mini Redesign?
iphonesavior.com - 9/20/2008
Rumor: Is Apple's 'Brick' A Mac Mini Redesign?
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Sources have indicated Apple's "one more thing", code named 'Brick' rumored to be announced around October 14th along with a MacBook refresh, will actually be a re-design of the Mac Mini super-sized to reveal a Mac Mini Pro of sorts. A wild idea that sounds like a stretch of ...

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RUMOR: Apple’s ‘Brick’ really a ‘Mac Pro mini’
MacDailyNews — RUMOR: Apple’s ‘Brick’ really a ‘Mac Pro mini’ Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 01:05 PM EDT [image] "Sources have indicated Apple's 'one more thing,' code named 'Brick' rumored to be announced around October 14th along with a MacBook refresh, will actually be a re-design of the Mac Mini super-sized to reveal a Mac Mini Pro of sorts," iPhone Savior reports. "Apple's 'Brick' mystery product is also rumored to be the fabled Tablet Mac by 9 to 5 Mac , a fantasy product that's proven as real as Bigfoot for the past few years now. It's been roughly 14 months since the last minor ...

Apple’s “Brick” riddle, deciphered
Macenstein — ... or Mac Pro mini tower – while others say the word “brick” implies it will be an update to the already somewhat brick-like Mac mini or Apple TV lines. Well, not to toot our own horns, but we think we’ve solved the riddle behind the code name “The Brick”, although unfortunately our theory does not shed any real light on what the device actually IS , but perhaps it can help end speculation as to what it is not. . We mulled the “brick” name over in our official, patent-pending Macenstein Lab Think Tank ™, and it is now our belief that The Brick has nothing to do with the ...

Apple's New Heavy Weight "Brick" Could Save You Money and Smash Windows
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — ...   which isn't a very exciting idea if you ask us - another wireless USB hub. Yawn. 'nuff said? Of course Apple could come up with something innovative here, but I doubt this is going to be the big announcement. Maybe, just maybe, it will be a "brick" of connectivity.  An Airport Extreme, Time Capsule and USB hub all-in-one big fat Apple device that makes "bricks" a beautiful product. Our other favorite rumor is the complete Mac mini redesign . Most owners of the Mac mini love it. It's an inexpensive way of getting a second computer for a variety of uses, and if you've been ...

Rumor Roundup: Apple Brick [Rumors]
Gizmodo — ... Event would be "all about the Brick." The fun sort of spiraled from there, with plenty of guesses of just what the Brick could be... TGDaily (Netbook) "There is some chatter that this "Brick" is actually a Mac tablet, but we here at TG Daily believe that if that is in fact the case, Macworld in January may be a more appropriate event to unveil a tablet. Another rumor has it that Apple may introduce a brand-new sub-notebook to compete with Asustek's EeePC." iPhone Savior (Mac Mini Pro) "Sources have indicated Apple's "one more thing," code named ...

The “Brick”: Game Changer or Niche Product Without a Market?
TheAppleBlog — ... iPhone Savior cites the ever-informative “sources” in suggesting the the “Brick” may in fact be the long-awaited Mac Mini redesign.  They admit their source is unreliable, and that the supposed near-pro performance upgrades attached to the rumor seem far-fetched at best.  While it is true that the Mac Mini has been nearing obsolescence for quite a while now, a mere spec bump does not seem grounds enough for Apple to use the speculation-inspiring term “product transition.” ...

iPhone 'Copy & Paste' Photographed In The Wild
iPhone Savior — ... "I'm not trying to be a nasty little bitch or anything," said Paste "I'm bound by an NDA from Apple. If you want to ask me about "The Brick" I can tell you all about that, no problem". ...

Is Apple’s “Brick” a Breakthrough Manufacturing Process?
Technologizer — For the last few weeks, lovers of Apple gossip have been having fun speculating about an alleged Apple project supposedly code-named “Brick.” Most assumed it was a new computer or device of some sort . But now Seth Weintraub of 9 to 5 Mac is asserting the “Brick” is actually a ...

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Wireless USB hub (brick?) to hit MacBooks next month?
blogs.computerworld.com 9/22/2008 — /sites/default/themes/cw_blogs/cache/files/u121/macbook-brick.jpg" alt="MacBook Brick" align="left" height="75" hspace="10" /> While out trolling some message boards, I happened upon a Flickr image of what looks like a Photoshopped Apple Web page ...
MacBook 'Brick' Codename Speculation
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Glass Trackpad is the Brick? — Mac Soda
I was pondering the riddle of the brick today, thinking for a good amount of time: what is it? Is it a wireless USB hub? Is it a mid-sized tower? Is it a tablet? I couldn’t think of what it could be: and then it hit me. What if the new MacBook’s glass trackpad , which came from ...
What is The Brick? — The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
The friendly folks over at Macenstein have a theory about The Brick -- a widely-rumored Apple product that may be debuting mid-October. So far, all we really know is the code name: "The Brick." Many speculate that it refers to the form factor of the product -- whatever it may be -- but ...