Mac Mini "leak" causes excitement, ennui

craiig

#1 – 8:07 PM December 20, 2008

This is so wacky I almost believe it. Would Apple be so anal-retentive about styling to give their mac-mini a fake lid? Lid-style? So their entire line looks the same when everything is closed?

If the leaker claims the lid opens, then I call shenanigans. If it's just a lid-like styling then I'm not so sure.

Sean Eric FAgan

#2 – 8:23 PM December 20, 2008

I lean towards thinking it's fake, but the "fake lid" isn't really why: the Time Capsule would look the same if the top were curved instead of boxy.

grimc

#3 – 8:33 PM December 20, 2008

@craiig

Apple would be anal-retentive enough NOT to give the Mini a "lid". All of Apple's products are minimalist. They wouldn't add a gutter for aesthetics.

Splendor

#4 – 9:40 PM December 20, 2008

Mmm...anonymous sauce.

Sean Eric FAgan

#5 – 9:49 PM December 20, 2008

@grimc: You mean, like the Time Capsule, and the Airport Extreme Base Station that preceded it?

theawesomerobot

#6 – 10:12 PM December 20, 2008

Apple designed it to be opened up so you can swap out the HD and RAM yourseLOL... damn, couldn't make it through that entire statement.

MT_Head

#7 – 11:27 PM December 20, 2008

One possible way that "Apple's characteristic wordplay" might actually be in operation: if this is, in fact, a picture of an upcoming tiny laptop. Apple might then be saying that their new tiny laptop is a desktop replacement...

grimc

#8 – 12:13 AM December 21, 2008

@sean

Duh. You got me.

0xdeadbeef

#9 – 5:11 AM December 21, 2008

"There needs to be a new word for the state of disappointment brought on by image manipulation."

What's wrong with gullible?

Kenneth Extension

#10 – 5:23 AM December 21, 2008

@MT_Head - Like the new Apple Mactini, you mean? http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BGGOn-H7s3Q

Matt23

#11 – 5:30 AM December 21, 2008

Have "leaked" Apple marketing materials (complete with tag line) ever panned out to be true?

Anonymous Anonymous

#12 – 6:31 AM December 21, 2008

This is fake because, no IR receiver on the front, unless this thing is really long or SSD powered it seems like getting an HD in there is going to be tricky.

Doesn't seem to know if it's a Mac Mini or an Apple TV.

Anonymous Anonymous

#13 – 9:23 AM December 21, 2008

@#9

"What's wrong with gullible?"

There's nothing wrong with gullible, only that it means something else entirely.

jssr

#14 – 10:06 AM December 21, 2008

must be fake. something about the vanishing point of the text line and the top/bottom lines doesn't seem to match...

billso

#15 – 10:29 AM December 21, 2008

Looks fake to me. A new Mac Mini should look similar to the existing Mini and the Airport Extreme, right?

kvh

#16 – 1:08 PM December 21, 2008

I think it's believable -- I'm thinking maybe milled from the 'brick' again - and the 'lid' is actually a vent for cooling...

not that i actually care - I just want the iphone upgraded.

axual

#17 – 4:20 PM December 23, 2008

Perhaps the lid slides to hide a dock. But then again, how would I know?