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Now THAT'S A New iMac (11/16/01)
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Slow news day? Ha! Sure, to the untrained eye, things may seem a little quiet in the Mac world right about now, but that's because only a true professional can spot the subtle plot twists. While official Mac news sites are currently falling back on such yawnworthy tactics as regurgitating corporate press releases and noting every single new software update under the sun, our keen eye for drama brings you something far more engaging. Sell the rest of your seat, because you'll only need the edge of it when you hear about... the 6 GHz iMac!!
Skeptical? Oh, you may scoff now, but faithful viewer delynnb uncovered incontrovertible proof of this remarkable system's existence-- and the evidence is right on Apple's own web site! Keep the heart pills handy and feast your eyes, if you will, on this animated ad banner-- served from Apple's servers, remember-- which clearly refers to a 6000 MHz iMac. Clearly somebody at Apple goofed ATI-style and released details about an upcoming iMac a little bit too early. We imagine Steve's wrath will be terrible, so if you hear reports of a minor earthquake with an epicenter in Cupertino, you'll know when the offending employee has been "disciplined."
Naysayers will try to feed you a load of hooey about "typos" and other wildly improbable explanations, but take our word for it: this is a simple case of accidental pre-release data leak. We're guessing that a formal announcement of the 6 GHz iMac is coming any day now. In the meantime, Apple may want to consider tightening up its security; just yesterday morning, its new Retail page also let slip the confidential fact that the state of Illinois is about to change its name to "Illinios." The page has since been altered to remove all references to the new spelling of the state's name, but trust us, Illiniosians-- you heard it here first.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 11/16/01 episode: November 16, 2001: The latest evidence suggests that Apple may in fact be planning on four retail grand openings next Friday. Meanwhile, iTunes 2.0.2 quietly surfaces on Apple's servers, and a viewer uncovers evidence that a super-fast new iMac is just days away...
Other scenes from that episode: 3400: They're All Over The Place (11/16/01) Gee, did we just say there were three new Apple retail stores primed to open next Friday? Sorry, we should have said four. Well, actually, that's not entirely true, since we really haven't heard any reports (official or otherwise) that a fourth store will be going live on the 23rd, but sometime between yesterday and today, Apple added the Buffalo, NY Walden Galleria shop to the "Coming Soon" section on its newly-revamped list of retail locations; while no opening date is listed, we're pegging the all-important Day After Thanksgiving as a likely target... 3401: What's In That Package? (11/16/01) Given what happened the last time Apple posted a new iTunes installer, we wouldn't be surprised if people were a little... shall we say, extra careful about downloading and installing new versions of that particular product...
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