Tim Dorr Veteran Posted January 7, 2005 Veteran Share Posted January 7, 2005 The following images have been making the rounds:iHome Images In the days prior to an expo, claimed "spy shots" always seem to emerge. No credibility or backstory available. Video: video_0001.3gp Source: http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2005/01/20050107171530.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Dunno, it looks plausible. :\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 awesome (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted January 7, 2005 Author Veteran Share Posted January 7, 2005 Added the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mx Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 :unsure: looks real in some ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted January 7, 2005 Veteran Share Posted January 7, 2005 Lmao, I never know what to think when I see these. It goes one of 2 ways: Man, that looks quality! Cue Apple revealing nothing like it and you look like an idiot Man, that's such a fake! Cue Apple revealing the iHome media centre and you look like an idiot :rofl: Still, if it's real, it doesn't look too bad. I imagine I'll be snapping one up to sit on my desk and have a play with. Still, "Centre"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted January 7, 2005 Author Veteran Share Posted January 7, 2005 I already know it's fake: "Media Centre". Apple, a US-based company, would never use british spelling on one of their products. Steve Jobs wouldn't allow it. Fun to dream though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4020 Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Looks nice (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mx Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Well spotted Timdorr, its Centre the English and not Center the American. Good eye you have there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted January 7, 2005 Author Veteran Share Posted January 7, 2005 Wait a sec, doesn't that look like the same set of pictures that had the fake Cinema Displays? It's the same background as before... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted January 7, 2005 Veteran Share Posted January 7, 2005 Looks pretty real actually. Nice apple packaging and all. Dont know if they would put Centre instead of Center though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotdot Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Hell yeah the price is right so I may just use one to power the media fr my new flat, thats if it indeed is as stated and Im able to get a hold of one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 That looks like the same elevator or room that the fake pictures of the iMac G5 were shot in last year, and why would Apple use the British spelling of "Centre"? I'm calling this one a fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mx Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Timdorr strikes again, you might be right. It looks familiar, got any pics of the fake screens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FaX Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 so its fake... then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioboy Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 they def would not put the british spelling of center, so this has already lost credibility that and... ihome juts doesnt... it doesn't have that certina je ne sais quoi (sp?) that apple names have, you know? it's too generic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Looks pretty real actually. Nice apple packaging and all. Dont know if they would put Centre instead of Center though? 585251809[/snapback] That could be the packaging for Canada..... :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted January 7, 2005 Author Veteran Share Posted January 7, 2005 Timdorr strikes again, you might be right. It looks familiar, got any pics of the fake screens? 585251816[/snapback] I'm trying to find them. I swear they were on macrumors.com, but I can't find 'em... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mx Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 True Steven, but, if this was going to be what Apple would show at their show thingy, I doubt it'd be in Canadian packaging. Might be wrong, but I'm gunning on fake for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonBlur Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 I say it's fake. The images make the unit itself look like a cardboard box, the right-front corner looks like it is pushed in a little, and the ports, etc. could just be images. Same with the packaging... plus, Apple wouldn't spell it "Centre", it's an American company, it would be "Center", just like Microsoft's Media CENTER software. Also, there seems to be NO VGA port, and if this is a computer without an included monitor, it would have to have one, and it would definately be on the back with the rest of the ports. I could, maybe, possibly be wrong, but I don't think I am. It basically just looks like a slightly thinner, white XBOX. If this device is real, I think they could have done a better with the design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted January 7, 2005 Veteran Share Posted January 7, 2005 Here's the fake iMac pics from earlier in the year: http://www.macbidouille.com/niouzcontenu.p...2004-08-27#9376 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioboy Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 it's not the same elevator, the fake imac shot had a black rubber floor in the elevator, this one is carpeted is it just me, or in the shot where you can see the ports on the back, does it look like the middle of the case os made of corrugated cardboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mx Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 I'm trying to find them. I swear they were on macrumors.com, but I can't find 'em... 585251835[/snapback] Keep looking :), I'm searching the site too now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuarterSwede Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Looks plausible (darn good for a fake if it is one) but I got stuck on the spelling of "Centre" as well ... it's the first thing I noticed. Also, as someone already made an excellent point of, it doesn't have any VGA or DVI ports. That could be a huge mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph B Posted January 7, 2005 Share Posted January 7, 2005 Wow, if that is it... I'd love for that to be sitting on my desk. Not that bad, if it is fake. Hopefully it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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