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Snow Leopard pics leaked

German site Sevenmac has posted a slew of alleged leaked pics of Snow Leopard, if you care. For some reason I can never get excited about pics like this that basically show the “Get info” screen of various apps with a slightly updated version number from what I am currently running, especially for a largely “performance update” vs. a “feature update”,... Read More

OK… how about THIS one…

[UPDATE: OK we have confirmed this one as fake, but we’re leaving it up for discussion’s sake. The other one with the weird vent hat thing still has potential.] Another day, another Mac mini “leak”. I’m not sure why we’re getting all these, but I find them interesting, so here you go. Click to embiggen. I’d love to believe this one is... Read More

Is this the new Mac mini?

An anonymous tip (the best kind). Thoughts? Click to embiggen.  Read More

Is Apple working on an iPhone nano?

No.  Read More

Can’t decide which MacBook event coverage to watch? Why not watch them all?!

Kind of like a sports bar on Sunday, 9to5Mac has created a Mac Geek’s “DirecTV” type viewing system where you can watch the MacBook event feeds from 4 different sites simultaneously. Coverage is available from Gizmodo, Engadget, ArsTechnica, and Computerworld. The page even auto-refreshes so you can just sit back and let your eyes bleed. While this is BRUTAL... Read More

The Top 5 reasons I feel the leaked MacBook photos are fake

The Mac rumor community has gotten so competitive these days that I am not surprised to see 9to5Mac and others have rushed to press with the latest “leaked photos” of the new MacBooks rumored to hit the Apple Store tomorrow. It appears a little thing called “fact checking” is the latest casualty in the race to “get the scoop”. Well, at the risk... Read More

iWork and iLife ’09 to share the spotlight Tuesday?

Well, despite Apple’s invite making it very clear that the “focus would be on notebooks” at Tuesday’s special event, word is now trickling out that we may be seeing some token updates to both the iLife and iWork suites. Mac Soda, the same folks who brought us the nVidia graphics card in the new MacBooks rumors claims to have knowledge of a joint notebooks/iApps... Read More

Does Apple’s October 14th invite confirm the glass trackpad rumors?

Apple has finally (unofficially) confirmed the release of new MacBooks on October 14th via one of its trademarked “mysterious special event invitations that we never seem to get”. While conventional wisdom has it that the image on the invite is that of the back of the new 13-inch MacBook Apple will be selling us, faithful Macenstein reader Payton decided that everybody... Read More

Macs don’t cause cancer… PEOPLE with Macs cause cancer!

Valleywag reports on the findings of a French publication called The Liberation of France which claims that Mac Pros emit leukemia-causing agents (such as Benzene) into the air when used. Multiple reports coming out of the Apple support forums mention strong toxic odors believed to be caused by “a protective resin coating on the RAM PCB’s and/or RAM riser card PCB’s... Read More

First fake “leaked” MacBook Pro hits the web

Thoughts? Personally, I find the Apple Store employee shirt a little much. We’re closing in to October 14th, so this should be the first of many. [via faithful Macenstein reader chalkartist via iphonesavior]  Read More