[d4nth3m4n]

just thinking of the iHome and the iWalk fiascos.

has anything like that actually happened before? seems there is always a hoax or a mockup, but i have never seen anything actually leaked.

seems TS and MOR do alright with the specs and stuff, but have IMAGES ever leaked out?

[Mithras]

G4 Quicksilver did:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1155637,00.asp

[Big Mac]

Sure. It's called Mirrored Drive Doors, which was widely regarded as a fake. Of course, the Cube didn't leak out in the form of official images but rather as accurate mock-ups.

[mitchell_pgh]

Originally posted by Big Mac:
Sure. It's called Mirrored Drive Doors, which was widely regarded as a fake. Of course, the Cube didn't leak out in the form of official images but rather as accurate mock-ups.

I don't think any of the mockups had it in such a compact size. 6.5 square by 2" tall is crazy.

[kenazo]

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
I don't think any of the mockups had it in such a compact size. 6.5 square by 2" tall is crazy.

I think he means the original Cube....

[ThinkInsane]

The G4 iMac Time magazine cover was posed on Time Canada's website the day before the Macworld announcement. Not so much a leak as a mistake, but I got to sleep in the next day instead of huddling in front of my computer waiting to get a first peek.

[turtle777]

Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
just thinking of the iHome and the iWalk fiascos.

Care to explain why that was a fiasco ?

-t

[d4nth3m4n]

nope.

[turtle777]

Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
nope.

fi·as·co ( P ) Pronunciation Key (f-sk, -äsk)
n. pl. fi·as·coes or fi·as·cos
A complete failure.

fiasco
n : a sudden and violent collapse [syn: debacle]


Did you even know what it meant ?
There never was a fiasco with the "iHome" and the "iWalk".

-t

[ThinkInsane]

It's a fiasco to those that put it on their websites and stuck by it as proven fact that later turned out to be ********. Still eating crow over the iWalk three or four years later seems like a fiasco of sorts to me.

[Visnaut]

I remember a picture of the powermac cube leaked the night before the keynote at which it was released. I specifically remember posting somewhere how it must be a fake, and a shoddy one too, i surmised. We all know how that turned out...

And in a thread the other day I thought the idea of a screenless iPod was ludicrous. Again, I ate crow.

Apparently whenever I feel strongly that Apple WON'T release something it's a good barometer of when they will.

[PurpleGiant]

I recall seeing actual product shots of the cube the day before release. Can't remember where. Same with the MDD powermac.

[fhoubi]

The 4G iPod leaked a day before, a frontcover foto online featuring Steve holding it. Was it Newsweek, Time?

[JHromadka]

Originally posted by ThinkInsane:
It's a fiasco to those that put it on their websites and stuck by it as proven fact that later turned out to be ********. Still eating crow over the iWalk three or four years later seems like a fiasco of sorts to me.

Still don't go to that website because of the fiasco.

[BasketofPuppies]

Promotional materials for the second generation iMacs (the ones with transparent plastic) were leaked a few days before they were released.

And before Steve got serious about enforcing NDAs, images were leaked all the time.

O'Grady's PowerPage and Mac OS Rumors - remember, it used to be accurate - posted a pic of the original PowerBook G3 still labeled as PowerBook 3500.

[olePigeon]

The G5 iMac was.