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Aluminum MultiTouch MacBook, New MacBook Pro, and More? [Fake]

Getting fake Cease and Desist Letters. Confirmed hoax

A MacRumors reader ran across a very unusual .Mac web page yesterday and was kind enough to forward it on. The page contained promotional images for Apple products, including a couple that are not yet shipping products. Specifically, an aluminum MacBook with multitouch and an iMac-like MacBook Pro design were shown:

Typically, we might dismiss such images as some of the many speculative fan-made mockups floating around, but the web page also listed a valid "@apple.com" iTunes Store account and password. Due to the live account information listed, we are not linking directly to the site, but have provided some screenshots below.

The site also revealed a number of other details, including teasers for iTunes 8, a 32GB iPhone, and a WWDC launch date (June 10th). The amount of information included at this early date, especially on a publicly accessible site, makes it difficult to believe. However, the live @apple.com iTunes account is difficult to ignore.

Update: The images appear identical to previous user-submitted mockups making these unlikely to be legitimate, however, they were still inexplicably associated with an Apple-owned account.

Update 2: Apparently, you can sign up for any Apple ID you want if no one else has picked it (stevenjobs@apple.com, sergeynpage@google.com, etc...) and they don't require you to have control of that email.

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50 months ago
it will be interesting come june, thats for sure

it find it odd that the iphone still looks the same. However those are tiny pics so i could be wrong
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50 months ago
Still have the tiger desktop, eh?

And if that's the macbook, it seems to be getting bigger. At least it won't have the cracking issue...
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50 months ago
Not a big fan of black keys on aluminum. Maybe it will grow on me but right now I prefer the solid color MacBooks.
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50 months ago
PowerBook G5s on tuesday?
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50 months ago
No iSight in the MBP??
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50 months ago
I like the current macbook pros better.
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50 months ago
I hate the black keyboard on alum body.....ugly
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50 months ago
Now, this is what I call a juicy rumor!
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50 months ago

Not a big fan of black keys on aluminum. Maybe it will grow on me but right now I prefer the solid color MacBooks.


It hearkens back to the days of the Titanium Powerbook G4.

Those were good days...
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50 months ago

Not a big fan of black keys on aluminum.

It's full circle back to the original TiBook.
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