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Latest Mac Mini Spy Shot, Probably Fake [Maybe Not]


Here's the latest "spy shot" to end up in our inbox, which we believe is fake. This one claims to depict the Mac Mini box, we think. We've posted it since other sites are posting it as possibly real.

Story Updated: New Mac Mini Packaging Spy Shot

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39 months ago
Love that 2400 Baud modem jack!
:p
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39 months ago
Wow; people go to great lengths for these 'spy-shots'...
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39 months ago
Why can't the person/s who's taking the photo's use a good digital camera and take a photo of all sides of the box including the Apple Label with the part number and specs. That would take care of this "Is it Real" or "It's a Fake" question once and for all. These photos look horrible and immediately eliminate any credibility.

We all like sneak peeks, but please don't waste our time. Thanks...
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39 months ago
Right, because when you're shopping for a computer, you want the boring ports to be the prominently displayed part
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39 months ago
Could easily be faked - if it were on an actual box then it'd be more plausible.

It is just one side, no proof this is even a box. Could just be laminated paper with some photoshop work..
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39 months ago
:apple:The iLife has a bulge behind it and the Mini appears to be off angle a bit so I think its fake. Like the idea of extra USB ports.:apple:
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39 months ago
many times Mr. blurry cam is due to people trying to sneak a picture with their phone and when you try to take a photo quickly with a phone, results are terrible.

Does anyone know if apple currently cellophane wraps their mac minis? I know my macbook wasn't, but i think the time machines and apple tvs are (similar box size)
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39 months ago

Why can't the person/s who's taking the photo's use a good digital camera and take a photo of all sides of the box including the Apple Label with the part number and specs. That would take care of this "Is it Real" or "It's a Fake" question once and for all. These photos look horrible and immediately eliminate any credibility.

We all like sneak peeks, but please don't waste our time. Thanks...


Someone posts a spy shot of the product. People say it's fake because it only shows one side.

Someone posts a 360° video of the product. People say it's fake because they don't show the top and bottom.

Someone posts a 360° video of the product that includes the top and bottom, people say its fake because they didn't show it hooked up and running.

Someone posts a 360° video of the product that includes the top and bottom and demos it running while hooked up to a monitor, people say it's fake because it could easily be another computer running the monitor

All the while, people are saying how easy it is to fake these things.

Then said product is released with the exact specs in the videos and pictures.

And people talk abut how they defended it from the beginning.

That being said, this picture is fake.
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39 months ago

:apple:The iLife has a bulge behind it and the Mini appears to be off angle a bit so I think its fake. Like the idea of extra USB ports.:apple:


I have to agree with this guy.... but i dont get y someone would go though all the trouble to make a fake mockup? its hard to say. I hope its real cuz I want a new mac mini to run my home theater instead of my stupid HP.
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39 months ago
LOL...

Apple doesn't put that type of pic on their boxes....
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