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Channel News, PowerMacs, and Q6/Blackrider?

Thursday June 19, 2003 6:30 am PDT by Arnold Kim

Think Secret fills in some details about current distribution channel trends.

Previous reports of 1.42GHz product depletion are confirmed as well as a new report that 1GHz machines are also being cleared from the channel. Also confirmed are "mystery box" shipments to Apple stores.

Some questions are still left unanswered, however -- with ThinkSecret also suggesting that PowerMac release availability could be limited to entry level machines alone for the first month. The article also discusses the possibilities of 15inch PowerBooks and other software updates.

A mystery hardware product and OS update -- known as Q6 and Blackrider-- is also referenced as a potential upcoming release in ThinkSecret's article, but few details are known.

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Saturday August 1, 2020 3:43 pm PDT by Frank McShan

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Tuesday July 28, 2020 12:57 pm PDT by MacRumors Staff

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Sunday August 2, 2020 11:32 am PDT by Hartley Charlton

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Apple Confirms This Year's iPhone 12 Models Will Be a Little Bit Late

Thursday July 30, 2020 2:34 pm PDT by Juli Clover

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Saturday August 1, 2020 5:46 am PDT by Hartley Charlton

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Friday July 31, 2020 1:56 am PDT by Tim Hardwick

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Apple Marks Return of NHL With New 'Hockey Tape' Ad Shot on iPhone 11 Pro

Saturday August 1, 2020 2:33 am PDT by Joe Rossignol

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Emails Reveal Why Steve Jobs and Phil Schiller Blocked In-App Purchase of Kindle Books

Friday July 31, 2020 6:25 am PDT by Hartley Charlton

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