Those G5 iMac pics? That was a hoax.

The saga continues: Those pics of the new G5 iMac that were supposedly snapped in an elevator at Charles de Gaulle airport outside of Paris? That was a hoax. The guy behind the pics has admitted that it was just a 20-inch LaCie LCD stuffed into a PowerBook box. Nice try, though.

[Thanks, Peter]

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:04AM]

Personally, I am glad this isn't the new iMac. I am probably the only one who doesn't want an all in one system. Cube please.
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[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:04AM]

I bet the new iMac will come in white or a colour different from the Pro-products (PowerMac/Book, Cinema Displays).

I hope for revival of the cube. Now affordable and aimed to the consumer level plus two new StudioDisplays that fit the iMac in design at 15" and 17".

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:04AM]

Good thing it was a hoax as it was simply awful. Jonathan Ive hasn't won design awards for putting out generic design like that! Now we can all sit back, relax for a couple of days and wait for the real thing. Hopefully, we'll all be pleasantly surprised.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:04AM]

The new one looks quiet similar right ??
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[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:04AM]

http://www.clien.net/zboard/data/news/new_imac.jpg

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:04AM]

Apart from being white, it's very similar.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:04AM]

That philbot guy must've inflated his own ego hundred-fold after everyone fell for his original G5 iMac hoax, and thought he could do it again. (http://www.engadget.com/entry/3611729073994828/)

Too bad this time around, it took less than 4 posts to debunk the hack job that he created with cardboard boxes and printed paper. And he even had the nerve to think someone would pay at least a pound for the shoddy fake? Zero bids sounds about right...

If he didn't fail miserably this time around, nobody would've known that he just a one hit wonder. Hahaha, how embarassing...