Macworld 2008 keynote leaked? Nope, not a chance.

For those not paying attention, there's a "leaked" Macworld 2008 keynote making the rounds today, and we'd just like to make sure you know it's completely and utterly false. Not only is it one of many fabricated keynotes making the rounds this year, and part of an annual ritual of keynote fabrications, but it even manages to be self-damning with its listing of a Mac Pro refresh -- which obviously happened last week. Let's try a little harder, people!

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[lonecow12 @ Jan 14th 2008 5:29PM]

yea it seemed pretty fake, but the 16GB iPhone announcement made me want to believe.

Now I am pretty sure they won't announce that at all at MacWorld.

[RD @ Jan 14th 2008 5:33PM]

You can bet your sweet bippy that no one has a clue what Steve Jobs will say tomorrow. It's all a possibility, and that's why we love anticipating his Keynote.

[Daniel D @ Jan 14th 2008 5:35PM]

RE: The Mac Pro refresh

This is supposed to be a "Draft" of the keynote, the idea being that they could have since made the decision to just release the updates and not introduce them at Macworld since.

[Andrew Horn @ Jan 14th 2008 5:40PM]

good, because that keynote sucked

[Tim Abbott @ Jan 15th 2008 5:33AM]

Where can i see it?

[csjk789 @ Jan 14th 2008 6:04PM]

someone has a lot of time on their hands to bs something like that... get a job!

[Ahmed @ Jan 14th 2008 6:38PM]

Whatever the keynote will be tomorrow, I guarantee there will be a mention of the Mac Pro upgrade. Which makes this whole post silly...

[Sirocco @ Jan 14th 2008 6:48PM]

Anybody else sick of Steve's crappy jeans? At some point, casual becomes contrived, or even dirty, which...isn't cool.

[Drew @ Jan 14th 2008 7:23PM]

I think you're alone in that one.

[Autopsy15 @ Jan 14th 2008 7:27PM]

I liked bearded Steve better.

[Reader @ Jan 14th 2008 10:27PM]

I'm right with you Sirocco, I think he should do keynotes naked too :P

[Constable Odo @ Jan 14th 2008 10:39PM]

What difference does it make WTF he wears. I want him to boost Apple's stock price and to hell with making a fashion statement. As an investor I want him to boost Apple's stock price and his clothes don't count for shit. He can afford to wear anything he wants and if he chooses jeans, WTF. You want him to wear a Nehru Jacket or an Armani Silk suit. You'd still have something negative to say.

Why don't you head over to Fashion Daily or whatever and watch some metrosexuals prance around in their silk and gabardine or whatever floats your weird boat.

[Piers Rippey @ Jan 14th 2008 7:25PM]

The iTunes YouTube thing sounded pretty cool, though.

[T-Bone @ Jan 14th 2008 7:27PM]

The one on Wired looked eerily familiar.

[aoeu00 @ Jan 14th 2008 7:33PM]

The moment my friend called me on his iPhone and said "Jobs will reveal..." he was zapped with 1.21 gigawatts of electricity by the iPhone. The press was hushed on the event. Steve Jobs was not available for comment.

[Blah @ Jan 14th 2008 9:23PM]

Apple will be introducing a 13-inch Macbook convertible multi-touch tablet, which will also double as the replacement vehicle for NASA's space shuttle. It will manufacture shoes and food for orphans, and cure cancer, HIV, H5N1, anthrax, malaria, and every form of viral hemorrhagic fever. Additionally, it will find Waldo and Carmen San Diego. In a software update to be delivered soon after release, Apple will activate a feature that negotiates a lasting peace in the Middle East.

At least, that's what I heard...

[Savyy @ Jan 20th 2008 5:17PM]

Yeah, and it will cost $1200 American and your soul. Pretty good price, eh?

[Robin @ Jan 14th 2008 10:46PM]

An updated appletv, as far as external cosmetic updates go, it will be a circle, and come in black or aluminum. Then, the internal hard drives will be upgraded to at least 320gb, with support of external hard drives. A blu-ray drive, and iTunes Music Store. An updated interface, with DVR capabilities. Yet, this won't be any DVR service. It will be apart of the .Mac service, and it will allow you to sync movies straight to your iPhone (or any wi-fi enabled ipod), and your computer, however far away it is, as long as you can connect to .Mac. Your iPhone could act as an extended remote to your AppleTV, if say you forgot to record a tv show, or you want to sync something to your iPhone. This could essentially mean being able to watch tv on your iPhone, just with a slight delay. This would also apply to your laptop, if you went away but wanted to catch a television program that you had recorded, it could sync to your laptop, Wi-Fi and .Mac permitting. Then of course, Movie rentals. 30-days or less, whichever comes first, for $2.50. Only one movie at a time though, and you can set up a queue, so customizing that amount of time a movie is in your iTunes, so say you had movies in your queue, you could set movie A to download and stay in iTunes for 10 days, or whenever you hit return, and then Movie B at 10 days, or whenever Movie A is returned, and so forth. With the movie rentals being added to iTunes, the iTunes Movie, TV Show department would get a major overhaul, including Movie Playlists, and better viewing, tagging, etc. The .Mac service would also get upgraded, so you could access your .mac account from your iPhone, adn DVR Support, etc. etc. Then of course, new portables. One last thing, new cinema displays. a 20", 24", 30", and 36". The Display-Dock will also be announced, but not ship until later this year.

Then in March, there will be another keynote on the music/ipod/iphone line, as to keep macworld as much about the mac as possible.

This is my dream of a keynote!

[Robin @ Jan 15th 2008 1:03AM]

oh, iPhone firmware 1.1.3 will be released as a side note, and Mac OS 10.5.2 will be introduced with the new portables. No major iPhone updates, Steve will reference the upcoming keynote with iPhone/iPod news, and the 1.1.3 firmware update to satisfy everyone untill them.e appletv, would also be dubbed "Your Media Mac", yet it wouldn't be a full featured mac, just an improved interface to compete with Leopards front row, more complex features, etc. etc.

once again, this is only a major wish! but i would love to see the mac be featured more so than the iphone/ipod at this years macworld.after all it is macworld

[Erik @ Jan 14th 2008 11:07PM]

It's not really fair to say, "Not a chance."

There's always a chance.

There's a chance Stevie J will be struck by lightning on his way to the Expo.

There's a chance Bill Gates will get run over on his last day as the head of MS.

There's always a chance.

[mike @ Jan 14th 2008 11:34PM]

He is gonna come outa of the closet.. He is gonna say that he is a proud gay american .... just kiddin, or maybe I am not... no.. no.

[Steve @ Jan 14th 2008 11:36PM]

Er, you meant, "this rumor made the rounds FOUR DAYS AGO."

Let's try a little harder, Engadget!

:rolls eyes:

[DaTechnologyKing @ Jan 15th 2008 12:06AM]

Yeah like Steve-O wold let this happen...

[Jordan @ Jan 15th 2008 10:18AM]

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[GS @ Jan 18th 2008 5:47PM]

Steve Jobs is a pompous arse who is single handedly responsible for dumbing down the world. You don't need more than one button on your mouse, iPod. Hey you don't need anything but a fancy screen on your phone. SHEESH. I can't imaging how people can listen to his stupid drivel and not be ashamed of themselves for drinking the cool-aid. WAKE UP PEOPLE. Choose Linux. Linus Torvalds is the cool guy - he wrote the damn stuff. Stevey-boy STOLE from BSD and thinks he made the greatest contribution to computing science, worse than Bill Gates.