Apple rumor Monday: Nehalem Mac Pro, new Airport Extreme and Time Capsule in FCC, Mac mini box
By Nilay Patel 
posted March 2nd 2009 2:17PM
posted March 2nd 2009 2:17PM
- First up, we'd say a bump of the Mac Pro to Intel's upcoming Nehalem-EP Xeon processors is looking quite likely -- famed OS X hacker netkas was poking around in a test build of OS X 10.5.7 and found support files for i7 chips lurking about, as well as drivers for ATI's Radeon 4000-series GPUs. If you're making a chart, this one's right up there with an NVIDIA-powered iMac refresh -- it's a pretty obvious move.
- Second, new entries for the Airport Extreme and Time Capsule have popped up in the FCC, and while the listed dimensions are exactly the same as the current editions, there are no model numbers and something internal has to have changed enough to raise ol' Sammy's brows. That could be as simple as a new radio hardware supplier or bigger drives, but if we were placing bets, we'd say both units are getting updated for simultaneous 5GHz and 2.4GHz operation -- Apple's really high on 5GHz for laptops and Apple TV, but the iPhone and iPod touch are 2.4GHz-only. Let's call this one even odds, shall we?
- Lastly, a new picture of that improbable five USB port Mac mini has surfaced, this time purporting to show the outside of the box. Considering the Photoshop wars the last image of this thing set off, we'd say this is the least likely candidate for a Philly Schills reveal, but then again, Apple's been pretty leaky lately.
Read - Ars Technica on the Mac Pro
Read - New Airport Extreme FCC listing
Read - New Time Capsule FCC listing
Read - One More Thing Mac mini image [Via TUAW]
What I think is improbable is the mac mini staying metal & white, Are we not all waiting for a black and metal version ?
The more USBs the better but if i Apple don't give us a lovely black mac mini in a new improved case I want the word "innovate" stricken from book in connection with Apple.
fake:
the current mac mini box does not come shrink wrapped.
neither do the macbook, macbook pro, macbook air, imac, or mac pro.
sweet! i just did an i7 build, and if they add support for my 4870x2 (in some capacity id be happy with it working as just one 4870 card) then i can dual boot OS X again!
http://i.gizmodo.com/5162911/what-is-inside-this-huge-mystery-box#viewcomments
Gizmodo have received a big package to a Californian company not to be opened until tomorrow. Look at the picture and notice the apple remote on top of the picture. Seems to me that means its apple and I Wouldn't be surprised if engadget got one.
ROFL@Buzar!
Well played my friend, well played!
Here, here! Bite this. (and I don't mean hear, hear).
Who gives a crap about Nokia anyway. They only sell handsets to lose money. Given the economy of things, they should be out of business in about six months. An XpressMusic cellphone that plays music. What is that supposed to be, the Motorola ROKR killer? They put it on sale, and then had to stop sales because they forgot to make the cellphone part work. It still could play music, but it wasn't nearly as good as an ordinary iPod.
Moving on the the Mac Pros. There should be at least one Nehalem dual-octo in the lineup, but I doubt it will run at 4.0 GHz. Most likely 2.83 GHz or so. Anyway, that will be one rip-ass machine. I'd love to have one, but since Apple's stock is in the crapper for now and most likely for the rest of the year, the best I can manage would be an iMac. But unfortunately, there may not be any quad-core iMac for sale and that was what I was hoping for.
wow all these ifans worried about nokia because they have started to take America seriously.
This is what puts me off Apple, mindless goons like this. I cant even stand looking at an Apple advert as I know it is further brain washing the mindless. The offer fairly standard run of the mill product - open your eyes.
You're all so very astute ;-) - KIDS listen to rumours, and open minded folk are... well, open minded!. Sitting on the fence is all you dorks can ever do with the 'rumours' you sit open mouthed, waiting to be fed like baby starlings with worms coming from their mother.
If you take sides, one or the other side is gonna have egg on it's face. Whatever happens, HAPPENS; so what?. Morons