Rumors are spreading that Apple might be bringing the Cube from the dead because of a tip that someone sent to MacDailyNews.com. The tipster attached a photo of a gray cube with a very strange Apple logo on the top. The photo, itself, is very questionable, and the message that the tipster sent is also very questionable.
I was only able to snap one quick shot of this as I was only in there for about 30 seconds. I sort of stumbled upon it – can’t say more about how or why. I only got about half a sec to look around back – there are a bunch of ports (and maybe a button or two) neatly arranged on the back (?) of the cube in a line along the bottom edge. It’s about 8-inches square and 8-inches tall – a perfect cube. It seems to be made out of a similar material as a Power Mac – aluminum perforated with a round hole pattern, but they’re smaller holes than found on a Power Mac. The top is the same material as the sides with the addition of the Apple logo, even though it doesn’t look like it in the photo – I had to snap it quick, sorry.
I don’t have any real detail on exactly what it’s designed to do, but I know from other things I can’t mention that it’s media-related. Apple “Media Cube,� maybe? Anyway, thought you guys would be interested.
The lack of information of how and where he shot the photo is a definite sign that this is a fake. The description is pretty nice, but I don’t think the picture is that well made. I think the way he mentioned “Media Cube” also sets off an alarm for me. This is very suspicious and I highly doubt it is true.
A couple very good points spreading around the net. One of those, is that it has sharp corners, compared to the Cube and the Mac Mini, which have rounded corners. Some others believe that it looks very close to the Apple Design Award logo, which explains the blurriness.
Rumors, rumors, rumors. This is very common to see these types of rumors showing up after invitations are sent out to an Apple special event where they will be announcing “exciting new products”. Anyway, I wouldn’t count on seeing a Media Cube announced at the February 28 Special Event, but it is always a possibility.
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