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This is what happens when Apple announces a special event. People go crazy enough that they take blurry photos of ‘the new’ product Apple will release. Here is what the alledged photographer says:

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.

My guess? It is definitely a fake. And why do I say this, well it seems weird that Apple would make a product that is this perfectly cube, but leave its edges sharp so that you could cut yourself (think of the mac mini or the G4 cube, those were rounded). From the blurry photo it seems the leaf from the Apple is missing, and from what I can make out I think it is a photo of an Apple Design Award which has been photoshopped, which isn’t hard to do considering it is really blurry anyway. See for yourself.

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