The Apple Rumour Debunk - 13th August, 2009
OS X Snow Leopard Install Process Changes Described?
Verdict: True - To me, this just makes plain and simple sense. The last time I used Rosetta was for Office for Mac 2004 when I first got a Mac. It was a very useful feature during the times of the Power PC to Intel chip transition and made the whole situation (which was very beneficial to the Mac) less of a pain in the neck. OS 10.6 can’t even run on a Power PC machine, so why would Apple force you to install a service to emulate software for a machine Apple themselves does not support anymore?
The rest of what the rumour describes is the typical style Apple’s ‘isn’t really much of feature, but we’ll make it into one because it’s actually more convenient for the user (and is another thing we can show off to them)’ - A complete reinstall used to take much longer than just popping in your old OS X disk and letting it do it’s magic, there was then the many hours after downloading updates for it. It’s just one of those things Apple didn’t necessarily need to change, but is easy enough for them to do that I believe it to be true.
Apple shoots commercial for Unreleased Product?
Verdict: True - When has Apple ever made a product without an ad to go with it at the point of it’s initial release? New iPods? New ads. New iMac? New ad etc. It’s just what they do. The reason why people are getting giddy over this news is that the commercial could, just, might, possibly, there’s a chance (get my point?) that it is advertising the infamous Apple Tablet which, if it does exist, will also hold the spirit of Jesus Christ himself as well as a 32GB SSD drive.
To me, these are most definitely, ads for the new iPods coming out in September for the holiday season. No Apple Tablet to be seen anywhere in sight.
5 Million iPhone Units to Be Sold In China Next Month?
Verdict: Probably True - However, this deal could all fall apart moments before it is meant to be rolled out as is the case China’s volatile markets and dictated control. It will be interesting to see if the Chinese variant of the iPhone will be allowed to function the same way as it does everywhere else, not to mention how the App Store may be threatened by the government for materials it does not want to see on the device.
First Screenshots of iTunes Emerge?
Verdict: False - The screenshot, to me, is fake. Last.fm will never exist now iTunes Genius is around, the icons used for all of iTunes ‘social features’ look like they were from a free set downloaded from the web and Apple would never allow a logo of any company on there app without putting there own little spin on it. Example: The Google services found in iWeb ‘09. But most obviously to me is the badly cut and paste job of the ‘About’ window, with no shadow underneath it as well as the upper left corner of the box. That one white pixel comes from a rectangular selection box around a rounded window.
Disclaimer: These rumours are sourced from various places around the web within the week this piece is published. I do not hold the belief that the information released by these websites is what they believe to be the truth, and nor do I believe that because I disagree with what is posted, should the website involved not have the right to post it. Most of the websites I link to I am big fans of as, they treat the Apple rumour with an equal bias between fact and fiction, providing the service for me and you to make our own jugdements on what we believe to be true and what we don’t.
