If authenticity was a factor, it wouldn't just be a white PS2 with a totally inappropriate stand.

It'd be something attractive too :P.

Ah! It going to happen!

Check out this news post at Arstechnica: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050105-4504.html

Why would apple file a complaint against Think Secret unless it wasn't true eh?!
Yay!! (Starts saving his roubles).

I'd suspect it could be a new eMac as well... (doesn't really fit the whole iMac image)

I don't know much about networks admittedly, but consider this...

Think about it from say a school's point of view - already have a computer lab full of say 20 Wintel PCs with reasonable monitors/keyboards/mice and networking but want to upgrade and thinkking about a Mac based system but worrried about convincing "the managment" about the cost or only have a budget projected on past Wintel pricing models?

With a cheap "headless" G4 eMac you could do this and still use all the peripherals, but at perhaps $300-400 dollars less per workstation at standard price, perhaps less for educational price. Saves having to fork out the cost for the superfluous 17" monitor you don't need (ie G4 eMac) and saves on deskspace if you can slip the "box of tricks" under the existing monitor stand.

Throw in OSX 10.3 as standard on all machines and a buy a couple of Student Office: Mac 2004 (to allow the whole Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Exchange server client compatibility) at $300 each ie 7 to cover 20 machines - about $2000 dollars. Throw out the old server and use a Mac alternative plus an optional master workstation from some of the savings (go on, buy yourself a tasty 20" G5 iMac for "network administration" and justify it to the boss somehow...)

You now have the possibility of a reasonably priced Mac based alternative to a Wintel upgrade.

Advantages:

1) No viruses (a major issue in the educational setting)

2) Only limited network games (yeah I know, but most Uni's etc hate people playing games)

3) The stability etc. of OS X from a network management point of view (Unix based)

4) Probably runs as fast as comparable Wintel system given OS X's efficiency

5) The opportunity to convince hundreds of students to "Switch"

6) Still runs Word/Excel/Powerpoint and IE etc. (covers most educational/student needs)

7) Only need to get a few copies of Virtual PC to load onto the few machines that might need to run a specialised program in a Windows environment eg. statistics packages etc. or could save a few of the older machines for this.

The $1300 17" CRT eMac G4 becomes the entry level student/educational computer, the "headless eMac" becomes the upgrader/switcher's first choice.

I'd think this would be pretty tempting, if the "headless" mac is real and priced as suggested. As a marketing strategy for Apple it would have to have it's appeal. Let's hope it's true.

I'm currently putting my plans for a 2nd computer on hold till I hear whether this is true. I'd buy it over an eMac or an old G3 iMac (see my previous thread http://forums.appletalk.com.au/index.php?s...opic=2481&st=0) on my desire for a second Mac as a "desktop/backup/server".



Jarkman

Now that Think Secret has just been sued by Apple again, I'm starting to get more anxious and impatient about what will be revealed at MacWorld. I will say though, I'll eat my words about the headless Mac being false if it turns out to be true..

Can we have video of you printing out the post, chewing it, then digesting it? :P
Have to make sure you'll "eat those words", hahaha

I actually had stupid thoughts of myself doing somthing like that...

I would, but I'm camera shy... I'll come into the IRC channel and post live updates while I chew it up.

Must no eat anything that day... this is a long thread. People stop posting!

Only kidding :P

I want this machine! :drool:

My house is a windows house at the moment 1 desktops and 2 laptops all running XP or various aging hardware.

I'm saving up for a powerbook myself and would totally love to convert the whole house to mac in one go but before this rumour it would have cost too much. (Also have stacks of monitors in the house)

If this runour is real then I can switch my parents to macs very easily. My mum just asked me how to get pictures out of her new digital camera. (Please Apple release this so I don't have to install crappy Sony software onto the computer!)
All my parents do is listen to internet radio and surf the internet and now take photos on digital camera.

Since I have become the 'System Administrator' of the house it should also help with keeping viruses and spyware out of the house. I hate having to keep virus defs upto date and scanning for spyware on all machines (197 virus/spyware on last scan of my sisters comp!)

Only six days to go!

Someone said they were going to eat their hat and video it for our amusement if this is true.
I'm having difficulty finding the post though, but if true, I expect this promise to be fulfilled.

Edit: Found it http://forums.appletalk.com.au/index...opic=3394&st=0
Jimbo is in some serious strife if this comes to fruition.

Headless mac with a big fast HDD and lots of ram + 20" display will be my goal if this comes out.