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Apple Releasing Home Media Center: iHome

Posted by Zonk on from the apple-in-your-living-room dept.

John Leger writes "Despite legal challenges faced by the rumor sites, The Apple Blog today is releasing what appear to be exclusive early concept models of Apple products." Interesting concept, and features a large disk drive, ipod dock, and wireless connectivity.

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  1. April Fools! by Jozer99 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The tipoff is the 2GB of standard RAM. Apple ALWAYS under-powers their computers in terms of RAM.

    1. Re:April Fools! by RaffiRai · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Also the 450GB HDD.

      AFAIK, last I checked a few months ago the largest standard harddrive in mass production was 500GB, and the notable one elss than that was 400GB. 450 doesn't make sense. 3 150GB platters?

    2. Re:April Fools! by Locke2005 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      The other tipoff is the port on the back labeled "DIGIATL OUT". Nevertheless, this is the most plausible put-on I've seen today... and I think it would actually sell if released!

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  2. wireless power? by slashkitty · · Score: 2, Informative

    since there is no power hookup in the back. yeah, and the 450GB hard drive.

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    1. Re:wireless power? by the+unbeliever · · Score: 3, Informative

      Sure there is...the same time of power connector used by the Mac Mini (that thin vertical connector on the left)

      However, I was mightily disappointed to see "digiatl out"

  3. I dub thee....APRIL STUPID by TiggertheMad · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This isn't an April fool's joke, It's an April Stupid Joke(tm). April Fools jokes are at least capable of fooling someone into believing it, thus the name 'April fool'. Try to make a decent attempt, ok?

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    1. Re:I dub thee....APRIL STUPID by TMonks · · Score: 2, Insightful

      The specs may not have fooled anyone, but ive got to give them props on the pictures, they look like they came straight out of apple's design department

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  4. If only by johndierks · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'd love to have an Apple built set top box. Apple's thoughts on UI design and the importance of functionality would make a product with these features a great addition to my living room. Too bad it's April 1st.

  5. Can't be real. by CosmeticLobotamy · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's so obviously an April Fools joke. The DVD remote had more than one button.

  6. Someone worked really hard on this... by lpangelrob2 · · Score: 3, Insightful
    If they'd have spelled "digital" right, this story had been posted earlier in the day, and the specs were more reasonable, this one coulda been a contender.

    As it is, I think an iPod-like scroll wheel on the front side of a receiver-like thing makes for a poor input device for something that is more complex than an iPod... but I could be completely wrong. :-) What features do you guys use on your receivers?

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  7. Please, mighty Slashdot editors... by JonLatane · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Stop this madness. I know it's good fun and all, and for a while I got a kick out of it, but it's just gotten ridiculous.

    CmdrTaco: "I know! Let's post stories so implausible our readers will never even think they're funny!"
    CowboyNeal: "Even better, let's fill up the entire front page with them. That way, if there's nothing else to see, maybe they'll think some of them are real!"

    I really hate to sound like a troll (really I'm not!), but how about something a bit more well thought out? Perhaps change the entire page to make it look like you guys were purchased by Microsoft (kind of like Maddox did his page that one time). It's gone from cute to childish to downright annoying.