Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Judging by the iBook/white MacBook-like white plastic backing, I'd have to agree.



The industrial design doesn't have any bearing on what components are inside.

If this ran software at all (Apple tends to develop the two in isolation: no doubt around this time some people were working on touch interfaces, but nowadays the two don't tend to meet until they're quite far down the line) then I suspect it would have been test software similar to Switch Board, which they install on prototypes at the moment) unless it's pretty close to production.

I would be surprised if this was running G4. Apple's dissatisfaction with IBM was growing circa 2003-04 and if they were noodling around with the form factor they would have been under no pressure to put in a production CPU; they'd have gone with the best technical solution to the problem (which I doubt is a G4. Might have been another IBM chip).




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: