Where's the Mac Mini? And Other Rumor Smashes!

Mark Wilson — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:54:00 EST

If Wired, TUAW and Macrumors are independently reporting a Mac Mini is on its way, we know it exists. Evidently, we're just not going to see it at Macworld. So what about other rumors?

From our original Macworld 2009 rumor roundup, here's the rundown on how all the rumors panned out.

Came True:
iLife and iWork '09 (with iWork in the cloud)
DRM-Free iTunes
17-inch Macbook Pro

Didn't Come True:
New Mac Mini
Updated 30-inch Cinema Displays

Didn't Come True Stretches:
iPod Touch Jumbo/XL/Pro/Netbook/Thing
iPhone nano
Home Server
Snow Leopard Availability
New iMacs

Seeing as many of the rumors were an admitted wild shot at best, we'd put the real rumor batting average around .400, even if it's closer to .266 on paper.

ThinkSecret Creator Returns to the Internet, Still Talking About Apple

John Herrman — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:00:00 EDT

Remember Nicholas Ciarelli, the precocious tween who started a successful Apple rumor blog only to have it shuttered by the company's legal team? He's now posting on the DailyBeast, and he's got some interesting things to say about his favorite plaintiff: namely that since the negative PR resulting from Ciarelli's case, Apple seems to have realized the buzz-building value of early leaks and non-response to rumors. Nicholas might still be pretty young, but he's also still right. It's definitely worth a read. [DailyBeast]

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Where's the Mac Mini? And Other Rumor Smashes!

ThinkSecret Creator Returns to the Internet, Still Talking About Apple