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The Onion brilliantly mocks Macworld hype with the “MacBook Wheel”
VentureBeat —
... clear what is going to be announced (iMacs, Mac minis, 17-inch MacBook Pro, DRM-free iTunes?), but there is always the chance that there will be a wild card.
The satirical news site The Onion has a great video mocking the MacWorld product launch hype with its “MacBook Wheel” computer. This is classic stuff (”predictive sentence technology”), much better than that Simpsons spoof.
Watch it below:
Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard
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Apple reinvents the wheel - The Onion reinvents the Mactini
Macenstein —
I love the Onion, I really do. In fact, I got a 2-year subscription to The Onion for Christmas. But check out the video below, and tell me if it looks familiar… Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard If you said “It’s basically is the same joke used in the Mactini video (below) done by the UK’s Peter Serafinowicz a couple weeks ago,”, you’re right! (They’re both still funny though).
Something that may not be happening tomorrow
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
Onion Story, via Gizmodo
Is There Some Plum, Oops, I Mean Apple Event Today in San Francisco?
BoomTown —
... hoping the not-prone-yet Jobs will make a surprise appearance, even by iChat, to greet the Apple (AAPL) faithful crowd gathered in San Francisco.
One can hope for His Digital Holiness, but the event might be more about Mac minis and 17-inch Macbook Pros, as most expect.
Until then, enjoy this very funny spoof video from The Onion about a new Apple sensation that almost seems like it could be made and sold: The Macbook Wheel.
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ONN reveals Apple’s revolutionary ‘MacBook Wheel’
MacDailyNews —
ONN reveals Apple’s revolutionary ‘MacBook Wheel’ Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 07:45 AM EST The Onion News Network (ONN), America's finest news source, has revelead the "MacBook Wheel" lets consumers accomplish everyday tasks like typing with just a few dozen spins and clicks of a wheel. Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard: Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard Source: ...
Onion spoofs Apple: The Macbook Wheel
SuperSite Blog —
In the wake of today’s stunningly bad Macworld keynote, I am remiss for not having previously posted this hilarious Onion product spoof. Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard “Everything is just a few hundred clicks away.” “Here at Apple, we like to give people features that they don’t even know they want yet.” The Macbook Wheel won’t hit the shelves for another three to fifteen months… Apple fan: “I’ll buy anything if it’s shiny and made by Apple.” Same ...
The Onion presents the MacBook Wheel
The Apple Core —
January 12th, 2009 The Onion presents the MacBook Wheel Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 8:53 am Categories: Hardware , MacBook , Humor Tags: Wheel , Apple MacBook , Notebooks , Keyboards , Hardware , Notebooks & Tablets , Peripherals , Jason D. O'Grady Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard Funny humor piece by The Onion on the fictitious MacBook wheel . Definitely worth a watch. My favorite line “Everything is just a few hundred clicks away.” ...
MacBook Wheel: Apple Replaces Keyboard With One Big Button
Wired: Gadget Lab —
"At Apple our philosophy is to create products that are simple to use. And nothing is more simple than a single, giant button."
Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard [the Onion via John Nack]
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