Top 10 Apple rumors of all time
I'm just gonna repeat what I found at Infinite Loop, via the UK. Here are the top 10 Apple Computer rumors of all time:
1. Apple Computer to buy Nintendo
2. Mac OS for the PC
3. Return of the Newton
4. Apple to buy BeOS
5. A "secret" OS X build
6. iPhone
7. iTunes record label
9. "True" video iPod
9. 30th anniversary Mac
10. Apple to buy Disney
Of course Infinite Loop itself, and the many commentators below feel the list is lacking Here are two of those comments:
here:
My top ten dumb Apple rumors of all time.
1 Apple teams up with Nintendo (I mostly remember collaboration rumors not buyout ones).
2 Apple has some super secret chip in development that will allow Macs to smoke windows PCs in performance.
3 Apple getting serious about game market.
4 Apple will make its own Office-killer software.
5 Apple will go bankrupt and go out of business in (insert year here).
6 Microsoft will buy/and/or already owns Apple
7 Apple will gain exclusive access to some super secret technology that will enable them to crush windows pcs in performance (similar to #2 but not the same)
8 Using a new display patient Apple will create Macs that the whole case will change colors and pulsate to user perference. (disco iTunes iMac baby)
9 Steve Jobs will leave Apple to run for Office.
10 Apple will license OS X to PC makers.
and here:
SONY to buy Apple
Apple and Disney to merge
iPhone (they registered www.iphone.org in 1997, or something like that, rumors ever since)
Newton/PDA (true, but never released)
Apple's dumping Motorola (true)
Apple's going IBM (true)
Apple's going Intel (true)
Apple's going bankrupt (not so true)





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