Sure, we’ll be seeing a host of fun things tomorrow on the internets, many of them having to do with new crazy Apple products.
Today, however, we found this slick little number from site AppleUser: the Mac Air Desktop, a slimmed-down version of the Mac Mini.
What’s great about this sweet little photoshop job is that it meets the requirement of any good April Fools’ prank–it’s totally something we’d want to buy.
The pranksters have gone as far as to render up a fairly convincing Apple store web page, too, taken from the actual Apple Mac Mini page and doctored up with what our specialists at Cult of Mac HQ are calling “the pancake Mac.”
Who wouldn’t want an ultra-thin on their desktop, right? Of course, the footprint of this thing isn’t any different than the Mini it proposes to replace, so is there much point to such a device? Probably not in Apple’s viewpoint.
But hey, it’s fun to dream.
Source: AppleUser
Rob LeFebvre is an Anchorage, Alaska-based writer and editor who has contributed to various tech, gaming and iOS sites, including 148Apps, Creative Screenwriting, Shelf-Awareness, VentureBeat, and Paste Magazine. Feel free to find Rob on Twitter @roblef, and send him a cookie once in a while; he’ll really appreciate it.
18 responses to “Foolish Render: ‘Mac Air’ Is Flat As A Pancake”
Why would you want this? It is the most stupid way you could possible design it. WIth a flat design like that, the device takes up more area of whatever surface you have it on, and I assume you can’t have stuff on it (Like a lamp)
If you could put it sideways, THAT would be nice. Like a wall
Calm down, it’s a joke.
Yeah, that’s exactly my point in the last sentence. It still taps into my “thinner is better” lust, though. ;)
and hence, a prank!
Bolt it to the back of a monitor for a DIY iMac!
It’s the Apple Taiwan site, not the Chinese one. And the reference to this practical joke is from the fact that many people keep getting the product name wrong, instead of saying MacBook Air, they often call it Mac Air.
thanks for the catch!
I’m hungry. I could go for a Mac Air-oni-and-cheese right now.
omg haha
talk about a blade server
This joke aside, do you have any clue, Rob, when Apple will finally refresh the Mac Mini?
WWDC
Well, THAT didn’t happen!
Which was really surprising. It’ll definitely happen in October when Yosemite is released though.
Gosh. I didn’t expect any response let alone an instant one four months after the OP!
I hope you’re right about a Fall refresh.
The TW in the URL (of the picture) is stand for Taiwan, not China. Thanks!
oops! Thanks for catching that.
Another great design: http://array.se/nyheter/apple-lanserar-helt-ny-mac-mini/