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Reader Q&A: What are Apple prototypes like?

From time to time, we select a few reader questions to answer as best we can, and today's comes from Kyle: "On your site, you often mention prototypes of Apple devices. I'm kind of curious how Apple works their prototype process. What do the prototype devices look like in the semi-finished state? Do they look like pieces of hardware slapped together by a sloppy DIYer or like the polished devices that we know Apple is famous for?"Read on for the answer
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WWDC 2009 Preview Part 2: iPhone OS 3.0 & Snow Leopard

With the WWDC 2009 Keynote event nearly upon us, let's taking a quick look at what we can expect from Apple's next-generation operating systems: iPhone OS 3.0 and Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard". Although we've known for some time now that we'll only see a 'Final Beta' of Snow Leopard this week, expectations for iPhone OS are somewhat less certain. In both cases, we anticipate a few surprises....the real question is how big they'll be.
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Mac OS X 10.5.7 build 9J56 seeded to developers with Bluetooth 3.0

Despite the previous build of Mac OS X 10.5.7 code-name "Juno" appearing nearly ready for release within days (it's now been over a week), Apple has delivered a new seed -- build 9J56 -- to developers, and it looks like a little bit of work still remains before we'll see 10.5.7 in Software Update. Changelog from Apple's seed notes follows after the jump.
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Mac OS X 10.5.7 release imminent

The grapevine is abuzz with excitement over the anticipated imminent release of Mac OS X 10.5.7, code-name "Juno."
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Mac OS X 10.5.7 build 9J39 seeded to developers

Slowly but surely, work continues on the final non-maintenance release of Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" with the seeding of build 9J39 to developers.
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Why the Mini has 2 different video ports

Mac lovers are still excited that the Mini has finally been updated, but now the questions start to trickle in. Why 2 different video ports? Why Mini DVI?
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Real or fake, the case of the 5 (USB) port Mini

Pictures, details and even a video have surfaced of a claimed next generation Mac Mini. Are they real or not?
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