Placeholder rumour teases the Mac faithful

Jonny Evans
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September 25, 2008
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New Apple product rumours fly thick and fast today with news of six placeholder entries within a retailer's inventory management system.

Better still, Future Shop's placeholder text is evidently there to represent product that will ship internationally, judging by the inclusion of French and English builds. That international models will be made available hints at inclusion of keyboards within the product(s).

We think its nearing time for Apple to reveal a series of new laptops, and it seems to be closing in on such a release.

Somewhat disappointingly, though, MacRumors later claimed these new listings were created by the retailer on the expectation of new product, not at the behest of Apple.


 

Comments (7)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 25, 2008 - 3:30am

The inclusion of French is no surprise as Future Shop sells in Canada which has both French and English languages

cr (not verified) | September 26, 2008 - 8:34am

9to5 is always right. Vive le Québec libre !!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 25, 2008 - 6:42am

I am not sure if you folks know, but just because the place holder is listed as in both French and English does not mean there is anything international about it. Future Shop is a Canadian company and Canada is a Bilingual country, in other words everything sold here has to be available in both French and English. Still hopin' for a new 12" macbook pro though.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 25, 2008 - 7:23am

It's OK that you guys forgot that Future Shop is Canadian and we speak both English and French here. It's also OK to say that "Future Shop's placeholder text is evidently there to represent product that will ship internationally", since people from Québec love to think that their province is a whole other country. But definitely this post should be updated...

nooby doo (not verified) | September 25, 2008 - 9:28pm

The US and Canada are separate countries. Does it need to be any more complicated than that?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 26, 2008 - 8:21am

Apple is a USA-based company, so *anything* they sell in Canada is an "international" product. The USA and Canada are still separate countries, right?

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | September 26, 2008 - 3:32pm

Judging by the amount of resources the USA stealstakes from Canada, I would hope Canada is not classified as international to them. Not to mention bith countries are tied in to each other at the hip infrastructure wise.