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Slideshow: Ersatz Designs Honor Apple

In the old days, Apple's future product plans were known to everyone. But under Steve Jobs, the company's become obsessively secretive. The information vacuum has fostered a strange manifestation of wishful thinking: fans who design their own Macs. By Leander Kahney.
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Paul Scate's lime iBook.Paul Scates

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Paul Scates' iCube.

Paul Scates' iCube.

Paul Scates
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Front view of 16-year-old Michael Matas' flat-screen iMac.

Michael Matas
Paul Scates' PowerBook.

Paul Scates' PowerBook.

Paul Scates
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Matt Weed's mockup for a flat-screen iMac.

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Paul Scates' iMac G4.

Paul Scates
Robert Emslie's mockup of a new G5 PowerMac. Is this what the new machine will look like

Robert Emslie's mockup of a new G5 PowerMac. Is this what the new machine will look like?

Robert Emslie
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Side view of 16-year-old Michael Matas' flat-screen iMac.

Michael Matas