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The Onion's MacBook Wheel spoofs Macworld, Apple in general

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Computing | by Samuel Axon | Mon Jan 5, 2009 10:06PM | 1 comment

The Onion is trying to one-up The Simpsons, it would seem. Its latest fake video news report is about an also-fake laptop called the MacBook Wheel. You'd best take a look for yourself, but the short of it is that this thing is like a MacBook with the classic iPod clickwheel, and no keyboard.

As you'd expect from The Onion, it's full of satirical jabs at the cult of Mac, Apple itself, and the occasional absurdity of some of its products. If you've got two minutes to laugh, click through below to watch. Tantalized? Check out our coverage of Macworld tomorrow to see what Apple really has up its sleeves. Hopefully what's really in store won't be quite this preposterous!


Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

This story around the web:

Trusted sources:
external link Apple has revolutionised the notebook with… [Shiny Shiny]
external link Apple Introduces MacBook Wheel - Laptop With… [Laptoping.com]
external link Apple Intros Notebook With No… [Notebooks.com]
external link Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop… [theonion.com]
external link The Onion brilliantly mocks Macworld hype… [venturebeat.com]
external link MacBook Wheel revealed by the Onion News… [engadget.com]
external link Apple introduces the MacBook Wheel [Gear Live]
external link Onion News Network: Apple's MacBook Wheel [gizmodo.com]

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Anonymous (12:20 AM on Tue Jan 6, 2009)

I want to be the first with the macbook wheel

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