Say hello to iHome?


To say things are getting shrill in these final days before Macworld is a gross understatement. The notion that emotions are getting raw is exemplified by this quote from Bill Palmer's blog:

Steve Jobs is neither an idiot nor hopelessly out of touch. I gave the headless iMac rumor a zero percent chance of being true prior to the lawsuit, and I give a zero percent chance of being true now.

Obviously, Bill's a bit under siege. But, the man isn't going to get any rest--photos and video purportedly of Apple's sub-$500, headless Mac have surfaced on the web.

They're available on this page and accompanied by two lines of text:

'iHome' pictures and video

Originally on someone's iDisk but mirrored for convenience.

Someone?

Are those Steve's hands (black sweater)? Or, could they be Schiller's (they are kind of pudgy)?

Well, if Apple were to set out to play us all and stoke the fires, this is what it might look like.

What's your take?