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More (full-res) pictures: http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1035412736&postcount=39 http://www.hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1035412736&postc...

• nicolasgervais 17y ago
  Do these photos support the claim that the boxes were just demos shipped mistakenly, or that they were indeed counterfeits that were inserted into the supply chain? Thoughts?
  • sounddust 17y ago
    I think the evidence is pretty convincing that they were counterfeits created by people with no connection to Intel. Putting the CPU/heatsink aside - If you wanted to ship a demo unit, wouldn't you just use the exact same box that you're already producing thousands of in the factory and slap a "demo" sticker on it? Even if you made a separate demo box, there's no reason that the boilerplate text wouldn't just be a copy/paste. It's obvious that someone not familiar with English and French manually copied the text (the French text is even worse than the English; the accents are missing pointing in the wrong direction).
    • nicolasgervais 17y ago
      I was thinking the same thing. The poor English, and the even worse translations, seem like a dead giveaway that these are definitely the worst of the worst: FAKE DEMO UNITS! The world will implode in 5.4.3.2.1...