"Thanks to the enthusiasm of the company's user base, the appeal of
its product design, its underdog status in the platform wars-and its
own penchant for secrecy-Apple's next moves have long inspired a
level of interest out of all proportion with its market share. And on
the eve of a rumored harmonic convergence between Mac OS X and 64-bit
computing, the Mac grapevine has twisted into even more complex
shapes-fueled, ironically, by an anti-rumor campaign that's been
draconian even by Apple's high standards."
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