So, one of our readers, Dave - who happens to be an expert at PCB design, has spent some time looking at the Mac Mini image posted today and he believes it is a fake. There have been many posts around the web on why. We've put it all together for your consideration
Firstly, the dispersion of artifacts isn't consistant with an unedited image:
Also, within a given area that is unedited and consistent, a single macroblock type will be used
if the macroblock type changes, it indicates editing of the image. Like so:
