But all the stories I saw the day before, from multiple sources, all predicted that Apple would announce a system with no hard disk. Not clear to me whether they were talking about a simple flash-based system or a serious SSD-computer (not sure any of them knew the difference) but most versions basically said it would be something that would be an adjunct to your main computer. In other words, an Apple version of the Palm Foleo! Yeah, right.
What are you talking about? I follow the Mac rumor scene pretty closely and most
rumors predicted SSD drives or 1.8" hard drives, but
no optical drive. And no one predicted an "adjunct to your main computer". People were thinking it was a thin MacBook
PRO, similar to the 12" PowerBook G4.