Mac OS 11, that is.

MacShrine has posted a list of what may be the most preposterous rumors of the year. Well, almost. Anyway, rumors include OS 10.6 due in 2007 (no OS 10.5?) which would feature an Active Desktop clone (uhm, why?), OS 11 which would include a 3D Dock (how they’d pull that off is beyond me) and G5-only support, and the beaten-to-a-bloddy-pulp iPhone speculation (which really isn’t a rumor anymore).

Perhaps one of the more amusing parts is the segment about iWork 06:

Apple is busy porting over old AppleWorks modules and improving them. Currently iDraw, iChart and iWord are being developed. A database module is currently last on Apple’s list. iWork ‘06 will not be a free upgrade for iWork ‘05 users.

I guess they never got the memo that iWork’s word processor is Pages, not iWord. Besides, iDraw is a shareware app.

The Fifth-generation iPods is pretty amusing too. It would have “A dock - featuring access to various ‘apps’” which, from the way they describe it, sounds like an OS X-style dock. So much for the iPod’s interface philosophy. Uh huh.

Anyway, if absurdity amuses you, give it a read.

*A reference to This is Spinal Tap