“We have received some information about some upcoming Apple laptops – we think they are MacBooks but aren’t 100 percent sure they aren’t the fabled Pro slim line,” Cleve Nettles oreports for 9 to 5 Mac.
Nettles provides a list of details that include:
• Black aluminum and silver aluminum (like MacBook Pros)
• Considerably slimmer and lighter than current MacBook and even a bit more than MacBook Pro
• There is something strange about the touchpad (more on this to come)
• Apple plans extremely aggressive pricing
More in the full article here.
Jacqui Cheng reports for Ars Technica, “A good friend of mine at Apple (who has declined to provide any specific details) has told me that he is very excited for the next update to the company’s laptop line, for his own personal use. That, and he indicated that the laptops should be appearing ‘right around product cycle, if you follow that sort of thing.’ I don’t, actually, but people on the Ars staff do; they tell me that the MacBook is due to cycle around Novemberish.”
Full article here.
AppleInsider reports, “It’s not entirely clear whether the notebooks are part of an upcoming revision to Apple’s consumer-oriented MacBook line or are simply one-and-the same with the much rumored “ultra-portable” design first detailed back in February. The latter systems are expected to include L.E.D-backlit 13-inch LCD panels, on-board NAND flash (for faster application launching and boot times), and lack a traditional optical disc drive.”
Full article here.