“Apple, which in January is expected to take the wraps off its slimmest and sleekest notebook in years, is reported to have placed orders for a new breed of 13.3-inch LED backlight units with production-ready quantities scheduled for delivery this month,” Katie Marsal reports for AppleInsider.
“[DigiTimes] sources disclosed that Nano-Op’s LED notebook BLU shipments in November were only about 10,000 units, but Apple orders are expected drive up shipments to over 90,000 units in December,” the report claims,” Marsal reports. “Of interest, DigiTimes notes that the component shipments to both Dell and Apple are ‘for high-end models,’ reinforcing assumptions that the Mac maker’s upcoming streamlined notebook will fall somewhere between its existing 13-inch consumer MacBooks and its 15- and 17-inch professional MacBook Pro models.”
“Apple is expected to use a keynote presentation by chief executive Steve Jobs on January 15th to introduce its new 13.3-inch notebook,” Marsal reports.
Would suit me just fine!
Goody, me want!
Mutlitouch technology by any chance?
I hope it’s the ultra-glossy LED screen….
Magic Word: May (I “may” be joking.)
i heard they’re working on a “shiny” screen.
Will it compete with the Sony eBook reader (v2)? I’d really like some technology to work for me this time – instead of making things more complicated.
I guess this means no multitouch on the way…
I’m so sad…. :(((
Yeah, we really need a super slim notebook. Those MacBooks and MacBook Pros that they have now are so thick and heavy. I just carry my Mac Pro and monitor around with me all the time. It’s really about the same.
@ OZZ,
Indeed, no multitouch, let’s stop dreaming. Apple is missing the chance of creating a whole new category. Unless there’s one last thing…
Maybe the new LED screens are just for an updated macbook and they’re dropping the current models.
If nothing else, it means that MacBooks will get LED displays.
The one on my MacBook Pro is very nice, even with the matte finish… ;^)
A MacBook mini or micro with a docking station could be extremely cool. Yeah, sort of like of the old PowerBook Duo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_Duo
Apple even patented a pressure sensitive trackpad a few years back. It would be nice to see THAT make it’s debut!
Nothing to make me regret buying my gorgeous little eee-PC.
I compared its weight to my iBook, and the Mac feels about ten times heavier, although in reality it isn’t.
Must be some kind of “threshold” weight above which things seem too heavy to be trivial.
Not sure what to dow ith my iBook now. It’s made its last train ride, poor thing.
This is exactly what I am waiting for to replace my 5 year old PowerBook G4 12″. I seriously thought about the MacBook several times, but the integrated video, non-LED backlit glossy screen, no backlit keyboard and no FW800 is a turn off, to name a few. The 15” is just too large for my needs.
Must. Resist. Buying. Another. Mac.
Do the LED backlit displays get washed out by sunlight when you take them outside? It happens to all LCD monitors but LEDs
are different, no?