Time to start saving those pennies again. Although IO am thinking of trying to repair my powerbook so if anyone has 2 hinges and a battery for a PowerBook give me a shout.
The article of on Think Secret can be seen Here
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Briefly: MacBook's day this coming Tuesday [Updated]
May 5, 2006 - Following up on our report earlier this week concerning the MacBook's May availability, sources have nailed down next Tuesday, May 9, as the introduction day for the Intel-based laptop.
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Meanwhile, shipments of Apple's new 17-inch MacBook Pro, the initial units of which were to arrive in customer hands this week, have been temporarily delayed. After encountering a minor quality control issue with production of the laptops recently that has since been remedied, sources report Apple executives decided to postpone initial shipments and retail store availability by several days to ensure adequate launch inventory.
All indications now point to delivery of the 17-inch laptops sometime next week, meaning the new MacBook Pro and MacBooks may in fact arrive in be available in tandem as sources alluded to in early April, although two weeks will have separated their announcements.
On a side note, a coding glitch with Apple's Web site has all but confirmed the MacBook moniker for the new consumer laptop. The error began cropping up late Thursday evening and was still present intermittently Friday morning and resulted in Apple's iPod homepage being replaced by an empty page sporting a navigation hierarchy reading "Home > Hardware > MacBook".
While hardware release dates are often subject to last-minute change, sources' reports of an announcement Tuesday suggest that the long-awaited 13.3-inch widescreen MacBook is finally ready to ship. The release was first slated for January, then March, then April or May.
Update - May 6, 2006
Additional sources have confirmed the MacBook's announcement this Tuesday. Further, sources report that the MacBook will be thinner than current iBooks, will be available in both black and white configurations, and will likely cost slightly more than previous iBook models—not unlike the price increase Apple's Mac mini saw with its transition to Intel processors.
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