Daring Fireball: Apple Netbook Claim ChowderSource: Daring Fireball
At this point, I'm going to stop asking when Apple will acknowledge these dark days we live in because I think the answer is never. Maybe Apple should just be a bull market company.
Apple ads hint at thinner iMacs, lighter MacBooks, cheaper Mac minisSource: Apple Insider
A trio of online advertisements that appear to have been published prematurely by one of Apple's international online stores suggest it's only a matter of days before the Mac maker takes the wraps off of new families of ultra-thin iMacs, lighter & thinner plastic MacBooks, and mo …
Apple: New Macs Coming Soon?Source: Barrons
Research firm Wedge Partners thinks so. They assert in a note today that the company will release both new iMacs and new MacBooks "in the next several weeks."
Apple to retain, redesign plastic MacBook familySource: Apple Insider
Once rumored for extinction, Apple's entry-level polycarbonate MacBooks are on the verge of a refresh that will solidify them at the base of the Mac maker's notebook offerings for the foreseeable future, AppleInsider has learned.
More affordable iMacs from Apple expected by fallSource: Apple Insider
Roughly six week later at its annual developers conference, the Cupertino-based company announced price cuts of between $100 - $300 on its 13- to 17-inch unibody aluminum notebooks, all of which are now dubbed MacBook Pros.
Apple Cuts Prices StrategicallySource: Business Week
A $99 iPhone and cheaper MacBook Pro laptops are announced in tandem with the new, pricier iPhone 3G S. Apple also expects higher profits from apps.
MacBooks sweep Consumer Reports laptop ratingsSource: Macworld
The 13-inch category in particular was dominated by Apple's laptop line, topped by the unibody MacBook and followed by both the MacBook Air and the white, polycarbonate MacBook.
Acorn is in MacHeistSource: gusmueller.com
So why is Flying Meat participating in MacHeist time around, when I blasted it a couple of years ago? Well, it's pretty simple. The folks at MacHeist fixed the payment terms after MacHeist 1, and developers are getting a much better deal now. Tada.
Maine expanding school laptop program with AppleSource: Google
Maine started its first-in-the-nation program by distributing more than 30,000 computers to each seventh- and eighth-grader in all of the state's public schools in 2002 and 2003. Now the goal is to provide a laptop to every public school student in grades 7-12 by the fall.
MacBook owners frustrated by new audio jacksSource: Apple Insider
A few owners of Apple's new unibody notebooks are experiencing backwards compatibility issues with the units' redesigned audio jacks, which offer a snug connection for the company's latest headphones with integrated microphones at the expense of a few legacy stereo headsets and s …
AT&T and Apple considering subsidized MacBook?Source: MacNN | The Macintosh News Network
Glenn Lurie, AT&T's Emerging Devices president, has hinted that the company might be talking with Apple about subsidized notebooks tied in with wireless data contracts, according to an executive interview with Fortune.

I wrote the article a while back and thought it was as relevant as ever since Circuit City has been forced to call it quits.
Quad-core MacBook Pro on the way?Source: CNET.com
Intel sneaked out a new low-cost quad-core mobile processor on Monday, prompting some observers to wonder if Apple will finally release a quad-core laptop.