Posted on Tuesday, June 05 2007 @ 1:00 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Analysts
believe Apple may be planning to launch new MacBook Pro notebooks and a new MacBook Mini lineup at the Worldwide Developer Conference later this month.
MacBook mini
Less likely but still "possible," according to the analyst, would be an introduction Apple's much rumored ultra-portable sub-notebook. "We believe there is a fair likelihood that Apple will introduce a new subnotebook named 'MacBook mini,' which uses NAND flash as primary storage," he explained. "We last talked about this groundbreaking product in early March and while our sources indicate that it could ship sooner rather than later, we believe it will more likely arrive in late 2007-early 2008."
The American Technology analyst said he has been told that timing of the sub-notebook will be dependent on NAND vendors' willingness to accelerate price declines, making NAND economically attractive for Apple to use in lieu of HDD storage.
