"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."

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

"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." Read