ArkiStan
05-09-2007, 03:00 AM
Looks like the recent rumors (http://www.macrumors.com/2007/02/25/next-generation-intel-platform-santa-rosa-tracking-for-may/) were accurate. Sources have revealed that Apple has placed an initial order for 100,000 LED screens (http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0705macbookpro.html), which will likely be installed on their new line of Macbook Pros to be released this June.
MacBook Pro update planned for June with new display
May 8, 2007 - Apple placed an initial order for 15.4-inch LED backlight displays with Asian manufacturers last month, targeting a June announcement that would make availability of a new laptop on or within days of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on June 11, sources tell Think Secret.
Apple placed its first order in mid-April looking for in excess of 100,000 15.4-inch LED backlight displays. The call went out to a number of LED backlight display manufacturers, including Samsung.
Apple's order for the displays called on a delivery schedule of mid May, sources say. Based on Apple's standard schedule that is has used in the past, it would allow for a three to four week window to manufacture and ship. That would coincide with Jobs' keynote address on Monday, June 11th in San Francisco where Apple is likely to announce a new MacBook Pro using a LED backlight display.
Those same sources report Apple did not place an order for 13.3.-inch LED backlight displays used in the MacBook line, but that based on discussions with a variety of component manufacturers, the Mac maker was targeting a third-quarter rollout of the low-end laptop.
Sources report the displays will come from a number of makers simply because availability is tight as Asian manufacturers begin to ramp up production of the brighter, lower-power and environmentally-friendly displays.
I'll definitely be jumping on this new line of Macbook Pros when released. Does anybody know how great the LED screens are in comparison to LCDs?
MacBook Pro update planned for June with new display
May 8, 2007 - Apple placed an initial order for 15.4-inch LED backlight displays with Asian manufacturers last month, targeting a June announcement that would make availability of a new laptop on or within days of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on June 11, sources tell Think Secret.
Apple placed its first order in mid-April looking for in excess of 100,000 15.4-inch LED backlight displays. The call went out to a number of LED backlight display manufacturers, including Samsung.
Apple's order for the displays called on a delivery schedule of mid May, sources say. Based on Apple's standard schedule that is has used in the past, it would allow for a three to four week window to manufacture and ship. That would coincide with Jobs' keynote address on Monday, June 11th in San Francisco where Apple is likely to announce a new MacBook Pro using a LED backlight display.
Those same sources report Apple did not place an order for 13.3.-inch LED backlight displays used in the MacBook line, but that based on discussions with a variety of component manufacturers, the Mac maker was targeting a third-quarter rollout of the low-end laptop.
Sources report the displays will come from a number of makers simply because availability is tight as Asian manufacturers begin to ramp up production of the brighter, lower-power and environmentally-friendly displays.
I'll definitely be jumping on this new line of Macbook Pros when released. Does anybody know how great the LED screens are in comparison to LCDs?