New iMacs, MacBooks in the fall Apple fashion lineup?

"indicating that a new iMac, POSSIBLY quad-core powered, is in the works for a POSSIBLE release before the holiday season. "

Why even run things like this? These Apple refresh articles always have COULD, MAY, POSSIBLE strewn throughout (sometimes more than once per sentence!).

MAYBE they will include cameras! Remember how that one turned out?

TUAW is supposed to stay above the rumor fray, at least a little. I can see posting this once, be rehashing and reinforcing completely unsupported speculation seems... unnecessary.

Why there is a strong need of making desktop iMac to be thinner ?!

I think it will be much better if they remove that bottom brick and make iMac to be lower to the table surface like Cinema.

Who cares how thinner it is ? It is not a notebook!

I think that a cheaper MacBook will definitely induce a lot of new customers to do the switch, especially if they already own an iPhone or iTouch. I don't believe they're going to unveil a Tablet right now, maybe next year. And I'd like to see the black MacBook again too!

If Apple really goes after a thinner cheaper white polycarbonate MacBook, this would definitely cause trouble to the existing so-called netbooks. But on the other hand, doing so would make releasing a tablet more unlikely?! After all if the rumored -much wanted & awaited table - is also after netbooks, then this doesn't make sense??
My belief is yes, Apple would release a faster, thinner cheaper and may be smaller (remember the old iBook) as their answer to the current netbooks and postpone / delay the release of the tablet which would be more of a MBP line complement as an extension to the Air.

Xeon in iMac? Never! New Apple iMac and MacBooks will have Intel Core i5 and/or Core i7 CPUs (I think i7 only). It is logical. There are desktop and mobile versions of those CPU types available (Mobile Core i7 Clarksfield was released this month: i7-720QM, Core i7-820QM). And as last years - Apple will be the first that sell those to the mass market.

This week when I went to the Apple store, a few techs mentioned tablets in December. But really, what do they know? They're only geniuses.

"If Apple is able to reduce the price of the low-end laptop below its current US$999 level, it could stem the tide of sales of low-cost Windows and Linux netbooks."

I thought the long-rumored tablet was supposed to be Apple's response to the netbook phenomenon (and let's be honest, the Linux-installed models are not the ones flying off the shelves). I don't see how an $799-899 MacBook helps Apple in that regard; few people who are considering a sub-$400 netbook are going to be persuaded to purchase a MacBook instead, at double the cost, even if Apple manages to shave a bill or two off the current price. What it would do, however, is sharpen the edges between Apple's MacBook and MacBook Pro lines, which the introduction of the aluminum unibody models blurred, as well as even further solidify its position in the consumer laptop market. And as everyone and their mother has noted over the past few months, the polycarbonate MacBook is nearly as popular as ever, giving Apple all the more reason to keep it fresh.

Would be nice to get a BlackBook back. but y'know. what are the odds?

Are you always so f***ing miserable. Every post of yours has negativity oozing out of it. You appear to be an Apple-hater; if you are, WTF are you doing here, anyway.

Go bother someone else!