Macbook Air prices drop - new Macbook coming soon?

The Apple Store recently dropped the price on the 1.8GHz MacBook Air, from $3,098 to only $2,598 in the US and from $3,248 to only $2,748 in Canada; a savings of $500!

MacBook Air. The world's thinnest notebook. Starting From $1,799.

It's widely speculated (rumored) that a new Macbook will be available sometime in the next few weeks. With price drops on current models, could this be the signal that the press release is around the corner? This is a perfect time to gear up for the upcoming school year. Buy a Mac for college and get a free iPod touch. Order online and get free shipping. Exp 9/15. Add the free ipod touch and the air price drop together, thats a huge savings!

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Air Ships, Movies on Hold - APPLE take 3?

The Macbook Air started shipping today! Meeting the predicted sale dates.

Apple also announced that the free Apple TV software update enabling movie rentals is not quite finished and will now be available in another week or two.

Delays are nothing new to Apple, but it's better that they launch the update with a solid code release, as the Take 2 Movie rental system needs to be bug free, so Apple can hit the ground running in it's fight to take on Amazon Unbox.

Most iPod users are finding out the the .WMV format needs to be converted to .MP4(h.264) in order to play Unbox movies on thier iPods. Looks like both companies will hopefully end up creating a price war, and heat up the DRM Free issue in the Movie Purchase download arena.