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9to5Mac is theorizing that this Tuesday event could be about more than just the MacBook family. Though Apple’s invitation was unusually specific ("The spotlight turns to notebooks"), 9to5Mac contends that iLife and iWork 09, as well as Blu-ray, could be present at the event. Though I’m fairly positive Steve Jobs won’t discuss anything at length besides notebooks, here’s what could happen as an update on the side…

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MacX.cn has posted some higher quality photos of the much rumored MacBook redesigns that line up with rumors and previously leaked images.

More photos after the break.

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While this video may indeed provide an idea of what the new MacBook will look like, it is most definitely an attempt to drum up traffic. The video depicts a MacBook Air with a piece of paper covering the keyboard and a chunk taken out of the front; whether this was done in post production or is actually missing is unclear. The biggest giveaway here is the bottom of the MacBook Air lying upside down next to it.

The camerawork is typically unrevealing, staying in close, and focusing and unfocusing quickly. Were the camera to pan back, it would become even clearer that the “MacBook” is simply a MacBook Air with the “Air” disguised in post production.

Video after the break.

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AppleInsider is saying that a source confirms the leaked MacBook Pro casing images as real, as well as the newly leaked MacBook casing images. Meanwhile, The Inquisitr claims to have seen a price sheet for the new MacBook/Pro line that has 12 price points ranging from $800 to over $3,000.

The MacBook Pro trackpad case image that surfaced a couple days ago, as well as the new MacBook trackpad case images that showed up yesterday, have been confirmed as geniune by an AppleInsider source. This in no way means anything is 100% right; however, the pattern dictating that something which is not clearly fake this close to the event date, is consistent with rumors, and is confirmed by a source is often genuine.

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And the rumors of the October 14th Apple notebook event appear to be true. Apple will hold an invitation only town hall event in San Francisco at 10am Pacific this upcoming Tuesday, featuring what is likely to be a major revision to their portable Macintosh line. The invite sent out today, pictured above, out and out says what the event will be about; a departure from the otherwise furtiveness of Apple’s prior event invitations.

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Today on the MacRumors forums, a user posted this image that could be the case for the new MacBook Pro.

As you can see, this goes along with the current aluminum brick manufacturing rumor since it looks to be a solid piece of aluminum. The holes for the speakers seem to be very small, and the overall design seems very slim. So, it matches a lot of the current rumors. Is it just me, or is it odd how shiny this seems to be? Perhaps there’s a piece of protective plastic on top of it.

Is it real? Only time will tell, though who knows how long you’ll have to wait. October 14th is rapidly approaching and Apple has yet to send out invitations to any sort of special event. Sadly, October 14th may turn out to be just another rumor.

Read [MacRumors Forums]

9to5Mac has been teasing for about a year in internet time about the rumored “Brick” codename, and today they came out and told us what it is...a manufacturing process. Now, if you are like me, you’re pretty crazy disappointed, but read on. This manufacturing process is pretty darn cool.

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We’ve all heard about the refresh of MacBooks and MacBook Pros. The rumors have been flying, and it’s hard to not start believing at least some of them when they all go in the same direction.

As we reported earlier this afternoon, AppleInsider is adding to the rumors with their latest about the laptops. They say (from sources who admittedly don’t have a long track record) that the new laptops are going to share design inspirations from both the MacBook Air and the current iMac. This suggests that the new design will look something like the render above, only with tapered edges.

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AppleInsider reports that new MacBook and MacBook Pro models have been spotted by their sources, reassuring the fact that updates to the MacBook line are imminent. The upcoming MacBooks are said to have the same screen sizes as the current ones: 13, 15 and 17 inches. They apparently share a similar aluminium design—"as if they were members of the same product family"—unlike the current MacBooks and MacBook Pros, which have distinctive looks.

As previously stated, the new designs are described as a combination of the 13-inch MacBook Air from January this year and the iMacs that were released summer 2007. Back in April, AppleInsider reported that the edges of the new MacBook line would be trimmed and tapered, and instances of a black material would be used to contrast the aluminium. The FireWire 400 port and the 28-pin DVI-I port have said to have been removed from the MacBook Pro, and replaced with a smaller FireWire 800 port and a mini-DVI port.

Read [AppleInsider] Via [MacRumors]

MacRumors is adding to the rumors of new Macs with a report about six new placeholder SKUs in the inventory system of Future Shop.

Placeholder SKUs are a common practice in the inventory systems of retailers across the board. You might remember that Best Buy had a similar set of new SKUs three weeks prior to the release of the last update of MacBook Pros. That’s not to say this rumor is necessarily true, but Future Shop is a subsidiary of Best Buy in Canada. So, there’s a possibility.

All of these rumors should be adding up to something. Will these be MacBook Touches, Mac Bricks, Mac Mini Pros? No one really knows, and we can’t say for sure, but October 14th seems as good of a day as any other to hope to find out.

Via [MacRumors]