Apple "notebook" event is on, October 14th!

The rumors were true folks. Apple is staging an invitation-only Town Hall event in Cupertino next Tuesday, October 14th at 10AM PDT. It's absolutely safe to say they'll be showing off new laptops... and you know we'll be there live! Will this be an unveiling of a whole new form factor? Will this "Brick" mystery be put to bed? Will they come in rainbow colors? Tune in to find out.

[Tom Robertson @ Oct 9th 2008 12:09PM]

Yay!

[imacmatt09 @ Oct 9th 2008 12:20PM]

hello loser
hello blogger
macbook rumors
really bother
lots of spamage
fanboys fighting
apple please put this into writing

clicking typing
fanboys singing
they're not switching
steve jobs bitching
apple please stop
with this gimmick
or ill stab you with a chopstick

(read/sing in the tune of the k9 advantix commercial)

[alexmueller @ Oct 9th 2008 12:22PM]

Engadget is covering an Apple Event? Thanks for telling me, for a second there I thought maybe you guys weren't.

[Neophytos @ Oct 9th 2008 12:23PM]

Thats not even clever.

[From My Cube @ Oct 9th 2008 12:30PM]

@imac matt 09....very nice!

[o rly @ Oct 9th 2008 12:50PM]

Actually imacmatt09, it's Allan Sherman - Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp). You probably weren't even born yet.

[imacmatt09 @ Oct 9th 2008 12:55PM]

@ o rly

I figured that it was some other song but more people probably would know the tune from the commercial than the song alone. And yeas that was way before my time.

[Mikeweezer @ Oct 9th 2008 1:33PM]

'It's not like your Surfin Bird record walked away... well, my Allan Sherman record walked away'

[Kim @ Oct 10th 2008 6:39PM]

So then you weren't around for this either:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_of_the_Hours

[[e-mail] @ Oct 9th 2008 2:22PM]

Actually, o rly, it's from Ponchinelli's La Gioconda - it's called "The Dance of the Hours".

Definitely before your time ;)

[Chris @ Oct 9th 2008 2:23PM]

"(read/sing in the tune of the k9 advantix commercial)"

Really? You've never heard of "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh"? Poor Allan Sherman.

[Chris @ Oct 9th 2008 2:25PM]

And of course I make the fatal mistake of replying before refreshing. Argh.

[KeegdnaB @ Oct 9th 2008 2:54PM]

Regardless of where it came from

it still gave me a good lol

[o rly @ Oct 9th 2008 3:33PM]

Actually [e-mail], the tune is from Ponchielli's Dance of the Hours, however, the lyrics/lines that imacmatt09 is "remixing" / referring to (re: advantix commerical) are from "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh."

Yes, I'm nitpicking.

[Ari @ Oct 9th 2008 3:38PM]

This has been the most pointless set of comments I have ever seen.

[jupiterthunder @ Oct 9th 2008 6:16PM]

@ o rly

Dude, there the same tune.

[bob sakamano @ Oct 9th 2008 9:39PM]

ok now i have to change my pants

[o rly @ Oct 10th 2008 12:31AM]

jupiterthunder, dude, they're as in they are. The lyrics are still to "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh."

Yes, even more nitpicking.

[Prasand J. @ Oct 10th 2008 4:17AM]

Allen, Ponchielli, Crest ... blar. -- I liked his remix, but still the marijuana version comes to mind when I hear the tune.

[Prasand J. @ Oct 10th 2008 4:19AM]

Then again, I still think "batman smells" when I hear jingle bells.

[icepop4who @ Oct 9th 2008 12:10PM]

beautiful

[Jash Sayani @ Oct 9th 2008 1:39PM]

Amazing!!! Pre-order one for me!!!

I hope its not too expensive. and its around 10" inch to 13" inch !!!

[Zeraw @ Oct 9th 2008 4:36PM]

Same day as Canadian elections eh?

[Andrew @ Oct 9th 2008 4:46PM]

Yep. For my part, I voted already and got Vaio Z. Got tired of waiting a year and half for Apple to release a new notebook, only to be disappointed by Air. Unveiling new stuff now is like unveiling your election platform a a week before the vote. For people still in the market, I hope it better be worth it.

[Neg @ Oct 9th 2008 6:15PM]

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=10&day=14&year=2008&hour=10&min=0&sec=0&p1=224

That link has times for people in other parts of the world.

[cmj2405 @ Oct 11th 2008 7:22AM]

When the Canadian elections are on, no one outside Canada knows.
When the American ones are on, the whole word must know!

[Michael Kontaxis @ Oct 12th 2008 4:11PM]

Canada has elections?

Jk...

[Konstantin @ Oct 9th 2008 12:10PM]

YES! Can't wait. Its about time!

[Mehul @ Oct 9th 2008 12:28PM]

And I just got my macbook in June.... Should have waited.

[Konstantin @ Oct 9th 2008 12:33PM]

@Mehul - Don't worry. I think this update concerns the MacBook Pro's which haven't been updated in god knows how long. Your MacBook should still be up to date come Nov. 14th.

[GenBanks @ Oct 9th 2008 12:37PM]

Hehe, I'm feeling very smug right now because I was going to buy my first apple laptop a couple weeks ago but decided to wait :D

[Anoldcarsnickname @ Oct 9th 2008 1:07PM]

Err, actually. The Macbook and the Macbook Pro got their last update simultaneously. So they will probably be updating the both of them. You can check at http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#MacBook_Air

[emil @ Oct 9th 2008 1:27PM]

@mehul and konstantin

the macbooks should go aluminium like the pros.

[sinn @ Oct 9th 2008 12:10PM]

Koo

[Alexander @ Oct 9th 2008 12:10PM]

Wohoooo!!!

[Chedstone @ Oct 9th 2008 12:10PM]

SWEEET!

[Josh @ Oct 9th 2008 12:26PM]

i love that this comment somehow got low ranked

[aardWolf @ Oct 9th 2008 12:30PM]

It's gotta be the hair...

[diode3diode @ Oct 9th 2008 12:50PM]

Er, what hair?

[Harley3k @ Oct 9th 2008 1:46PM]

MacBook Hair

[JoshSmith @ Oct 9th 2008 5:01PM]

@harley3k

You sir, are a Genius

[Derek @ Oct 9th 2008 12:11PM]

Huzzah!

Now I just need an excuse to put down the coin on a new compy... these things better make me breakfast.

[Kamokazi @ Oct 9th 2008 12:23PM]

Well, with the overheating that some Apple laptops have been famous for, it just may!

But actually, if they do have single-piece aluminum construction, it should actually be a lot more effective at dissipating heat away. Heatpipe from the CPU and GPU dies to the body of the laptop? Might be they way to a fanless, and therefore silent, laptop.

[hawksfan03 @ Oct 9th 2008 12:11PM]

I hope they only announce features that should have been available in the first place and introduce nothing new.

[CraigJ @ Oct 9th 2008 12:43PM]

Like what?

[SubGenius @ Oct 9th 2008 1:08PM]

A DVD burner in the base MacBook model would be nice.

[L.M.L.Y.P @ Oct 9th 2008 1:18PM]

wait... they dont come with dvd burners?

[CraigJ @ Oct 9th 2008 1:50PM]

The $1099 one just has a reader. all the other ones have dual-layer DVD burners.

[L.M.L.Y.P @ Oct 9th 2008 2:14PM]

hahah oh pathetic. yet another reason why not to buy a mac.

[CraigJ @ Oct 9th 2008 3:39PM]

you're an idiot.