DigiTimes unearths hints of a big surge in Mac laptop production
Adding to the latest in MacBook Air rumors, DigiTimes reports that MacBook Air production "will run in full gear" beginning in July. This could mean that a new MacBook Air could launch right after the release of OS X Lion, as Ars Technica guesses, or most likely alongside the Lion release.
DigiTimes says that the MacBook line had between 2.2 million to 2.4 million parts shipments this month, and that number is expected to increase to 2.7 million to 2.8 million in July. This matches previous production increases prior to product announcement. DigiTimes goes on to say that Apple will receive more than 8 million MacBook Airs in the third quarter -- a huge number, but Ars supposes that it actually refers to all Apple laptop shipments for the quarter, not just the Air. This is in line with a previous rumor from Taiwan's Economic Daily newspaper that Apple will ship 380,000 new MacBook Air units within the next month.
The new MacBook Airs are expected to have Thunderbolt ports, either Core i5 or Core i7 chips or Intel's new ULV processor, and possibly even a black color option.
