p2pnet news | Product News:- Apple’s new ultraportable, “expected to be seen in public for the first time tomorrow,” has an extremely thin profile and is shaped like a teardrop when closed, says Wired, quoting an Apple leaker.

Does that mean Wired will soon to suffer the same fate as Think Secret.

The long-standing website reached a totally phoney ‘positive solution’ with Apple which forced it to go offline permanently.

Think Secret’s ‘crime’? Think Secret ran rumors of a new Mac and a new word-processing application.

Apple claimed its reports violated trade secret law and went after it relentlessly.

Now, “Sadly, we don’t have details on pricing, specs or availability,” says Wired, going on:

Steve Jobs is widely expected to reveal a new MacBook at Macworld on Tuesday morning, and with the rumored name being ‘MacBook Air’.

Most people are expecting a conventional sub-notebook - a super-thin, lightweight laptop that ships without an optical CD/DVD drive. The MacBook Air may also dispense with a wired Ethernet port, according to rumor. It will be a purely wireless device, relying solely on Wi-Fi or other wireless technology for its connectivity - hence the “Air” moniker.

But the Air seems more like a ultra portable with a physical keyboard and multi-touch screen, according to our source (who we promised not to name but confirmed works at an Apple third-party vendor).

We’ll see tomorrow.

Apple didn’t respond to a request for comment, says Wired.

Will the comment be in the form of a letter from a lawyer?

Nah. Apple favours going after little people, relatively speaking.

Slashdot it!

Also See:-

Wired - Breaking: Apple Insider Leaks Ultra-Portable Details, January 14, 2008
go offline permanently - Apple crushes Think Secret, December 20, 2007

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