Apple is set to offer sneak peek on its upcoming version of Mac OS codenamed “Lion” on its “Back to the Mac” event this coming Wednesday October 20th, 2010. In addition to what Apple has hinted on its invitations, many speculates that a new MacBook Air will be introduced at the event. Supposed leaked pictures of the upcoming MacBook Air have surfaced. Another products up for refresh are iLife and iWork suites. Apple is likely to introduced iLife ’11 and iWork ’11 at the event. iLife ’11 is likely to feature a never before bundled application to the suite. iWork ’11 is likely to feature the same application bundle with numbers of new features included.

Many also wonders if Apple would refresh the MacBook Pro lines. According to an source within Apple who shall remain anonymous, there will be no real upgrade to the MacBook Pro lines. The 13-inch MacBook Pro might gain Core i5 at best, while its 15-inch and 17-inch counterparts remain virtually the same. Apple is likely to update MacBook Pro lines in early 2011 with Intel’s Sandy Bridge CPU.

We will find out more about the event starting 10:00 AM Cupertino Time on Wednesday October 20th, 2010. Stay tuned for live coverage links and possibly a live stream from Apple.

“Back to the Mac.”?

As many pundits have been chattering about, that includes you Leo Laporte, Apple seemed to have been “neglecting” the Mac for quite sometimes now. iPhone and iPad have been taking the lionhsare of attentions from Apple and the public. Well it is time for the Mac to take the lionshare with the next version of Mac OS, most likely be codenamed Lion. Lion, Lionshare… get it?

The hint is pretty obvious that the next Mac OS X will be previewed on this event. The first beta of the next version of Mac OS X may as well be made available after the event, as many Developers hope. Who knows if Apple might be dropping the “X” from its upcoming Operating System. There’s the iOS and here comes the Mac OS; one can only speculate. “Say hello to Mac OS 10.7 Lion.” That is so hybrid of 1990′s and 2000′s.

Many news outlets are also speculating that a new MacBook Air will be introduced in this event. A smaller MacBook Air perhaps. The rumor mills have been saying that Apple is working on an 11-inch MacBook Air. We all will find that out soon.

Will Apple also refresh the MacBook Pro lines? It is possible if Apple somehow managed to acquire the next generations of Intel Processors before its early 2011 release date.

“Back to the Mac.” event will be held on Apple Cupertino Campus on Wednesday October 20th, 2010 at 10:00AM Pacific Time (18:00 UTC). Is is unknown if Apple will stream the event on Apple.com just like the Spetember 2010 Music Event.

Check back for more info and ridiculous claims of telepathically obtained info of the “Back to the Mac.” event.

By the way, does that one site get the invite to this event? The site that bought and disassembled (broke) the “stolen” iPhone prototype?

Posted from Cupertino, California, United States.

Free bumpers to everyone who bought iPhone 4 until September 30th, and it is effective retro-actively. Customers who purchased iPhone 4 bumpers are entitled for full rebate.

White iPhone 4 will ship in the end of July in limited quantity.

Posted from Cupertino, California, United States.

In case you want to know what Apple is saying up to the minute, some sites are providing live coverage.

• AllThingsD
• Ars Technica
• Engadget
• Fortune
• GDGT
• MacNN
• Macworld
• TUAW

Tune in, 10:00 AM Cupertino Time.

p.s. There might be other sites providing live coverage, the links will be added as soon as they are made available. Don’t bother going to Gizmodo site because they do not get the invitation; they are winging it anyway by taking contents from other actual live coverages into their own.

Posted from Cupertino, California, United States.

Here it comes, the Live Coverage links to iPhone OS 4 Event set to take place on Thursday April 8th, 2010. Links will be updated as they are made available.

• AllThingsD
• AppleInsider
• Ars Technica
• CNET
• ComputerWorld
• Engadget
• Fortune
• GDGT
• Gizmodo
• HardMac
• iLounge
• MacDailyNews
• MacNN/Electronista
• MacRumors’ Twitter Feed
• MacStories
• MacWorld
• SlashGear
• Technologizer
• Techztalk
• The Mac Observer Twitter Feed
• TUAW
• Wired

Check back for more links if available.

Many major tech media will likely provide live coverage of the event. Check back for the coverage links if and when they’re made available.

(Thanks to Engadget for making this news public.)

According to Gruber there’s only one display for the MacBook and MacBook Pro from now on. That display is a shiny and glaring one. Yeah, apparently no more matte-finish display. On the other hand, we get to use the screen as an emergency mirror now.

Personally, I am not really liking the black keyboard on a silver aluminum casing. But that’s not really a huge issue. The biggest issue for me right now would be the rumored pricing. I have been paying a lot for PowerBook G4′s and MacBook Pro (yeah, I only bought one Macbook Pro from January 2006) and hoping at least that Apple would reduce the price. I still remember when Apple introduced Aluminum PowerBook G4 at lower prices.

One thing that has not really been discussed in the leaks/spoliers/rumors so far is the CPU of the MacBook Pro. I have been hearing that somehow Apple would utilize Intel’s mobile Quad-Core CPU (here and here) into the MacBook Pro. The real question is “when?”

I know that I am complaining about products that have not been officially announced yet. It is only two hours away from this posting.

In spite of all the bitching and complaining based on the leaks and rumors, there are a few things that I am looking forward to find out. As I’ve been saying before, according to a super stealthy secret source the new MacBook Pro line would have an easily accessible hard-drive bay. That would be a huge advantage for the consumer. All you would have to do is removing the battery and a few screws. No more cracking open the casing by removing 14 screws just to get to the hard-drive bay. A few more screws to actually replace the hard-drive. I have done so many hard-drive upgrades on MacBook Pros, my best record is about 15 minutes to actually open the case, take out the hard-drive, install the new hard-drive, and putting it back together.

Apparently I am rambling too much for now. We’ll see in exactly two hours from this post if I’m going to buy a new MacBook Pro today. The sad thing is that I am still on the fence. Should I wait for the Quad-Core MacBook Pro to arrive?

Disclaimer, this is a poor attempt at sarcasm and irony.

I have compiled an extensive list of sites that would be covering the event live on this post. So, click this link. Yes, this link. CLICK.

Apple sent out select invitations for notebooks related event with the tag-line “The spotlight turns to notebooks.” The event is set to take place at Apple’s Town Hall in Cupertino on Tuesday October 14h, 2008 at 10:00 AM Pacific Time.

You can find live coverage at the followings:

• The Mac Observer – http://live.macobserver.com/
• Gizmodo Liveblog – http://live.gizmodo.com/
• Ars Technica – Live Coverage (Special Thanks to Clint Ecker)
• CNET – Live Coverage
• Mac Rumors – http://twitter.com/macrumors | Spoiler Free Coverage
• TechTalkz – http://live.techztalk.com/
• CNBC Tech Check with Jim Goldman
• Engadget
• Technologizer – Live Coverage with Harry McCracken
• SlashGear – http://live.slashgear.com/
• MacScoop – http://live.macscoop.com/
• Macworld
• CrunchGear – Live Coverage
• Gearlog
• Computerworld Blogs with Seth Wintraub
• MacDailyNews meta-coverage
• TWiT meta-coverage with Leo Laporte and friends

All images are Courtesy of Apple.