Apple's eagerly anticpated MacBook announcement was canned at the eleventh hour to allow sufficient stocks of the consumer-oriented laptop to be available to buy from launch, it has been claimed.

According to a Think Secret report (http://www.thinksecret.com/news/050609macbook.html?www.reghardware.co.uk), the notebook will now be announced next week, with the unveiling currently pegged for Tuesday, 16 May.

Separately, AppleInsider reckons (http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1729) the launch may also feature new iPods, though which ones isn't yet clear. ®

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