Geek Posted July 18, 2011 Posted July 18, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Lion-Mac-App-Store.jpg" alt="Lion Mac App Store " title="Lion Mac App Store" width="620" height="295" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18857" /></p> <p>Sick of 10.7 Lion and MacBook Air release date rumors yet? Us too, but as we enter into the second half of July we’re running short on time for <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/06/06/mac-os-x-lion-release-date-is-july-will-cost-29-and-available-only-from-mac-app-store/">OS X Lion to be released</a> this month as expected. The good news is that when Apple sets a date, they almost always meet it (ignore the white iPhone 4), and the better news is <a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/07/18/apple_set_to_release_lion_new_macbook_airs_as_soon_as_wednesday.html">AppleInsider</a> says they have received word that <strong>Wednesday, July 20 at 8:30am ET</strong> is the magic time:</p> <blockquote><p>According to people with proven track records who would be in a position to know, the new product launches are set to occur later this week. Specifically, one person said the products would be released on Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.</p></blockquote> <p>A Wednesday release is slightly earlier than what WSJ’s AllThingsD reported last week, placing a “Thursday or Friday” timeline for the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/14/new-macbook-airs-coming-next-week-alongside-os-x-lion/">new hardware and software</a>.</p> <p>Refreshed MacBook Airs are said to include Intel Sandy Bridge Core i5 and i7 processors, 4GB of RAM standard, a starting storage capacity of 128GB SSD, and a return of everyones favorite backlit keyboard. It remains to be seen what GPU will be bundled with the refreshed MacBook Air, but most analysts expect it to be the Intel HD 3000 chip.</p> <p>The same AI report says that <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Mac OS X 10.7 Lion</a> was delayed slightly due to logistical issues with distribution through the Mac App Store, in addition to some unexpected problems with the Resumes feature. The <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/01/mac-os-x-10-7-lion-gm-download-released-to-developers/">GM build</a> of Lion was released on July 1.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-5DCryWfw8rW8uk3oYClU-gjUFY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-5DCryWfw8rW8uk3oYClU-gjUFY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-5DCryWfw8rW8uk3oYClU-gjUFY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-5DCryWfw8rW8uk3oYClU-gjUFY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=aik81UE75Pw:tAFpipG70Tc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=aik81UE75Pw:tAFpipG70Tc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=aik81UE75Pw:tAFpipG70Tc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=aik81UE75Pw:tAFpipG70Tc:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=aik81UE75Pw:tAFpipG70Tc:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=aik81UE75Pw:tAFpipG70Tc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=aik81UE75Pw:tAFpipG70Tc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/aik81UE75Pw" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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