Apple Store Overnight on July 13th to Prepare for OS X Lion, New MacBook Airs?

Apple Store employees will reportedly work overnight on July 13th to prepare for what may be the release of Mac OS X Lion and/or new MacBook Airs, according to 9to5Mac. This falls in line with a previous prediction by the same site that Apple will release Mac OS X Lion on July 14th.

We're expecting the Lion release obviously, and also some new MacBook Airs which may or may not have faster storage, a Sandy Bridge CPU and Thunderbolts coming out the side. We've heard some stories of backlit keyboards, 3Gs, a black option and the mythical 15-inch MacBook Air HD but they seem unlikely at this point.

Along with the Airs, there have been shortages of the White MacBooks, Mac Minis and (perhaps redesigned) Pros – everything that doesn't currently have Thunderbolt - so those could also see updates. If not on the 14th, then perhaps shortly after.


Earlier reports have predicted that Apple is holding back all its hardware releases until Mac OS X Lion ships.

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