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07:29 AAPL Apple: MacBook Pro update planned for June with new display - Think Secret (103.92 )

Think Secret reports Apple placed its first order in mid-April looking for in excess of 100,000 15.4-inch LED backlight displays. The call went out to a number of LED backlight display manufacturers, including Samsung. Apple's order for the displays called on a delivery schedule of mid May, sources say. Based on Apple's standard schedule that is has used in the past, it would allow for a three to four week window to manufacture and ship. That would coincide with Jobs' keynote address on Monday, June 11th in San Francisco where Apple is likely to announce a new MacBook Pro using a LED backlight display.

Those same sources report Apple did not place an order for 13.3.-inch LED backlight displays used in the MacBook line, but that based on discussions with a variety of component manufacturers, the Mac maker was targeting a third-quarter rollout of the low-end laptop. Sources report the displays will come from a number of makers simply because availability is tight as Asian manufacturers begin to ramp up production of the brighter, lower-power and environmentally-friendly displays.