Mac industry watcher AppleInsider is predicting that Apple will launch Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and new Thunderbolt-equipped MacBook Airs, as early as Wednesday this week.
The normally reliable site quotes 'people with proven track records who would be in a position to know' as saying that 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. EST" (4.30pm in the UK)
These latest revelations tie in with our news from last week. AppleInsider suggested Apple had been holding off on the introduction of new Mac hardware until it finally releases Lion.
The Golden Master of Lion was seeded to developers on July 1, identical to the software that will be released to the general public, so speculation (often wrong) has been rife as to the actual launch date. Apple has not offered a specific launch date for the operating system, only promising that it will become available on the Mac App Store at some point in July
