Apple's component suppliers have begun taking the necessary steps to begin volume production of new MacBook Airs next month as rumors swirl over which firm will secure a deal to manufacture the company's next-generation mobile processor, dubbed the A6.



From Apple Insider:

Citing sources in Apple's upstream supply chain, DigiTimes reported Friday that component suppliers for the Mac maker will "will run in full gear" next month, preparing parts and components for the company's new generation of MacBook Airs due to launch this summer.

The report corroborates a July time-frame for the Thunderbolt-equipped notebooks first published by AppleInsider this month, citing its own sources. Those sources added that the new Airs have been cleared for production for some time, but that Apple management is unwilling to introduce any new Mac models to market until the company can image the computers with a finalized copy of Mac OS X Lion, similarly due next month.

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