There have been a whole slew of rumors about the imminent update of the Mac Mini and iMacs.  MacRumors has been collecting updates of what is said to be coming out today.  Here are the possibilities:

- Redesigned plastic MacBooks
- Redesigned "impressive" iMacs
- Mac mini updates, including one based on Mac OS X Server
- Multi-touch "Magic Mouse"
- A multi-touch "trackpad gadget" for desktop Macs

We’ll be sure to let you know once the Store is back and running.

  The other day we heard of a professor who could not play a movie which he purchased on iTunes via a projector output from a new MacBook.  This was due to an HDCP issue in Quicktime which disallowed him to output protected content through the new Mini DisplayPort on the updated MacBooks.  Apple has now fixed this issue with the Quicktime 7.5.7 Update. 

The Update states the following:  This update is recommended for owners of MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro with Mini DisplayPort. The update addresses an issue where some standard definition purchases from the iTunes Store do not play on some external displays.

It’s great to see Apple respond so quickly to the issue of playing our own content.  This is sure to make many new MacBook owners happy.  You can get the update via software update or download it from their page.

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  In case you need to disassemble your currently warranted MacBook, ifixit has a nicely illustrated tear down of the new MacBook and MacBook Pro.  The MacBooks are quite well built when you look through the pictures and Apple has made the battery, hard drive and memory easily accessible. 

[ifixit MacBook]

[ifixit - MacBook Pro]

  Some new images (6 posted later) of the case of the upcoming MacBooks have been posted at Macx.  The new pictures show the casing made from aluminum as we thought, and show both the MacBook and MacBook Pro.  More photos after the jump…

The Cases look to have the same configuration as the current MacBook.  This means the optical drive is on the right and the ports for USB and sound, etc are on the left.  There appears there is no latch like the current MacBook, and a larger Air-like trackpad, with the power button maintaining its place in the upper right.

[via MacRumors]

  The Rumor mill has started up again and it comes from Kevin Rose of Digg(we all wish we had his source). Bluray support should be built into the next update of Leopard.  Apple has pretty much always backed the BluRay camp over HD-DVD, but has never revealed plans to install the players in its Macs.  

The decrease of BluRay drive costs, elimination of HD-DVD as a format, and more availability will most likely result in the drives being in the next MacBooks or Mac desktop solutions. We assume that Apple is waiting for that implementation to turn on support for the high def movies.  A possible announcement in October, probably not, but think MacWorld 09.

[Mac Rumors]