A MacRumors forum member purchased a used Macbook Air off eBay “as-is” and ended up getting a prototype model of the Macbook Air. The bottom is a black material and there’s no “Macbook Air” written on the screen’s bezel. It also features an interim build of Mac OS X 10.5. The buyer found out that the MBA was produced around May 2007, a whole six months before the Macbook Air’s debut. Wild stuff. I’m not sure if I’d want to own a prototype Mac, though. I have enough problems with my Macbook. Imagine the headache this laptop would give me!

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In case you haven’t heard, Apple had a little event over in California today. All new updates to the Macbook, Macbook Pro and Macbook Air.

Highlights:

• New glass trackpads with multi-touch
• All new, specially engineered aluminum case design
• DVI ports become DisplayPort
• Macbook gets glass screen, aluminum case; Macbook Pro gets same upgrade
• Dual graphics in MBP - NVidia 9400M (Macbooks get these) and 9600 GT graphics for “turbo mode”
• New $899 24-inch display out. Features three USB ports and integrated mic, iSight, speakers
• Macbooks now cost $1299, Macbook Pro from $1999
• Macbook Air gets 9400 graphics, bigger hard drive with larger SSD available
• Old white Macbooks available for $999
• New gestures for sick new glass trackpad

That’s pretty much it. I suggest later tonight, you head over to Apple.com and play around with the configurations. These are very nice looking laptops and I’d love to get my hands on that new Macbook Pro.

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Title says it all. Read the official Netflix blog post below.

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For all the iPhone owners out there, I don’t know how you can live without copy and paste functionality. Lucky for you, there’s OpenClip:

A non-profit, open source implementation of copy and paste for the iPhone, OpenClip uses an area of the filesystem to enable participating apps to share the contents of a common clipboard. A small number of apps have pledged support, and until Apple has its own version this may come in handy from time to time.

And it’s just as awesome as you’d expect. It blends in almost seamlessly with the iPhone interface. It’s even open source, so you know it’s going to take off like a rocket if enough people start using it. Hit the link below to visit the OpenClip website.

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Apple has officially confirmed that Mac OS X Leopard will hit store shelves on Friday, October 26th starting at 6pm. Steve Jobs is calling it “the best upgrade we have ever released” and with new features like the redesigned 3D Dock with Stacks, Time Machine, Spaces, Quick Look as well as updated Finder, Mail, and iChat– he just might be right.

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard will retail for $129 for a single user license and $199 for a “family pack” five user license. Those wishing to secure their copy now can do so via pre-order on the Apple Store starting today. –Sean Fallon

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