Apple's "Brick" Laptop Leaked? $800 Laptop Rumored

Many believe the rumored Apple "Brick" is a manufacturing process, a way of cutting a MacBook out of a brick of aluminum. On Wednesday information began to leak in the form of photos of (reportedly) Brick-based MacBooks, as well as rumors of an $800 laptop coming from Apple, soon. It's unclear if the two are one-and-the-same.

According to The Inquisitr, a reliable (though anonymous, of course) source told them:

Apple retail stores have been given price sheets that list 12 price points for the new range, with prices between $800-$3100. Current lines only have 8 price points, 3 Macbooks starting at $1099, 3 Macbook Pros and 2 Macbook Airs. According to the source, retail outlets usually get the price lists 10 days before products hit the market. Technical specs for the new laptops were not included on the price sheet.

MacRumors disagrees with the comment on the lead time for the price lists, which sheds some degree of doubt. This would also be the first sub-$1,000 laptop Apple has ever produced. Analysts have been predicting such a price point, but most have mentioned $999 to be the expected pricing.

At the same time, pictures of the upcoming "Brick" MacBook showed up on a Chinese site. The pic (above) was just the first to leak. A Taiwanese blog (Apple.pro) posted additional photos later in the day.

Naturally, this all has to be taken with a grain of salt, but based on all the activity around this area lately, it won't be long now, before "all is revealed."