The Web is percolating rumors that a new Apple laptop is in the works with an $800 price tag. Currently, Apple lists its lowest-priced MacBook at $1,099.

The intense speculation was fueled by an Apple e-mail inviting reporters to attend an Oct. 14 media event hosted by CEO Steve Jobs, at which he is expected to tout a notebook lineup refresh. Tech bloggers are abuzz about unconfirmed reports of a new Apple price list that features the $800 product.

Additionally, Fortune magazine pointed photos of a new laptop casing posted by a Taiwan-based blogger. The business publication noted that the images are “consistent with reports that Apple has switched to a new manufacturing process that carves the shells of its notebooks out of a separate ‘brick’ of aluminum.”

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