The reason the Apple store was down for maintenance? New MacBooks. Or, more accurately, the same MacBooks, but with a new processor.

Update: there’s a press release, describing the changes in more detail:

1. Faster Intel Core Duo processors (2.0GHz or 2.16GHz)
2. 1GB of memory
3. Larger hard drives (80, 120 or 160 GB)

Prices start at $1099 for the smallest model, and go up to $1499 for the (black) top-of-the-line model.

When I was browsing around the Apple site, and wanted to find out what the price for an 8GB iPod Nano was, I was presented with the “We’ll be back soon” page.

Apparently Apple is updating the store for a new product?

“We are busy updating the store for you and will be back shortly.”

Mid-may, too early for the iPhone, OS X doesn’t have an update due… I’m curious!