It's anyone's guess if Apple will make this holiday season with the new MacBook, it seems too late and it was not included in Steve Job's latest keynote.
However there is no doubt that the new MacBook is on it's way, According to electronista.com the latest Mac OS X Leopard released last Friday included drivers for a graphic card that indicates Apple will start using a new chipsets previously used only on the MacBook Pro.
Lucky for me I reviewed the MacBook about a month ago but didn't buy it yet...