Apple announced recently that it had to postpone the release of its already popular Apple TV software update by a week or two. The company argued this decision by saying that it needs more time to finish the software update, which will allow the company’s costumers to rent movies directly from their televisions.

On Wednesday Apple also announced that it had started shipping the brand new MacBook Air, the ultra-thin notebook Apple introduced at Macworld in San Francisco a couple of days ago. The MacBook Air ultra-thin notebook costs no less than $1,799; however, the device weighs about 3 pounds, features a 13.3-inch display and it is just 0.16 of an inch thick at its thinnest point.

When announcing its decision to delay the Apple TV update, the company said that the software was not quite finished, despite the fact that Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs, claimed during his Macworld keynote that the software upgrade would be ready by the end of January. "Apple now plans to make the free software download available to existing Apple TV customers in another week or two," the company said in a statement.

The upcoming software update will let users rent movies from Apple’s iTunes online music store directly from their TV sets. The company expects to have more than 1,000 film titles available by the end of February.