Quanta Computer will deliver as many as 4.5 million MacBook computers to Apple Computer during the course of the 2007 calendar year, the Chinese-language Apple Daily reported on Friday.

The Taiwanese notebook manufacturer, along with Foxconn, had been responsible for churning out 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro models.

It will now join Asustek in production of Apple's more popular 13-inch MacBooks, as well, the paper said.

Quanta is reported to have declined comment on the report.