Students in New York counting on getting new Apple computers for their school work will have to wait a little longer before they get their new sleek machines.

According to an email sent by Apple addressed to the New York faculty, Apple apparently had trouble connecting the new batch of computers to the New York City Department of Education's (DOE) wireless network infrastructure.

Apple managed to create a fix, and has included it in the Mac OS X 10.5.3 release. However, Apple will hold all Macs on order at Dell's merge center in Austin, Texas until the software fix gets distributed. As a result, the ordered units meant for the schools in New York City have been on hold for as long as two months.

AppleInsider managed to get hold of the email that Apple sent to the New York City DOE and faculty members, where Apple has expressed its apologies and offered to help by putting up a list of computing equipment that they don't need to hook up to wireless internet connections.