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[BlueDjinn]

Latest rumors continue to claim that the 17" iMac will be dropped completely (with the mini surviving one more revision):

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/08/06/last_minute_imac_and_mac_mini_rumors.html

I can understand dropping the 17" iMac, but ONLY if they KEEP the mini around (especially if the 20" iMac is gonna start at $1,200!)

Here's what I'd ideally like the changes to the desktop lineup to look like tomorrow:

$499 - Mac mini (minor update, but with a $100 price cut)

$899 - Mac (all-new "minitower" design--basically just a larger version of the mini, with enough room for 2 3.5" hard drives and a single slot with a real video card (ie, replacable). Essentially a cross between the Cube and the mini.

$1,199 - 20" iMac

$1,499 - 20" iMac (beefed up)

$1,799 - 24" iMac

Note that the all-new model would be called, simply, "The Mac".

Not the Mac mini. Not the iMac. Not the Mac Pro. Not the MacBook. Not the MacBook Pro.

Just the Mac.