Apple Inc (AAPL)

[BlueDjinn]

If you look at Apple's current Mac matrix, it's obvious where the blanks are:

Laptops*:
Consumer/Low: $1,099 MacBook
Consumer/High: $1,299 MacBook
Prosumer/Low: $1,499 MacBook
Prosumer/High: $1,999 15" MacBook Pro
Professional/Low: $2,499 15" MacBook Pro
Professional/High: $2,799 17" MacBook Pro

Desktop AIOs:
Consumer/Low: --**
Consumer/High: 20" iMac $1,199
Prosumer: 20" iMac $1,499
Professional/Low: 24" iMac $1,799
Professional/High: n/a

Desktops:
Consumer/Low: $599 Mac mini***
Consumer/High: $799 Mac mini***
Prosumer//Low: -- ($1,000 - $1,500)
Prosumer/High: -- ($1,500 - $2,000)
Professional/Low: $2,199 Mac Pro
Professional/High: $2,499+ Mac Pro

*(Personally, I think it'd be great if the laptop pricing was more of an even spread like $899 / $1,199 / $1,499 / $1,799 / $2,099 / $2,399, but that's just me--obviously their sales are through the roof at the higher pricing, so who am I to judge?)

**(obviously this became empty when the 17" iMac was dropped, which I think is a shame; it'd be awesome if they could've kept it around at, say, $899)

***(I still think they should've reduced the mini down to a single model, with DVD-RW, for $599, but that's just me...)

So basically, I think they oughta bring back the 17" iMac at $899, drop the DVD-RW mini down to $599, drop the CD-RW mini completely, and bring in 2 models of a Shuttle SFF-style version of the Cube for, say, $1,199 and $1,599.