Think there's any chance they'd lower the cost of upgrading to 1GB if they made 512 the standard? $225 extra is just downright criminal, and I don't want to HAVE to break open the case and install another brand it myself.
As the for the rest, all I ask is an ADEQUATE video card (supports Tiger/can at least do with Expose what my 5 year old PowerMac can do), an an adequate and *predictable* HD speed (5400 at least, and don't make us guess which we'll be getting). 60GB for the lower end model would be nice, as 40 just isn't sufficient these days. CPU speed, AE/BT, etc, don't really matter all that much.
Surely they can do this by the end of the summer? My worry is that they're going to try to stretch the updates out to 9 months -- the Mini was introduced in January and will likely be replaced with an Intel version next June, so that's 18 months of life for the PPC Mini. One update smack in the middle would put it in September or October. I can't wait that long!