kettle said:
I don't think a LCD eMac will happen, maybe a sharper edged version of the current eMac so there is more continuity with the iPod.
Now this is a curious point... I have a 3G iPod and a brand-new iMac G5; I never held a 1G or 2G iPod in my hands, but I've seen some photos of those, and I noticed that my iMac G5 looks a lot like those. Curiously, the eMac looks a lot like my 3G iPod/the new 4G iPod. Are you noticing the same design incoherence as I am?
First, the iPod had sharp edges, with that protruding clear plastic white on the inside;
at the same time, you had the old white iBook G3, with rounded edges, but made of that same white coated clear plastic;
and the first G4 iMac whith that white plastic monitor frame with clear plastic border.
Then, the iMac's monitor frame became double-layered, clear on the outside, white on the inside, and the iBook G4 was made of all-white plastic; the eMac was clear plastic white on the inside, with rounded edges.
And the iPod's edges becomes rounded in its 3rd generation...
Now, the iMac G5 mimicks the 1G iPod's looks... Should this mean that older iPods are cooler than the new ones (lol) ?
Now, MHO: Products get updated in their own timings, so it's understandable that the whole Apple product line isn't aesthetically coherent at any given moment. As for that curious difference/similarity between the iMac/eMac/iBook/iPod lines, let it be (no Beatles pun intended

). Laptops and mp3 players are supposed to be carried around. It was actually wise to sacrifice a little bit of coolness, I guess those sharp edges on the iPod would get easily damaged over the years. Desktop computers, on the other hand, don't have to face such violent treatment as laptops and iPods... They can, and will look cool for many, many years, especially with those delightful sharp and clear edges (think of the Cube)

[edit: oops, I was forgetting the fact that eMacs are educational products, and are supposed to be sturdy... whatever....]
(now that I tkink of it, the original iPod was inspired by the Cube... This all-clear-and-white look started with the Cube. Praised be the Cube! LOL)