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Now that the form factor has been redone significantly, the next few updates will likely just be component improvements. So I'd guess there will be "new" versions every 9-12 months as usual, with updated processors/hard drives/video memory etc., depending on what's available at the time. I think some sort of spec bump before the end of the year is likely, but I doubt it will be anything major.
 
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