that's the frustration you will feel when following rumor sites. it sucks. really you don't know if we will see anyting to the powermac. we might just see a bump to 1.2ghz sometime soon. they may save the new case and DDR ram for the G5 whenever that comes. persoanlly i don't care that people think the case is getting old. it's so damn functional. if/when they change up the motherboards for whatever reason it will require a revamped case. now that they have a specific rackmount server, the next Pro case design can really be optimized for the needs of the pro user, whatever they are determined to be. if it is a tweaked version of the current case, i'll still be happy. i love how easy it is to get inside. i can't really think of where it needs fixing. the only thing would be, maybe, another full sized front bay or something. though, if they had combo drives when i got my machine i would not have a CD burner sitting on top of my case. the idea of being able to mount everything in the case is more of a security/clean style thing. except the power users that need many PCI slots (Audio/Video, scsi users), everything else you would need is available externally and could be added to an iMac. honestly i would think many of the current powermac owners could really use an iMac and be fine. maybe Apple is trying to make them realize it?
but that doesnt include the "oh, and one more thing" line........ also that january keynote was kinda strange. it seems to be a common thought that the updated G4 towers were ready, but since it was a minor upgrade (though it did hit the 1Ghz mark) they didnt want to distract any fans/press from the iMac. you know some journalists would say somehting about the new iMac and then stick in somehting about the Pro machine has finally hit about half the speed of Pentium chips. i know about the megahurtz myth and all, but you know it would be done. i think the G4 delay was clever on their part. *if* they REALLY revamp the G4 with DDR Ram and quasimatrons and gonkulators and whatever else, then i would hope they spend some keynote time pointing it all out. it is also a good chance for joe user to see the new things inside for the first time. most stores don't show you the opened case and you have to kind of guess what's going on. there are still many stores selling Apple gear with undereducated staff. the expo should be where you can get all your questions answered correctly, at least till there are more Apple stores.
