Today's world is moving much too fast, and this is painfully true for hardware producers and computer manufacturers. Apple, despite its innovative designs, is not magically shielded against this truth, so they must refresh their products line on a regular basis to keep customers interested... and I am not talking about lowering prices to remain competitive! These being said, don't you think the iMac and Mac Mini need to be brought up to date?
Since current iMacs and Mac minis don't include the 45nm Penryn chips from Intel, and their integrated graphics chips are also a bit behind what's currently inside the MacBooks, don't you think it's time for a change? Unfortunately, rumors aren't saying anything about design retouches, so I guess we'll have to wait a bit longer for those...
With the above, I almost told you everything, but let's say it loud and clear... "In the near future, Apple is expected to include 45nm Penryn chips in the iMac and Mac mini computers, as well as to upgrade the graphics chipset of the Mac Mini to the GMA3100, currently used in latest MacBooks."
Apart from the above, there are also some rumors about a thinner iMac, but that won't probably happen so fast...
Chris Tangora, on March 09, 2008
One thing we noticed at macmod.com was that Apple is planning on doing more than just a processor update to all of it's line by the end of 2008.
Check it out.
http://www.macmod.com/content/view/1216/236/