eMac and iMac EOL'd?

iMac G5 1.6ghz with good bus and graphics card.

That'll do me a treat.

But I can't see the eMacs and iMacs being announced until a couple of months after the Pro line.

If they do this, they had better make one very good line that has a wide variety of configurations, as I currently really like the eMac line (though not so much the eMac looks).

While, I'm not in the market for either of these machines, the outcome of this particular upgrade sets a standard for if Apple intends to drop the G5 to the consumer level.

These are good news. I hope they are true, because beside the iBook the whole offering is really overdue for an update.

I'm pretty sure they will eol the eMac because a computer featuring only USB 1.1, SDRAM and ATi 7500 is so outdated. As for the iMac, I'm not sure if we'll see a G5 iMac before summer.

exellent

i'll probably never buy an imac i need the power

as soon as we get g5 powerbooks i am gonna get one with my hords of g5pb savings(£1253.41 to date)

This rumor may have some credibility as the current australian deals run out the end of next week. (The current deals are basicly cheap ipod deals, to shift certain stock... good indication of an update... well i don't mind either way)

on my part would be a g5 iMac (come on kids, its really time. Let's not wish it a G4 just to keep G5 owners feeleing superior!)
As for the eMac, that's a wild card. I'd love it to go headless (besides, it'd be tree-huggy thing to do, sparing the landfills some 17" CRTS) but it probably won't.
If it does keep a built in screen, it would be wicked hot if it turned into a TAM (20th anniversary mac) format, with posable stand, 15" LCD, and side slot loading drive. For those of you with a knack for photoshop, I'd love to see and "artist's rendition" of such a device! (hint hint)

While, I'm not in the market for either of these machines, the outcome of this particular upgrade sets a standard for if Apple intends to drop the G5 to the consumer level.

I'm not in the market either (I bought my iMac in late January of this year); I think this upcoming iMac (G5) revision is coming right when I expected it to, which was sometime around the time of the PowerMac update. I haven't followed the eMac line, so I don't have any guesses as to what will be in it. This is good news for iMac and eMac buyers, though.

we know moto has been making 1.4 and 1.5 G4s, what if apple is just going to bump the imac/emac. this is my fear. another bump. i have been running a 1.4 at 1.47 for almost a year now in my powermac. what if apple was sitting on this because they were to close to the 1.6 G5 powermac. with new 90nm g5s almost here they very well may do another motorola bump to the consumer line. lets hope not.