Comeback on the new products

The iBooks and Macs mini update was, as it had to be, minimalist.
But it was bound to be the case ever since migration to x86 was announced. Apple has no more reason to invest in research and development of new PowerPC products. And if we look at the improvements on the iBook, they consist in mere exchanging of components on the assembly lines. Even the Radeon 9550 is pin to pin compatible with the old Radeon 9200.
By avoiding any costly modification, Apple may hope to continue to earn money even if sales would drop. Because a July 2005 iBook is not more expensive to manufacture than its October 2004 brother. On the contrary, and in spite of 256 more MB of RAM, Apple could well earn more on it now than then.
As Mac aficionados, you will have to be patient to see big hardware modifications. But when they'll come, they'll be very important.
Let's say hello to these new models, which they may be the last PowerPC based iBooks and Mac mini.