> Not that I think THIS will happen .. But anyone else recall that at > some > point at a macworld they actually RAISED the price of the 15" imac by > 100$ > ??? This is always an option too :) The component prices that tend to fluctuate are RAM and LCD screens; Apple has a manufacturer of LCD screens under contract, I believe, so they're a fairly safe bet. (There have also been manufacturing problems with the G4 chips that led to a particularly disastrous product cycle, but I don't see that happening again.) BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net