I may lose a bet, but my thoughts are these.
Apple tends to release "BIG" new products at a major show where Steve can get out a turtleneck and play ringmaster. Is there a show in September?
There will have to be some Apple software releases to set up the customer base, and get "cross platform" where it needs to be. I think "cross platform" will have a new meaning the day the P-Macs go on sale.
Also I'm not sure the software companies have had enough notice to write any "optimized" titles yet. (no more Altvec) If the Pentium Macs come out and are slow, or buggy, or in any way not ready to kick PC mass right from the giddy-up, it will be an up hill battle trying to convince anyone to buy one later. First inpressions and all that.
Once the new ones come out, current inventory will be worth half what it was. I've always found that the best indicator of a new Apple product is that all the mail order companies like Macmall start running out of the old ones a couple of weeks before hand. This may have happened, and I didn't notice. I haven't bought anything new for my computers this month.
I didn't put that face there! Weird.
My guess for the first product is a P-Mac Mini, either before Christmas, or January. Bill Clinton will marry Pam Anderson without getting a divorce first, then run against Arnold for Gov. Also, the world is going to end. I don't want to be too specific about when, but I'm pretty sure it will.
OK, now I'll wait and see if the $10 crystal ball was worth it. If it doesn't work, they're not getting the last five payments!
Lampie