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I think it has been a while since they revised their desktop offerings. I'd definitely wait until that happens. Also, Snow Leopard is only a $29 upgrade, but I bet those updated desktops will be coming out around then.

Personally, I'd never buy an Apple product more than 3 or 4 months away from its last update. In my eyes, that's just buying outdated hardware.

Snow Leopard isn't a major upgrade but it does introduce some nice and enhanced features. Its only 30 dollars also so I say Buy Now. The thing with Macs is that the hardware doesn't affect performance for the average user. You could get the base specs on a mac and be able to do video editing, song editing etc with ease. The Specs really don't affect a whole lot when it comes to Macs especially if your not doing professional level processing and video editing.

Because you can get Snow Leopard for only $29, aligning your purchase with Apple's product update cycle is more important. If you're patient, you can wait till the next rev comes out and purchase the old rev at a slight discount. Or if you decide the new rev is a better buy, get the new rev. It depends on how eager you are to get your new gdgt. :-)

MacRumors has a history of when each Apple product was updated. You can guess when a new version of a product would released based on its average update cycle. No guarantees, but probably better than reading tea leaves.

buyersguide.macrumors.com­/­#iMac

And just to be clear (since this post is attached to a *G5* iMac ):

Snow Leopard will only run on INTEL Macs. No PowerPC chip support going forward.