Apple Expo in Paris Begins Tonight

or very early Tuesday morning EDT-PDT depending on one's perspective. Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been recuperating from surgery so, according to news reports the Paris Expo's keynote address will be given by Phil Schiller, the Apple VP who frequently joins CEO Steve Jobs on stage during Macworld demos of new Apple hardware.

There is speculation that Schiller may show off the new iMac G5 that was more or less announced in a message from Apple on the iMac page of The Apple Store. The message states that the new iMac will be announced and available in September. The fact that the new iMac will sport a G5 CPU was divulged during the webcast press conference on Apple's third quarter financial report in July. The form factor is rumored to be an all-in-one LCD. That sounds cool to us but hasn't that already been done by PC makers? We're sure that an Apple rendition would be much better but we remain hopeful for a more innovative form, like an under $1000 keyboard with VGA and DVI ports that can use either Apple's terrific new display line or a cheap CRT.

Stay tuned this week for the news from Paris.