Apple Special Event Today at 10 a.m. PT

Some members of the media were invited by invitation only to Apple's campus in Cupertino, CA, today with an email stating "Come see some fun new products from Apple." as we reported last Wednesday. Of course, speculation has run rampant as usual but has focussed mostly on the possibility of an iBook successor (likely re-named the MacBook), an Intel-based Mac mini and a video iPod with a larger screen.

We have no inside scoop but we'd like to see a Mac mini Core Duo with decent graphics hardware so we can retire our much upgraded but aging (going on 6 years) workhorse G4 Cube and relegate it to the bookcase or coffee table to be revered and admired as it deserves.

Why an Intel Mac mini? It's all we really need for general office computing (Mail, Safari, Pages, Keynote, Photoshop Elements, iChat, iView, Excel), our 22" Cinema Display is still looking very good and to make a point among colleagues who spend over $2,000 on a new Wintel virtually every year. We'll post the results of the event later today. [Bill Fox]