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I agree with you Phuqker. Last year I wrote this: http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=4037 and I still believe that it might be a good idea to use an off-shoot spin-off company to deliver cheap "Mac-like" PCs with OSX for the masses (with updated specs of course, that article is a year old). Kinda like bringing back the "clones", however under a very pre-defined and Apple-driven company, taking decisions that wouldn't put the higher end Apple products in danger.
Here are updated specs for that last year's article:

Low End
1 GHz G4 + 128 KB cache (that's the new G3 with the G4 instructions)
256 MB SDRAM PC2700
32 MB ATi Radeon 7500 AGP 2X
30 GB ATA-100 Maxtor disk
2 USB 2.0 + 1 USB 1.0 on keyboard
1 FW 400
USB keyboard, USB optical mouse with wheel and 2 buttons
built-in stereo speakers, line in, line out, mic, onboard audio
24x-dvd/cdrw (combo drive)
56k modem
ethernet
2 free PCI slots, 1 occupied AGP
slot for airport extreme

US $299

Higher End:
1 GHz G4 + 256 KB cache (that's the new G3 with the G4 instructions)
256 MB SDRAM PC2700
32 MB GeForce4-MX AGP 2X
40 GB ATA-100 Maxtor disk
2 USB 2.0 + 1 USB 1.0 on keyboard
1 FW 400, 1 FW 800
USB keyboard, USB optical mouse with wheel and 2 buttons
builtin stereo speakers, line in, line out, mic, onboard audio
32x-cdrw-dvd (combo drive)
56k modem
ethernet
2 free PCI slots, 1 occupied AGP
built-in WiFi/Bluetooth antenna + slot for airport extreme

US $399