Trying to keep the price down, as well as keep its place within the Mac lineup, these seem to be the most reasonable updates when Apple refreshes the Mini? Since Tiger is now shipping on the Mini, guess that doesn't need to be on the list
Personally I'd like the 5400 RPM hard drive, I'll just swap out the 256mb/512mb RAM for 1gb anyways
What about motherboard changes? Perhaps dumping the 56k modem port and adding a couple more USB? Maybe they can just shoehorn in a couple more USB