As reported at most of the Mac sites already, Apple released speed bumped PowerMacs today. Amazon “slipped” by putting the products on their site a few days ago, so none of us are really surprised.

New Specs:
Single 1.8GHz PowerPC G5
256MB DDR400 SDRAM
80GB Serial ATA
8x SuperDrive
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5
512MB DDR400 SDRAM
160GB Serial ATA
16x SuperDrive (double-layer)
ATI Radeon 9600

Dual 2.3GHz PowerPC G5
512MB DDR400 SDRAM
250GB Serial ATA
16x SuperDrive (double-layer)
ATI Radeon 9600

Dual 2.7GHz PowerPC G5
512MB DDR400 SDRAM
250GB Serial ATA
16x SuperDrive (double-layer)
ATI Radeon 9650

A lot of people were hoping for dual-core G5′s because Intel and AMD are pushing dual-core now. My guess (or my hope) is that these speed bumps are just to get us over the hump until later this year.

My Prediction: Siggraph (August) for Apples dual-core G5′s on the desktop, and WWDC (May) for dual-core G4′s for laptops.

[edited to shorten G5 specs]