I thought you might appreciate the minimalism of the new design Des :)

As for point 1, no, the eMac came after the first iMac and lived it's whole life as the iMac's cheap little brother. It was based off the design of the very first iMac but with a bigger CRT.

I'm not sure on point two. The end of the eMac is certainly a bad sign. I'll check with Allison to see what the story is in the states.

To some extent you're right about office on the Mac. iWork is not really a competitor yet. It may be some day but not yet. I still think that the lack of a universal binary for Office X shows a lack of interest in the Mac platform on behalf of MS. If you watch the last 15 minutes or so of the video and the piece by Bill Gates the attitudes expressed by both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates have totally changed. I think the lack of a recent Office product on the Mac is a symptom of the change in attitudes.