Has there been any indication of a slimline PS3 coming soon?

[drkohler]

Shameless said:
It'll be quite a few more years before Sony manage to shrink everything enough.

Huh??? I have seen a board for the 40G version right in front of me. Even _I_ could design a shrink of 50%, so I'm sure Sony engineers have several layouts ready. However, what does it mean to produce a different size PS3 now? -new press forms for the caseing -new thermal design - new press forms for the thermal stuff -new assembly line(s) for the new model - new stuff for things I didn't think of yet. All this costs _a lot_ of money, and as long as the PS3 sells at reasonable rates, there is absolutely no reason to change designs..