On September 13, I ordered a new Mac Mini. They promised delivery by October 20. A few days ago, they said, "due to an unexpected delay" that it wouldn't be showing up until November 20. Traditionally, these sorts of delays can sometimes be an indication of changeovers in Apple's product lines, but then Apple only recently announced the newer, slightly higher clock frequencies for Mac Minis (and the banishment of the Core Solo processor).

Any idea how I'm supposed to read the tea leaves on this? I'm going on sabbatical in January (to Stanford, and renting a place in Redwood City), so it's actually reasonably important for me to migrate to the new machine before I migrate half-way across the country.