Surround sound on imac

I have never heard of any surround support on any mac whatsoever. Is there a chance the new imac will have surround sound? Id expect apple to have come out wtih something like this since a majority of their products are sound and music based.

Actually all the iMac G5s and PowerMac G5s have surround sound support on their DVD Players. You need a Toslink minijack connector which ships with the AirPort Express Stereo Connection Kit with Monster Cables
, and that will plug into many 5.1 speaker systems like the Logitech Z-680 (which I have).
Edit: I corrected the Logitech Model after looking it up again.

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