“In particular, a person familiar with the matter says the Mac maker is informing some of its distributors not to expect any further stock of the entry level 21.5-inch, 3.06GHz iMac, implying that production of that model has ceased,” Jade reports. “Meanwhile, those with ties to the company’s stateside reseller channels are being advised to sell through their stock of all existing iMac models and to keep their inventories as lean as possible for the next few weeks.”
Jade reports, “Potential configurations included a dual-core Core i5 model, as well as quad-core Core i5 and Core i7 configurations.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lava_Head_UK” for the heads up.]
I, too, think it is remarkable that MDN actually recognized the fact that Apple Inc. is still in the business of making computers – real ones – not just the mobile gadgets, hobbies, and toys that they seem to think are the wave of the future.
That would be correct if we were ALL a bunch of weenies obsessed by a glass slate that is about as close as useless as anything Apple has ever done. R-e-v-o-l-u-t-i-o-n-a-r-y MDN says over and over and over.
Just isn’t so – no matter how many times you repeat it. iMacs are for serious people needing serious computers with which they can do something productive. The MacPro is even moreso – something that actually fits the meaning of “revolutionary”.
Glad to see new ones are on the way and, also like others, I hope the screen is not yellow this time. Let’s hope the Apple blunders are over – if ever Steve was going to learn a lesson, surely iP4 has provided it.
@ C1
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you sexy beast…
I meant the form factor of the iMac and yes, I’m serious, the recent screen size changes don’t count as some kind of physical change almost always happen within a given iMac form factor.
CRT iMac – 3.5 years (including the switch to slot loading CD’s)
“Luxo” iMac – 2.5 years (including new screen sizes)
White Plastic iMac – 3 years (including new screen sizes, a thinner body and a change in processor)
Aluminium & Glass iMac – August 2007, 3 years ago……you tell me whether I’m out of line…… I may be wrong, but my call isn’t unreasonable given the history of this product.