“The changes to the company’s Reserve and Pick Up option come soon after Apple warned its direct and indirect sales channels of near-term shortages of the iMac,” AppleInsider reports. “The company is drawing down its inventory ahead of the launch of new models, expected to arrive in the coming weeks.”
AppleInsider, “Potential configurations of the new hardware include a dual-core Core i5 model and quad-core Core i5 and Core i7 configurations. People familiar with the plan previously indicated to AppleInsider that Intel’s low-end Core i3 processor would also find its way into the iMac line.”
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Excellent, i’m in the market for a new iMac to replace my 20″ from 2006.
Enjoy it while it lasts.
Mac os x 7? That’s the rub
Quiet processor update tomorrow methinks . . . . otherwise there would have been a media invite by now.
Makes me wonder if the rumored touch pad for desktops will get its own press conference or just be quietly released, too.
Still no word on a refresh to the Mac Pro line. 🙁
Tuesday
Yawn, call me when there’s a touch screen or pad and hitting dashboard brings up an ios app springboard.
Because you know imacs configured like that have to have been bouncing around apple’s labs for a year or more….
I’m sooo glad we ordered a 27″ iMac that I cant return now.. that should be coming this week 🙁
@WindozeBloze
Good luck on that. I guess its nice though that my mac pro will keep its value a little bit longer since there is no refresh since forever
If my experience is any indication, some iMacs have not been available from the Apple Education store for weeks. While even today their web site says ships within 24 hr, I ordered a 21.5″ iMac on July 1 and still haven’t gotten it. Every few days they put the ship date back by 3-5 days. They have told me on more than one occasion that they can’t check to find out what’s holding the order up (as if I believe that). If you look at MacMall or Smalldog, at least they have the decency to show that most iMacs are not shipping for immediate delivery (“Call Us” per MacMall, or “Backordered” per Smalldog).
The new machines will be very Snappy!
@jtc – Actually, you can return it within 14 days, for a small restocking fee. A year ago, I had just ordered a last gen MacBook when the 13″ unibody MBP with FireWire was announced. I didn’t even open the MB when it arrived, just sent it back and put in my order for the MBP. It cost me a few extra dollars, but I am so happy with this computer. It was a lesson to never order anything right before the Mac Developers Conference. You never know what goodies might appear.