I am struggling to find a link, but didn't Apple buy all the 1998 holiday shipping capacity from Asia to America so they could deliver all the iMacs on time? T

I am struggling to find a link, but didn't Apple buy all the 1998 holiday shipping capacity from Asia to America so they could deliver all the iMacs on time? They also bought all of Samsung flash production in 2009. So this story is pretty believable.