Speaking from a shop which is heavy Mac, we were at our wit's end with Apple last quarter. For the first time that I can remember, and certainly the first time

Speaking from a shop which is heavy Mac, we were at our wit's end with Apple last quarter. For the first time that I can remember, and certainly the first time in my company's history, we could not by a new iMac if we wanted to. And we dearly wanted to. We snapped up any refurbs we could, and that channel quickly dried up as well. So for us, at least, we were forced to push sales of new machines into the next quarter. Seriously, what company does this? Cancel one product line, months before the replacement is available. It staggers the mind. Release after release we could always get the current model until the new one was ready. In our local market at least, the demand for the new iMacs was so huge that it is only just now recovering from the supply shortage. Custom builds are still 2-3 weeks out - which we need if we want a machine with 16GB. So I am forced to purchase 8Gb models to meet our demand, knowing full well that they cannot be upgraded without voiding the warranty, and without a great deal of labor and the risk of shattering the front panel glass.