Apple this week is advising members of its reseller channels that supply of iMacs will be constrained in the immediate future, a move that may signal new models are nearing production.
In particular, people familiar with the matter say the Cupertino-based Mac maker has warned that new reseller orders for the high-end 24-inch 3.06GHz iMac are unlikely to be fulfilled, suggesting manufacturing of that model is ramping down or has already ceased.
Additionally, Apple is said to have braced its partners for limited availability of the remainder of the iMac line in the coming weeks, a sign which this late in the product's life-cycle "only means one thing" -- namely that the company is drawing down inventory levels ahead of new models.
So far I've seen very little speculation about what the new iMac will be like. Personally, I'd like to see a new form factor as I believe the current version is getting old and tired. I would like to see something new and completely unlike anything seen before, kind of like the original iMac when it came out. It was fun and really refreshed computing and made people "think different" about the computer. That computer alone was credited for breathing life back into Apple and probably helped move the industry in the right direction. As much as I'd like to see Apple "think different again, I think that Apple has got into a pattern with their black and silver designs and will probably continue that. I wouldn't necessarily mind if they continued that pattern but would very much like to see some new fresh and creative ideas coming from them.
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