Apple halts reseller orders for 17-inch iMac G5, inventory now limited
Apple Computer this week official shifted its PowerPC-based 17-inch iMac G5 offering to "End-Of-Life" status, tipsters tell AppleInsider.
The company will reportedly continue to accept individual customer orders for the computer through its online store "while supplies last." Beyond this, the 17-inch iMac G5 will only be available from Apple authorized resellers who hold remaining inventory of the computer at their respective locations.
While informing resellers of the change, Apple made no mention of the 20-inch iMac G5, suggesting it retains slightly more of these model's than the lower-cost 17-inch configuration.
Those customers still looking to secure a 17-inch iMac G5 at discount need to look no further than Amazon.com, which still retains supply of the model and is offering $125 back via a mail-in rebate.
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so this January apple has been getting people to pay exactly the same price for an obsolete model. nice. so if i was someone making a living (say designing) using macs, now i'm faced with the slower (because of rosetta) imac core duo, or the powermac g5 tower which may be beyond my needs/budget... or an underpowered g4 laptop, or slower (because of rosetta) macbook pro. this along with (understandably) no specific timeline for Universal adobe, macromedia, microsoft office software, the core tools for people that use a mac for work.
i understand that there are lots of counter arguments to my bitchin' above (feel free to mention them) but certainly this is the bitter end of the bittersweet transition to intel, no?
that said, i empathise with apple's position and hope it truly is able to mitigate the risks and dissapointments of the transition while maximising the fun, easy to use, and exhilarating bits of Mac use. hmmm
so if i was someone making a living (say designing) using macs, now i'm faced with the slower (because of rosetta) imac core duo, or the powermac g5 tower which may be beyond my needs/budget...
If your Mac is your livelihood and you can't afford an extra $700 for the tower then perhaps you should wait a couple months for everything to go Intel native.
The real losers are going to be the schools (including universities) who want to put together a lab but for some reason depend on something running in Classic.
All in all, though, I don't think most people will care.
Are these the PowerPC or the Intel models?
Are these the PowerPC or the Intel models?
It is the PowerPC G5 models which are being discontinued.
Are these the PowerPC or the Intel models?
PowerPC.