Sounds like a good responsible corporation.

Unfortunate timing.

At what point do they have to call the computers refurb? When they leave the factory, when they arrive at a retailer,or when they are purchased by an end-user? Might be a chance to get a pretty good deal on one after the holidays.

Apple has been steller in the support department. I had the issue with an i7 and it's replacement (going back Monday) and both computers were replaced with no questions asked. Very slick. I've owned 15-20 Macs over the years and this is the first time I've ever had an issue. I'm a pleased client even with this small glitch. Those 27 inchers are beautiful machines and once the problem is resolved, I can't wait to get another.

This thread covers the ongoing issue from the beginning: http://discussions.apple.com/thread....=1175&tstart=0

Bill

I know two companies that have received a total of 40 27" iMacs (C2D, i5 and i7) between Wednesday and Friday last week. So, obviously there is no general production stop because of a specific issue. If there would be a general problem with the 4670 GPU, then the 21" model would be affected as well... does not really add up.

So, was there an official statement from Apple saying they delay shipments because of issues, or do we talk about resellers drawing conclusions based on estimated delivery times (of course, an exceptionally high number of returns will impact delivery times, but that does not mean there is an acknowledged issue). My local dealer (an extremely small shop) told me he has more than 200 pending 27" iMac orders - the highest amount of backorders he had for any article ever. Maybe we really just talk about exceptional demand here?!