Thursday, June 19, 2003 |
17:44 - They're coming
http://www.thinksecret.com/news/channelnewswwdc.html
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Hurry! Get your 1.42GHz Power Macs before they're all gone! Apple's discontinuing them!
As mysterious boxes seep into the channel, inventories of the current Power Mac G4 lineup are getting slimmer and slimmer, a trend that started weeks ago. At this point, the high-end 1.42GHz model -- the most popular Power Mac -- is nearly gone, and Apple has told distributors and resellers not to expect new shipments. While there are a fair number of the mid-range 1.25GHz models in the channel, the low-end 1GHz, like the high-end, has generally been cleared.
This comes as Apple has reportedly been supplying its Apple retail stores with boxes scheduled to be opened Monday afternoon, and not before then, first noted by MacRumors earlier in the week. According to Think Secret sources, some Apple stores have already received the boxes, while others expect to receive them later this week (but still in advance of the Monday keynote). As can be expected, security around these boxes -- which reportedly come in multiple sizes -- has been tight.
There's always, of course, another explanation...
(Of course, as AtAT has it, the "mysterious boxes" are probably full of human kidneys on ice.)
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