Apple said to have halted production of 27" iMacs

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For a company that goes on and on and on and on and on to infinity about how well its products are made, Apple sure has a disaster on its hands in the 27″ iMac. As many of you no doubt recall, the market-place introduction of the monstrously large desktop computer was rather disastrous as 27-inchers that didn’t happen to emerge from their boxes bearing a striking resemblance to Humpty Dumpty after his fall would either be suffering from screen flickering or a bad case of jaundice. Apple tried to fix the issue in weeks past which only led to a delay of shipments, but now word is the company finally decided enough is enough and halted the production of all 27″ iMacs until a permanent solution is found. What do existing owners have to look forward to? Likely a firmware update, but some are going so far as to float around the possibility of a recall. Either way, not good, Apple. Though we’re betting they’ll of course make it up to consumers as they always do.

Thanks to everyone that sent this in!

UPDATE: Apple says they have not, in fact, halted production. “the 27-inch iMac has been a huge hit with customers and we are working to increase supply to meet up with strong demand.”

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  • bizguy

    UPDATE: Apple says they have not, in fact, halted production. “the 27-inch iMac has been a huge hit with customers and we are working to increase supply to meet up with strong demand.”

    TRANSLATION: Our lemmings love pain, and they will continue to pay large sums of money to receive it. “Thank you, sir. May I have another?”

  • Sean Vizzo

    My iMac flickered, downloaded the firmware yesterday and now it seems to be working fine. To think about it, I enjoy having a firmware resolve the issue instead of having to send it in. Apple is on top of it.

  • David Thompson

    I received my 27″ i7 December 17th 2009, and luckily haven’t had any problems with thus far. It’s the best computer I’ve ever had.

  • Mrwirez
  • Zenn~Coach

    Yesterday, One of My Good Friends & I Went To The Apple Store to Buy a New Computer & She settled on the 27″ iMac & I Asked the The Sales Guy, Who I Know, to Be an Honest Man & His Counter Part @ The Genius Bar, Who is a Very Good Friend of Mine, if There Was Any Truth To the “Rumor” That Apple Had Stopped Production~as I Quoted BGR’s Michael Bettiol Article on Feb 2nd/2010…
    They Went Back To The Employee Section, in the Back to Check out, if There Was Any New Communucatiions & Updates, Re:the iMac’s & Checked With Their Manager~Their Response Was That The iMac’s Are Being Bult, w/o Constraint & or Any Slow Down or Stoppage…
    So, We Bought The 27″ iMac & she is Setting it Up The iMac to Day~Stay Tuned~Easy~Z.

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