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.
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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.”
