15inch iMac Production

Digitimes is reporting that Apple will stop 15" iMacs production come October.

The move is meant to make room for an upgrade to the 17-inch liquid-crystal display (LCD) monitor, they said, but more importantly, to allow Apple to reduce inventory accumulated from more positive days.


The article is vague regarding the final outcome of this move -- but appears to be due to decreased demand rather than an actual discontinuation of the 15" model.

Cool!

Originally posted by 8thDegreeSavage
Cool!

Sorry, but that isn't "cool." High demand and computers flying off the shelf is cool. The discontinuation of a computer because of poor demand and stagnant inventories is definately not cool.

it could mean they're just converting to all 17 inch iMacs...

Fact is, that 15" iMacs just aren't selling.

Nobody wants to spend $1400 on a machine with a 15" monitor no matter how cool it looks. And, it's hard to convince them that a 15" LCD actually gives you more real estate than a 15" CRT. It just doesn't "make sense" to the consumer.

The 17" model is surely selling much better.

If they offered eMacs in multiple colors, they'd probably sell better too regardless of the aesthetic du jour at Apple.

I hope they don't, I'd rather see the 15" be discounted than extinguished. Apple tends to do this, they tend to discontinue or fade out a low-end product to make room for the higher end ones when what they could do is diffirentiate the two better. If I were in the market for a new iMac, the 17" screen wouln't be the only thing I'd be looking at.
Maybe what they're doing is positioning the eMac in place of the low-end iMac, which would be a better solution. :)

Did I read somewhere (or was it just a dream)... is Apple moving to an all LCD flat panel, wide angle only display scheme?

Our field of vision is not square. Why work in a box?

Down with the square,
lazyrighteye

I finally saw the imacs and emac in person, and sorry, but the emac is even worse looking than the original imac.

No offense or anything, but I can tell you many, many other pc users see the original imac or now the emac, and suffer from abdominal cramping.

(edit) that came across as off topic, but what I was trying to get at is that the 15" imac is a far superior machine as a low end mac than the emac. Even though it may be less durable (for bratty kids), it is a far more aesthetically pleasing machine.

PC users gaging at an eMac? Look at a gateway or compaque lately? eeek

But the 15inch iMac is better looking... my point was is that LCD prices are dropping... the 17inch iMac may be the full line up... from DVD superdrive on down to the low-end... same prices as 15inch.

Surely the original iMac beats the eMac in any beauty contest. I think that's due to the simplicity of the eMac's case, with it's lack of distinguishing details other than the elementary school charm of the big speakers and big optical drive door.

But boy, he/she's got it where it counts. For $1299 you can have it with 1 GB of RAM. Although 1 GB might be overkill for the speed of the processor to handle typical tasks, like Photoshop renderings or MP3 conversions. Dunno.

But it appears you can get a lot for a little with the eMac.