Apple’s 27-inch iMac has been seeing significant shortages and shipping delays at retailers since August 22, but as MacRumors observes, those shortages have now begun affecting Apple’s own online store as well, with around half of all U.S. Apple Stores out of stock of both 27-inch models.
Our survey of Apple’s retail stores shows that 120 out of the 249 U.S. locations are currently out of stock of the base 27-inch iMac model, with 135 locations being out of stock of the high-end configuration. Most of the stores are quoting a pickup date in the range of September 4-7, indicating that Apple will be able to deliver new orders for pickup fairly quickly, although some locations are quoting availability for as far out as September 11.
Most Macs are usually available for immediate pickup at Apple Stores through the Personal Pickup program, making the retail stock-outs even more significant. Oddly, the shortages don’t sem to be affecting the smaller 21.5-inch iMac.
An iMac refresh has been expected since Apple’s WWDC keynote in June, and new models will likely feature Intel’s new Ivy Bridge processors and USB 3.0.
