High volume of Mac sales may account for iMac delay Apple - CNET News . Apple's delay in shipping the 27-inch iMac may have more to do with the sheer volume of sales than any problems with the graphics chips, according to numbers from market research firm NPD. . Stephen Baker, NPD's vice president of industry analysis, told CNET on Monday that for October and November, Mac desktop sales were up 74 percent over the same period last year. While NPD did not break the numbers down by desktop model,
it's clear the iMac is a top seller. In fact, the 27-inch iMac appears to be selling so well, it could account for the shipping delay that Apple apologized for on Sunday. "It's not surprising Apple would be having problems supplying them iMacs," said Baker. "I can't imagine in their wildest dreams they would have thought they would sell like this." Reports over the weekend suggested Apple was delaying shipments of the 27-inch iMac due to reported problems with the graphics ca...
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