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Thursday, Aug 18, 2005 11:10am

Lead times for Power Mac, P...

Investment firm PiperJaffray believes Apple may be "winding down" production of its current Power Mac G5 and PowerBook G4 models, citing an increase in the estimated days to ship for the Power Mac G5 2.7 Dual and the Power Book G4 15" Combo. The Power Mac G5 Dual 2.7GHz currently has an estimated days to ship time of 7 to 10 days, an increase from same business day (SBD) shipping on July 18th. The estimated number of days to ship the Power Book G4 15" Combo increased from SBD to 1-2 days. So-called lead times generally increase ahead of a product update. Apple's next major event takes place in Paris, September 20th-24th. PiperJaffray also noted an increase in the number of iPods and Macs in Amazon's Top 10 and Top 20 lists.

PiperJaffray noted the number of Macs in Amazon's Top 10 remained unchanged at 6 while the number in the Top 20 increased to 12 from 8. The 12 in the Top 20 ties its all time high. "We believe that back-to-school sales are primarily responsible for the increase."