I need to jump on pre-ordering one of the new 27" iMacs this Friday and am wondering if historically there is a standard time that Apple allows pre-orders to be taken?

Is the 27" going to be available then? The website says "December" for the 27" and "November" for the 21.5"

[store.apple.com]

we are being told "2–4 weeks" by our warehouse suppliers.

Apple stores may have them sooner...

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I read Apple's statement to mean that the 27" iMacs would be available for pre order on Friday and ship in December. Am I misinterpreting?

[www.apple.com]

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Bo
I read Apple's statement to mean that the 27" iMacs would be available for pre order on Friday and ship in December. Am I misinterpreting?

[www.apple.com]

Now that I've read that, I agree with your interpretation.

Not sure what time they'll start taking pre-orders, but when the iPhone 4s was first available for pre-order, they went live just after midnight Pacific time.

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Bo
I read Apple's statement to mean that the 27" iMacs would be available for pre order on Friday and ship in December. Am I misinterpreting?

[www.apple.com]

Now that I've read that, I agree with your interpretation.

Not sure what time they'll start taking pre-orders, but when the iPhone 4s was first available for pre-order, they went live just after midnight Pacific time.

I guess that was also the case for the iPhone 5 now that I think about it. I'm in the PST so I'll give it a look at midnight Thu/Fri and hope the same is true for the iMac.