Apple Warns resellers of upcoming dry spell

[Ripcord]

From AppleInsiders:

Apple Computer last week advised its reseller channel to immediately submit all orders for end-of-quarter purchases, sources said. The company went on to warn dealers that all CPU inventory (with the exception of Power Macs) is expected to be "sold-out" by March 27th and a product dry spell would occur for approximately the first three weeks in April.

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=401

So is this a signal of new products coming? Or is it what Apple says it is, an inability to keep up with regular demand of the upcoming educational buying season?

If the first, I say great! though I'm worried that implies that this might happen at the END of April, and we're already WAY overdue for some new news/products. If the second, how can Apple possibly think this is acceptable? It's just another thing to alienate resellers and piss off consumers...

 

[cq107]

dry spell? why are they getting rid of inventory... To make room for NEW stuff ... can't be bad in the long run...

 

[Ripcord]

I hope so, though AppleInsider's take from "reliable sources" is that they're supposedly just unable to cope with upcoming demand.