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Originally Posted by pscates2.0 Good news. I guess that weird, arbitrary "online exclusive" approach didn't pan out as they'd imagined? Makes no sense to hold some colors back from certain outlets. That just annoys customers. I should be able to walk into any Apple Store and get whatever color iMac I want (assuming they're in stock). But holding the orange, purple, etc. back is silly. Now they're not. Orange, while gorgeous, isn't special, in and of itself.

I don't think there was any spite involved, just difficulty of stock-keeping.

Originally Posted by pscates2.0 Maybe they weren't as sure about orange, purple and yellow so they just didn't make huge batches of them at first?

That would be my guess.