Shortage hits 2TB HD iMacs

The scarcity of hard drives in the market because of the floods in Thailand begins to be felt also in Apple products. This is the case of the system purchased iMacs Apple Store order. Consumers who choose the version with 2TB HDs can expect five to seven weeks for products to be sent.
According to the AppleInsider site, this is the first sign that the blackout in the production chain of hit Apple hard drives. Orders for iMacs with SSDs or drives with storage capacity less than 2TB continue to have regular prediction of consumer sending three to five days.

The problem directly affects the iMac line. Desktops Mac Pro, for example, even with the option of HD 2TB in custom configuration by the user, still have normal periods. The consumer can get to choose four 2TB hard drives for each of the four bays of the cabinet who still predicting sending the Apple store still points three to five days. The reason for this may lie in the fact that the iMacs have much more output than the Pro models, more expensive and restricted.

The crisis in the worldwide supply of drives happens due to floods in Thailand. The Asian country concentrates most of the productive chain of inputs necessary for manufacturing the devices. In addition, major brands such as Seagate and Western Digital have plants in the country that are temporarily out of operation.