Apple has stopped taking orders for the current iMac according to a note in the Apple Store. The announcement confirms that Apple had planned to empty channels of the current iMac models while they prepared to announce the new machine. The new iMac was conspicuously missing from the WWDC Keynote earlier this week.
John Gruber does a great job of discussing the current controversy that surrounds Dashboard vs. Konfabulator. Maybe if the Konfabulator folks do follow-through with a Windows version they can follow the model Apple has used for Dashboard. It would be fantastic to be able to write cross-platform widget-gadgets.
A personal background. I have used Konfabulator and I believe that if I were to plow though the many e-reciepts on the computer I'd find a payment for it at one point. I say this because like many applications of its ilk I've tried it, played with it for a bit and decided it wasn't for me. Will I find Tiger's Gadgets equally flashy and then wander away. We'll see. Read more about Original Work?
