Apple's iMac hits the 10 year mark, but its days may be numbered

I posted an essay on the Industry Standard this morning about the iMac. It's a great product that turned 10 this year, but I am not confident it will last another year. Check out my reasoning and the related prediction:

• The beginning of the end for the Apple iMac?
• Apple announces iMac retirement by September 30 2009?

Despite the gloomy prediction, I am not a Mac hater: I've owned an iMac since 2003 (the lampshade model, see photo) and have transitioned every member of my family to Macs (eMac, Mac mini, and a G4 iBook). But the iMac can't outrun the realities of the marketplace.