Gossips spilling to Apple Insider claim Apple will unveil new iMacs mid-to-late summe.

People familiar with plans for the next-generation consumer desktops say Apple hopes to unveil the new systems sometime between the latter half of July and mid-August -- a timeframe well suited to garner sales from higher-education individuals and back-to-school shoppers in general. Those same people add that the Cupertino-based Mac maker may also have a few smaller surprises in store for fans of its Mac line around the same time.

The new offerings will be both slimmer and sleeker . Omitted from the makeover will be Apple's 17-inch iMac model.