Any comments from the Apple side of the world?
Any price reductions between now and Thanksgiving?
Apple generally doesn't reduce prices... they increase functionality at the same price point. Since the iMacs have just been refreshed with the 17" iMac being replaced by the low end 20" at the same price ($1199), I doubt you will see any price drops in iMacs before Thanksgiving... or after. What you may see is faster machines with more RAM and/or HD space at the same price.
What is due is a refresh of the Power Mac line.