"Steve Jobs and Co. are set to remind the world about their first love in coming days with the release of Leopard, the newest version of the Macintosh operating system, which will update the current Tiger," John Boudreau reports for The San Jose Mercury News.
"'Some have said Apple is pushing the Mac out of the way' for other gadgets, said Rick Shim, an analyst with market research firm IDC. "'I wouldn't say that's the case at all. The Mac is still central to their universe,'" Boudreau reports.
Apple "continues to update its PC line. Just in August, Apple unveiled a new line of even more svelte iMac desktops. Now it's ready to draw the curtain on a new operating system," Boudreau reports.
"'If Apple is able to deliver on all of the stuff they are showing to date with Leopard, there is no doubt in my mind they will have another hit on their hands,' said Michael Gartenberg, research director at Jupiter Research," Boudreau reports.
"Leopard is priced at $129 for single copies, and $199 for the family pack, which includes licenses for as many as five users. Leopard, along with other digital lifestyle software, will be bundled with every new Mac laptop and desktop computer," Boudreau reports.
Boudreau covers some of Leopards top new features in the full article here.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Apple, Mac users gear up for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard release
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard 'Finalized'? (Update: Not GM Yet)
Tuesday October 09, 2007 08:09 PM EST
According to a source of AppleInsider, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is "finalized" and support staff have been provided Leopard-related training materials.
The last publicly available Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard seed (9A559) was released to developers on September 21st, 2007. There is no word whether or not this seed represents the "Gold Master".
Apple has previously announced that Leopard will be shipping in October, but no official release date has yet been set. Circulating rumors have pegged October 26th as the likely date for the launch.
Update: Since the story was originally published, we've heard from a couple of sources that internal Apple builds are still progressing and "Gold Master" has not yet been declared. I suspect we'll hear more in the next few days.