Apple Delays Leopard Release

rdowns · Apr 12, 2007, 04:36 PM

Apple Inc (AAPL:NASDAQ)

Apple Statement

PR Newswire 4:30 pm April 12, 2007

Apple today released the following statement:

iPhone has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned. We can't wait until customers get their hands (and fingers) on it and experience what a revolutionary and magical product it is. However, iPhone contains the most sophisticated software ever shipped on a mobile device, and finishing it on time has not come without a price -- we had to borrow some key software engineering and QA resources from our Mac OS(R) X team, and as a result we will not be able to release Leopard at our Worldwide Developers Conference in early June as planned. While Leopard's features will be complete by then, we cannot deliver the quality release that we and our customers expect from us. We now plan to show our developers a near final version of Leopard at the conference, give them a beta copy to take home so they can do their f inal testing, and ship Leopard in October. We think it will be well worth the wait. Life often presents tradeoffs, and in this case we're sure we've made the right ones.

NOTE: Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Mac OS, Macintosh and iPhone are trademarks of Apple. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

SOURCE Apple Inc.

Lynn Fox, +1-408-974-4300, or lfox@apple.com, or Steve Dowling, +1-408-974-1896, or dowling@apple.com, both of Apple http://www.apple.com/

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faintember · Apr 12, 2007, 04:41 PM

Pulling people off of OS 10.5 development to help with a phone...

Brilliant

xUKHCx · Apr 12, 2007, 04:41 PM

Where did you find this?

That is a bummer. October seems to be a long time after June. It's like 3 -4 months. Which was about the time it took apple to go from 10.4.0 to 10.4.2.

Dale Sorel · Apr 12, 2007, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by faintember

Pulling people off of OS 10.5 development to help with a phone...

Brilliant

No doubt

mac-er · Apr 12, 2007, 04:47 PM

I like how they start off the release with...Hey, the iPhone is great, and oh, by the way, OS X is delayed.

And, let's make sure there are no hypocrites here. Everyone that have MS crap about Vista being delayed should now do the same for Apple.

Or, let's here the complaining about how the Mac is being abandoned.

rdowns · Apr 12, 2007, 04:47 PM

It came in an email from my brokerage house. I receive numerous emails each day about Apple.

I wish this were spam.

Makes sense though. A delayed iPhone would be a huge blow to Apple given all the hype. A delayed Leopard much less so.

EDIT: Here's a PDF of the email

szark · 04:54 PM

Definitely not great news, but it's official. More waiting for everyone...

EDIT: isn't it amusing that Apple's PR releases always show up on their site after every other news site has reported it?

johnee · Apr 12, 2007, 04:49 PM

great.

looks like this came from some financial meeting/disclosure

lilstewart · Apr 12, 2007, 04:50 PM

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070412/sfth056.html?.v=87

johnee · Apr 12, 2007, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mac-er

I like how they start off the release with...Hey, the iPhone is great, and oh, by the way, OS X is delayed.

And, let's make sure there are no hypocrites here. Everyone that have MS crap about Vista being delayed should now do the same for Apple.

Or, let's here the complaining about how the Mac is being abandoned.

iphone will make them tons of money, leopard won't

faintember · Apr 12, 2007, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rdowns

Makes sense though. A delayed iPhone would be a huge blow to Apple given all the hype. A delayed Leopard much less so.

Please tell me you are being sarcastic...

mac-er · Apr 12, 2007, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnee

iphone will make them tons of money, leopard won't

You really need to read the financial results of the company..these OS releases result in huge amounts of money for the company. Millions more copies of the OS will sell over the iPhone.

mustard · Apr 12, 2007, 04:52 PM

So how many people are still going to wait to buy a new system until Leopard is released?

hyperpasta · Apr 12, 2007, 04:52 PM

There goes the stock price.

Of course, looking on the bright side, we now know for sure that we'll see the top secret features shown at WWDC. Unless that gets delayed too.

Now where will iLife fit in? Ugggghhh...

Allotriophagy · Apr 12, 2007, 04:53 PM

It's surprising that removing "Computer" from their name was not followed up by replacing it with "Gadgets and Gizmos Only".

Cue all the "SHOULD I WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER TO BUY A NEW MAC?????" threads. Release the hounds of bore!

PlaceofDis · Apr 12, 2007, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mustard

So how many people are still going to wait to buy a new system until Leopard is released?

probably a lot less.

interesting new. although not totally surprising given the lack of developer seeds speeding up.

mac-er · Apr 12, 2007, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mustard

So how many people are still going to wait to buy a new system until Leopard is released?

There is already a pause in system buying. The stock will take a big hit tomorrow. It has already lost 2% in after hours trading

rdowns · Apr 12, 2007, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by faintember

Please tell me you are being sarcastic...

Are you kidding me? When they announced the iPhone, it was reported on for days by every news organization, TV news, Internet news. Soft news shows did 5 minute iPhone puff pieces. If Apple announced it wouldn't ship when they said it would, it would knock Imus off the front pages of newspapers.

A delayed Leopard will not have nearly that effect.

johnee · Apr 12, 2007, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mac-er

You really need to read the financial results of the company..these OS releases result in huge amounts of money for the company. Millions more copies of the OS will sell over the iPhone.

really? ok.

then they are under contractual obligation to deliver iphone to cingular on a certain date.

(i can come up with many more plausible reasons...

)

BigJohno · Apr 12, 2007, 04:55 PM

What the hell Apple. Dont turn into microsoft and delay and delay and delay!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

although. Nice to hear that the iPhone is still on track.

jaw04005 · Apr 12, 2007, 04:56 PM

Well I think this shows where Apple's priorities are.

Plymouthbreezer · Apr 12, 2007, 04:57 PM

This is pretty lame.

MacRumors · 05:01 PM

Apple has today announced that the release of MacOS X 10.5 Leopard will be delayed until October due to the development of iPhone.

Quote:

iPhone contains the most sophisticated software ever shipped on a mobile device, and finishing it on time has not come without a price -- we had to borrow some key software engineering and QA resources from our Mac OS® X team, and as a result we will not be able to release Leopard at our Worldwide Developers Conference in early June as planned.

Developers will be given a beta copy of Leopard at the Worldwide Developers Conference in early June.

johnee · Apr 12, 2007, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rdowns

Are you kidding me? When they announced the iPhone, it was reported on for days by every news organization, TV news, Internet news. Soft news shows did 5 minute iPhone puff pieces. If Apple announced it wouldn't ship when they said it would, it would knock Imus off the front pages of newspapers.

A delayed Leopard will not have nearly that effect.

THANK YOU!

What I should have said earlier was that apple's stock would nose dive if the phone was delayed. Your blurb captured that perfectly.

aricher · Apr 12, 2007, 04:59 PM

Ouch! This is horrible news. So much for a spring delivery. I guess they expect to make more off the iPhone ecosystem than their desktop/portable OS.

Apr 12, 2007, 04:36 PM	#1
rdowns macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jul 2003	Leopard Will NOT Ship at WWDC Apple Inc (AAPL:NASDAQ) Apple Statement PR Newswire 4:30 pm April 12, 2007 Apple today released the following statement: iPhone has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned. We can't wait until customers get their hands (and fingers) on it and experience what a revolutionary and magical product it is. However, iPhone contains the most sophisticated software ever shipped on a mobile device, and finishing it on time has not come without a price -- we had to borrow some key software engineering and QA resources from our Mac OS(R) X team, and as a result we will not be able to release Leopard at our Worldwide Developers Conference in early June as planned. While Leopard's features will be complete by then, we cannot deliver the quality release that we and our customers expect from us. We now plan to show our developers a near final version of Leopard at the conference, give them a beta copy to take home so they can do their f inal testing, and ship Leopard in October. We think it will be well worth the wait. Life often presents tradeoffs, and in this case we're sure we've made the right ones. NOTE: Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Mac OS, Macintosh and iPhone are trademarks of Apple. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. SOURCE Apple Inc. Lynn Fox, +1-408-974-4300, or lfox@apple.com, or Steve Dowling, +1-408-974-1896, or dowling@apple.com, both of Apple http://www.apple.com/ Last Price $92.19 at 4:00PM ET on April 12, 2007 ET. Price when alert was set $70.03

Apr 12, 2007, 04:41 PM	#2
faintember macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: the ruins of the Cherokee nation	Pulling people off of OS 10.5 development to help with a phone... Brilliant __________________ creation through destruction

Apr 12, 2007, 04:49 PM	#7
szark macrumors Demi-God Join Date: May 2002 Location: Arid-Zone-A	Definitely not great news, but it's official. More waiting for everyone... EDIT: isn't it amusing that Apple's PR releases always show up on their site after every other news site has reported it? __________________ ...let's climb those fences with signs that say...Don't... Last edited by WildCowboy : Apr 12, 2007 at 04:54 PM. Reason: removed reference to deleted post

Apr 12, 2007, 04:49 PM	#8
johnee macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: well, i'm not from the UK, but people will like me more if I say I am.	great. looks like this came from some financial meeting/disclosure __________________ are you hypocritical? "Jesus..said..sell all thou has,and give to the poor.. hardly shall they who have riches enter the kingdom of God" i'm atheist

Apr 12, 2007, 04:50 PM	#9
lilstewart macrumors 68040 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Illinois	http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070412/sfth056.html?.v=87 __________________ macbookpro 17" unibody antiglare Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart? St. Gerard Majella

Apr 12, 2007, 04:41 PM	#3
xUKHCx Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Kop	Where did you find this? That is a bummer. October seems to be a long time after June. It's like 3 -4 months. Which was about the time it took apple to go from 10.4.0 to 10.4.2.

Apr 12, 2007, 04:47 PM	#5
mac-er macrumors 65816 Join Date: Apr 2003	I like how they start off the release with...Hey, the iPhone is great, and oh, by the way, OS X is delayed. And, let's make sure there are no hypocrites here. Everyone that have MS crap about Vista being delayed should now do the same for Apple. Or, let's here the complaining about how the Mac is being abandoned.

Apr 12, 2007, 04:52 PM	#13
mustard macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: NJ	So how many people are still going to wait to buy a new system until Leopard is released? __________________ MacPro 3.0Ghz - 6gb Ram - 1900xt - Raid 0 (2 x 150gb WD Raptop) Dual 30in ACDs

Apr 12, 2007, 04:52 PM	#14
hyperpasta macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Jersey	Ah well There goes the stock price. Of course, looking on the bright side, we now know for sure that we'll see the top secret features shown at WWDC. Unless that gets delayed too. Now where will iLife fit in? Ugggghhh... __________________ Aluminum iMac (Early 2009) 24", 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 640GB HD 10.5 Leopard, iLife '09, iWork '09 First Gen. iPod touch, 8 GB

Apr 12, 2007, 04:53 PM	#15
Allotriophagy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006	It's surprising that removing "Computer" from their name was not followed up by replacing it with "Gadgets and Gizmos Only". Cue all the "SHOULD I WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER TO BUY A NEW MAC?????" threads. Release the hounds of bore!

Apr 12, 2007, 04:55 PM	#20
BigJohno macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cali	What the hell Apple. Dont turn into microsoft and delay and delay and delay!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! although. Nice to hear that the iPhone is still on track.

Apr 12, 2007, 04:56 PM	#21
jaw04005 macrumors 68030 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: AR	Well I think this shows where Apple's priorities are.

Apr 12, 2007, 04:57 PM	#22
Plymouthbreezer macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Massachusetts	This is pretty lame. __________________ MacBook Pro C2D 2.2GHz \| iMac G4 1GHz \| PowerBook G3 500MHz \| MacClassic 68000 8 MHz Nikon D70s \| Nikon D50 \| Minolta XG-1 35mm

Apr 12, 2007, 04:59 PM	#25
aricher macrumors 68000 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chi-il	Ouch! This is horrible news. So much for a spring delivery. I guess they expect to make more off the iPhone ecosystem than their desktop/portable OS.

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