Apple Officially Announces Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard

[MacRumors]

Today Apple announced that Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) will go on sale on Friday, October 26th at 6 p.m. at Apple retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. Apple's online store will start accepting pre-orders as of today.

"Leopard, the sixth major release of Mac OS X, is the best upgrade we've
ever released," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "And everyone gets the
'Ultimate' version, packed with all the new innovative features, for just
$129."

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[pasito]

wooho

I just saw the store come back up. WOOOTTTTT

 

[MacinDoc]

Well, so much for the nay-sayers who claimed it wouldn't happen in October.

 

[WRXHokie]

Time to buy!!

 

[zub3qin]

Apple has a new OS coming out?

 

[bananas]

Mac OS X Leopard arrives October 26. Pre-order now.

here it comes!

 

[iZaid]

just saw it now at the apple US store, on the 26th there is a mac expo in london, will it be on sale then?

 

[SpaceMagic]

Took their time

Cool... placing order now

 

[thadoggfather]

i thought they would announce it today, good stuff

 

[suneohair]

Goodbye student discount... $116. Wow. What is going on with Apple and the EDU discounts?

 

[azdude]

Fan*tastic*. Education price went up from $69 to $116.

*orders anyway. :/

 

[macfan881]

Well, so much for the nay-sayers who claimed it wouldn't happen in October.

and who were those? anyway glad its coming out soon cant wait

 

[OllyW]

£4 cheaper than Tiger!

Bargain...

 

[Warbrain]

Education discount is lame now. I remember when it was 79 dollars, now it's 116. Only 13 off the actual price...

 

[AdeFowler]

Thank goodness for that... off to pre-order a family pack.

 

[DeaconGraves]

Education discount is now only $116.

I kinda understood the price hike for iWork (extra program and all), but this is stupid.

 

[Deej]

Hurrah!!!

So now the debate is whether to pre-order Online, or queue to buy it from a store - which one will get me Leopard sooner??!!

 

[croasmun]

Educational Pricing(?!)

The EDU discount is currently listed at $116 (compared to $129); I seem to remember it being much better for previous upgrades ($79?)... wow, that will really change adoption rates for students...

Edit: just checked, the EDU price for Tiger was $69 according to this review.

 

[randallisation]

YAY, Finally, just pre-ordered a Family pack for my Macs at home!

 

[WannaGoMac]

Free upgrade on new Macs as of today??

Any idea if there is a free upgrade on new Macs as of today??

 

[In Sams World]

???

When do you think iMacs and Macbooks will get shipped with this?

 

[jaw04005]

Well they took the opportunity to increase their education pricing of the O/S all the way up to $116 from $69. That's ridiculous.

 

[stoid]

Education discount is now only $116.

I kinda understood the price hike for iWork (extra program and all), but this is stupid.

I was ready to shotgun purchase it at $69, but now to find it's unexpectedly higher (and more than that magic $100 threshold) it's going to be a lot harder for me to justify purchasing it.

 

[JayBee]

up-to-date

Any word on whether they'll be doing the usual "up to date" scheme for Macs bought from today till they start shipping preloaded?

 

[TheChillPill]

How nice of Apple to out a £20 ($40) premium on top for UK customers