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Apple Delays Leopard Release
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Thats u.s marketshare, not world wide. A huge difference.
95% of people do not use Macs.
5% is pitiful. Its a bug.
Okay, everyone here gets it. You don't like the iPhone. Great. No need to be a broken record.
I have some good news for you, btw. No one is going to make you buy one, or care if you don't. Have a nice weekend.
That's nice. Irrelevant, but nice. Let's stick to the point: 4 months = small delay. 4 years = big delay. 12X the delay. No comparison.
Way to totally misquote what Steve said about flash-based music players!
OK, if you don't like that one, then how about "Apple TV is not delayed until March! It's coming out in February! OK, Apple TV is delayed until March! Ignore what we just said!"
--Eric
hehe, I know, for apple's policy of fixing OS with hardware, it would take a miracle to increase OSX's marketshare to a decent number. It just can't physically make that many machines. i Think mac's marketshare will stalled at 8% eventually in two years, unless apple starts to license its system.
Well, go straight to the source and you'll find:
"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"
Depends what your needs and requirements are. Its not black and white.
For example: if your looking for a cheap $299 PC to do word processing, email, internet etc, then windows is just fine.
Macs / OSX is not a magic bullet, perfect 100% solution, fits all needs.
He's entitled to voice his opinion, just like you are ( but such a response isn't necessary ).
what apple should do to stop all the bitching from so many people is give out free copies of Leopard with all computers bought after june. that way people do not have to complain about $100 for the best operating system ever made.
this is the only way apple can recover some credibility.
for all of those people who cannot afford to pay the hundred bucks in october, try investing your money while you wait for a mac. Buy apple shares after they just dropped and wait fo rhte to go up after the iphone release. then buy yourself leopard and some new hardware!
everybody needs to stop whining
this is the only way apple can recover some credibility.
for all of those people who cannot afford to pay the hundred bucks in october, try investing your money while you wait for a mac. Buy apple shares after they just dropped and wait fo rhte to go up after the iphone release. then buy yourself leopard and some new hardware!
everybody needs to stop whining
To all who can't wait 120-odd more days for OS X 10.5 "Leopard:"
My wife suggests you all take a page out of Eric Cartman's store of wisdom. When Cartman couldn't wait for the Wii release, he attempted to freeze himself by ascending a peak in the rockies and freezing himself, so Butters could wake him up in a few weeks, never knowing he'd waited at all. I suggest you do the same. Don't worry, I won't forget where you're frozen! I'll come get you!
My wife suggests you all take a page out of Eric Cartman's store of wisdom. When Cartman couldn't wait for the Wii release, he attempted to freeze himself by ascending a peak in the rockies and freezing himself, so Butters could wake him up in a few weeks, never knowing he'd waited at all. I suggest you do the same. Don't worry, I won't forget where you're frozen! I'll come get you!
For a couple of weeks, until it crashes...
Couldn't resist.
to be fair, that was true 15 years ago
To be fair, it was true 1.5 years ago (when I switched...)
Couldn't resist either...
I dunno. I think that the problem with Windows is STILL that it's unsafe for uneducated (and uninterested in learning more... in short stupid) people who open attachments they shouldn't, click "yes" to dialog boxes they shouldn't, and install products by Gator software, etc.
It's no coincidence that these people are by and large the type of people that see a computer as a commodity that should be purchased for the lowest price available. I will grant you that *I* could keep a $299 computer running at top notch and all, if I were interested in buying something of such poor performance and craftmanship (for my needs). But, again, the people that actually do buy those computers end up with all kinds of spyware and crap that they would not have if they spent the $575 it would take to buy a mini, a cheap keyboard/mouse/15 inch CRT.
The whole point of the $299 PC experience is also to convince users that it's all they'll need, so they typically don't buy/acquire things like adaware, NAV, etc...
I don't think that Apple have lost any credibility.
Its not the first time Apple have delayed a product release, and it won't be the last. Its common for projects to be late, especially software projects.
Yes, you are right, people need to calm down a bit.
Its not the first time Apple have delayed a product release, and it won't be the last. Its common for projects to be late, especially software projects.
Yes, you are right, people need to calm down a bit.
We've never even touched or tried it, we don't even know what some of it's features will be, or if it will continue to be buggy like the current builds, and yet you're already dubbing it the "best OS ever made?" Wow. The blinders on a little tight?
You make a point, I dealt with Windows for 4 years, always running maintenance and getting rid of spyware, it was truly a waste of my time. Others have had better experiences while mine was a nightmare.
Oh yeah, you got a point too.
Let's add "environmentally friendly" as a feature for the iPhone as well
