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Apple Seeds Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) 9A559
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I don't know if Leopard will be stable enough to use right away after it's released, at least I'm a bit skeptical. I may wait 'till a .1 or .2 release.
Let me guess, you have an Intel Mac.
Some people are still on PPC Macs, such as myself. If Apple ignored them do you know how much of an uproar there would be? Plus, Apple promised that Leopard would be universal.
The technology you are referring to is Cairo. And it did come to fruition in products such as Windows Desktop Search and Windows Vista's built in Instant Search. Cairo was promised for Windows NT 4, but the architecture could not support it at the time. Also remember, when Apple was searching for a new OS to replace Classic, NT was put on the table as an option, but they chose NeXT Step instead. The only thing missing from Vista that was originally planned was WinFS, and its a completely different thing than the traditional search technologies we have today in OS X (Spotlight) and Vista's (Instant Search). WinFS focused on visualizing data in a more natural relevant way where the results are always exact and correct when you query the system. This is something Apple, Microsoft nor Google has delivered yet. Basically, the race is still on. Oh, and that vital part is so over exaggerated.
I'm pretty sure the 'Top Secret' features were a completely new finder, new dock, new desktop features, and QuickLook (it was seeded to devs but never announced). When it comes to .Mac, the 'overhaul' was 10GB of storage, Web Gallery (awesome feature) and Leopard's "Back to my Mac" which is insanely cool. As for iLife and iWork, they just got huge updates so I'm not sure what the heck you expect.
Golden Master is the "master" copy used at the CD/DVD publishing plant to make Leopard for the customer. Once it goes golden master, no changes can be made to it. It will have to wait until 10.5.1.
Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is a potential final beta (build release) release that is distributed to testers as a final once over to see any issues occur. If needed, they will fix those issues as quickly as possibly and distribute Release Candidate 2 (RC2). If there's no issues with either RC1 or RC2 that may be considered golden master, but isn't always the case.
I'm pretty confident that Leopard will be released on October 31st. Yes, its not a Tuesday, but Tiger didn't ship on a Tuesday either. I believe it was shipped on a Friday.
I love how people keep saying this yet they'll go out and get it anyways. If its not stable enough then Apple won't release it. This isn't Microsoft here.....
Leopard is Universal, hence the large build sizes 6GB+. This is Apple's first major OS release that deals with the Intel Macs. Yes, Tiger has an Intel version, but no major changes except it being operational with Intel CPU's.
I assume there are many "under the hood" optimizations to make the Intel Macs run better. Since the future for Apple is Intel Macs, it only makes sense to further optimize it Intel CPU's. This doesn't mean it won't run on PPC Macs or that it will run like crap, but it just didn't get as much emphasis. This will eventually become a trend for all developers, not just Apple. It will take a while just like it did with Apple and developers to slowly dwindle down OS 9 (Classic) support, but it will eventually happen. You've already seen the start with Adobe's new Creative Suite being Intel Mac only and I thought I remember seeing that Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac will be Intel only as well. I could be wrong about that though.
no, I don't have an intel mac
I'm not sayinganyhting about it not being universal. All I'm saying is that if it takes until 10.5.1 to get the PPCs stable, that's better than delaying everything further.
Its far too late for it to be in the early part of October. There isn't even a golden master determined yet. Its going to be just like the iPhone. Apple will continue to promise an October shipping date and it will be the last possible day in October.
Leopard already supports PPC.Like the other poster said it's in a Universal Binary format.
Gold is a chemical element and a highly sought-after precious metal which, for many centuries, has been used as money and in jewelery.
However, there's no need to call me "master." At least not here. Otherwise, I may have to spank you in front of everyone.
Ppc
As said in the main article, the PPC has "some" issues with upgrading, does not mean it won't work. Could be a minor fix. I can imagine if I had a PPC mac, I would be concerned, but I feel confidant Leopard will come out in the month of October, if that is the last day of oct like the iPhone, or mid Month, I still think it will be "on-time."
We would of heard something by now from Apple if they were going to delay it more.
As said in the main article, the PPC has "some" issues with upgrading, does not mean it won't work. Could be a minor fix. I can imagine if I had a PPC mac, I would be concerned, but I feel confidant Leopard will come out in the month of October, if that is the last day of oct like the iPhone, or mid Month, I still think it will be "on-time."
We would of heard something by now from Apple if they were going to delay it more.
there was no point in making me feel bad, and i dont think there'll be more builds maybe one
I don't know why people upgrade anyways. Most of the time it only causes issues either immediately or down the road. Of course there is the few that will say I never have issues.
I guarantee you that the people that come in here and complain after installing Leopard will say they did an upgrade. Windows is the same way. I don't even know why Microsoft and Apple even make it an option. Its the perfect time IMO to start fresh. Cleans out all of the crap you didn't know you had and its the best way IMO to use a new OS.
I guarantee you that the people that come in here and complain after installing Leopard will say they did an upgrade. Windows is the same way. I don't even know why Microsoft and Apple even make it an option. Its the perfect time IMO to start fresh. Cleans out all of the crap you didn't know you had and its the best way IMO to use a new OS.
Im not trying to make anyone feel bad. Just telling it like it is
This is why there will be more builds yet before it goes GM:
Known Issues
- Archive installs from Tiger to Leopard sometimes will not succeed on Power PC systems if you try to preserve user settings. Please perform an upgrade install or clean install or opt out of preserving user settings to work around this. Intel systems are unaffected.
- If you have HP printers connected to your system or are upgrading from a Tiger system with HP printers already configured, please perform a custom install and de-select the HP printer drivers in the installer. The HP printer drivers will be delivered post-install via Software Update.