More Evidence for October 26th Leopard Target Release?

[MacRumors]

Apple has been rumored to be targeting Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard's release on October 26th. More evidence of that comes from Apple's own online store.

While Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is not yet available for pre-order from Apple, Apple still sells Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger). If you try to order Tiger now, the estimated ship date is coincidentally also October 26th, 2007.



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[Peace]

This wasn't on the store yesterday.
Leopard has reached GM

 

[Thertel88]

wow thats awesome..here it comes

 

[iMikeT]

I think Steve would call this "Premature specification."

 

[Thertel88]

Although it mentions that mac osx 10.4 tiger is coming out the 26th not leopard

 

[Iamtherealwoody]

I can't wait! Now what to do with this idle 2 weeks!!!!!

 

[StealthRider]

If you try to order Tiger now, the estimated ship date is coincidentally also October 26th, 2007

coincidentally

Mhm. Suuuure it is.

 

[Peace]

Although it mentions that mac osx 10.4 tiger is coming out the 26th not leopard

Tiger was released April 29th

Quit a difference eh?

 

[narco]

Wow, this is awesome. It's close to the 1st which means I'll have money to buy it. Hopefully it doesn't run sluggish on my aging 2.0GHZ Powermac G5. I am a little bummed that they shrunk the boxes since it'll look a little awkward next to all the other OS boxes.

Fishes,
narco.

 

[Thataboy]

Announce! Up to date!
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Announce! Up to date!
Announce! Up to date!
Announce! Up to date!
pleeeeeease I want to buy the iMac nowwwwww <whine>

 

[lofight]

Enough evidence to know that it's the 26th right?

 

[JSpence]

I think Steve would call this "Premature specification."

hahahahahaha

Idk what this means, maybe this is some sort of treat for us hardcore Leopard followers? lol Is it likely for them to do something like this?

 

[Peace]

Here's Google's cache of the Apple store Oct 7th.

http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache...+store&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=safari

Here's the new one

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=7E4EB91E&nplm=MA453Z/A



Leopard hits shelves Oct.26th

 

[dderek26]

Maybe they're letting you know that Tiger won't ship out until the 26th and then poof, it's gone and you really get Leopard instead!

 

[ChrisA]

what this really means is that you can no longer buy Tiger from the Apple on-line store. I think they do not want to have to handle all the returns where people buying Tiger would send it back after the Leopard announcement.

 

[Freg3000]

hahahahahaha

Idk what this means, maybe this is some sort of treat for us hardcore Leopard followers? lol Is it likely for them to do something like this?

Steve said that "premature specification" was the way that one guy inside Apple referred to the leaking of the G5 specs before the 2003 WWDC keynote.

https://www.macrumors.com/2003/06/19/apple-accidentally-leaks-specs/

 

[twoodcc]

alright! just what i wanted to hear! now we just need an announcement from Apple tonight

 

[AppleiMac]

Yup, it's coming on the 26th. It totally makes sense, it's on a Friday, etc like they usually do. Here comes Leopard!

 

[joet1029]

More Evidence for October 26th Leopard Target Release?

I just went to the Apple store and ordered Tiger and the ship date is still within 24 hours of the order date (not october 26th) for whichever distribution center services the Mid-Atlantic States.

 

[ClassicBean]

Why, then, does the family pack ship within 24 hours?

 

[queshy]

He just won the nobel peace prize.

Ooh, I didn't know about that. good for him...now how about leopard? lol

 

[Peace]

Why, then, does the family pack ship within 24 hours?

I'm taking this as one of Apple's well known "slips"

 

[dokein]

Darn it! I was planning to finally upgrade to Tiger. Now I have to wait 2 more weeks.

 

[Eidorian]

Keep in mind, Al Gore is on the Apple Board of Directors. That explains why he is on their home page.

The whole Al Gore thing on the front page is prob. just a filler for an announcement image.

In before shop of Gore announcing Leopard.

 

[paulyras]

I love how they show Al in front of a picture of a hurricane. Because everyone knows global warming causes more, bigger, nastier hurricanes. That's why we've had so many this season and last, just like everyone predicted.

Way to elevate the Leopard release discussion....