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More Evidence for October 26th Leopard Target Release?

Peace said:
Probably tomorrow or Tuesday on Apple's page.
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My bet is Tuesday, although, 10 days until the release is kinda not a good number. 10 days? Is it possible to produce all of the DVDs you would need within 10 days? It's an honest question.
 
xUKHCx said:
yeah bloody al gore. Not much of an environmentalist taking the rightful home of a Leopard.
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Exactly...the Nobel prize organisation as a whole is just a ploy by MS to focus attention away from Apple...fortunately the PR department have found a way to spin this into "Apple wins the peace prize"-ish 😛
 
milo said:
No.

Why would apple bother with a countdown? There's no real reason to announce the exact release date much ahead of time.
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Becuase it's my understanding that they have done in the past, and because it's fun! 🙂
 
Multimedia said:
The fact that they don't care doesn't mean it isn't in their interest to do so. The problem stems from people having lives that don't include time to watch what upgrades are available and then purchasing them.

In almost all cases, the upgrade would save people time not take time away.
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You're arguing that people should upgrade. I don't disagree with that. But that doesn't mean that people will upgrade.

You're talking about people who 1) Have machines that will run 10.4 but not 10.5 and 2) Haven't upgraded in the 2.5 years they've had already but will want to after 10.5 ships. If anyone really wants to upgrade to tiger after this month, there will still be copies floating around. If you search a bit, you can still easily find copies of 10.3 and earlier.
 
Even Longer Milo

milo said:
You're arguing that people should upgrade. I don't disagree with that. But that doesn't mean that people will upgrade.

You're talking about people who 1) Have machines that will run 10.4 but not 10.5 and 2) Haven't upgraded in the 2.5 years they've had already but will want to after 10.5 ships. If anyone really wants to upgrade to tiger after this month, there will still be copies floating around. If you search a bit, you can still easily find copies of 10.3 and earlier.
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Even longer - perhaps 5 even 7 years. I hope you're right about folks being able to find copies in future. I know I would never sell my old system copies. They are historical documents.
 
Countdown To Leopard Follows Tradition Set Many Years Ago

milo said:
And they can't start a countdown 10 days before? Or 8? Or 4? Or 5 days and three hours?
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There is ALWAYS a countdown. This will be the shortest countdown in OS X history.
 
psychofreak said:
Unless its coming in Mid-November with an October announcement they call a "release"...
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Apple promised to ship in October. If they don't ship in october, no amount of spin is going to make an announcement a release. If it ships late, the headlines will say that it shipped late.
 
i dont care about a countdown, i just want it now lol 🙂
i cant wait to use it, try it out, see how stable it really is, see what new features there are, any maybe some special features????

:apple:
 
DoFoT9 said:
i dont care about a countdown, i just want it now lol 🙂
i cant wait to use it, try it out, see how stable it really is, see what new features there are, any maybe some special features????

:apple:
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but at least if there's a countdown you'd be able to sit and stare at it day and night! 🙂
 
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milo said:
Apple promised to ship in October. If they don't ship in october, no amount of spin is going to make an announcement a release. If it ships late, the headlines will say that it shipped late.
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Apple also previously announced it would ship in spring...heck, some people suggested it might come MacWorld '07...
 
milo said:
Apple promised to ship in October. If they don't ship in october, no amount of spin is going to make an announcement a release. If it ships late, the headlines will say that it shipped late.
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Is it not already shipping late? 😉
 
Hope

With all the hype of Leopard and its imminent release, I only hope that it doesn't disappoint. From an outside point of view, this thing could explode for all the wrong reasons. However we have waited long enough for a potentially amazing OS not to fail.

Bring on Leopard (I need a new machine 😀)
 
I think Apple does these website teasers just to see what the rumor readers will do.

Then they take it down of course.

I hope Leopard does come this month. I am tired of waiting for Time Machine, Spaces, the new Dock, and the New Finder. It will be a great refresh from what we have been using since 10.1.
 
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