spring vs summer

[zblaxberg]

Who honestly thinks that the exact date of when spring or summer starts/ends really matters to when leopard is going to be released and who is sick and tired of hearing people argue about it?

 

[PlaceofDis]

1. it does matter.
2. why'd you bother to make this thread than.

 

[zblaxberg]

1. it does matter.
2. why'd you bother to make this thread than.

1. just curious...

I don't know if this adds anything concrete but I just attended an Apple, Adobe and others event. The guy from Apple alluded to Leopard coming out in a few weeks. He didn't actually say it but 1) he said that Apple tends to underpromise and overdeliver on timelines and 2) he made a slip (intentionally?) when he said "when Leopard comes out in a few weeks, um, I mean, a few months" with a big grin. So, I still have hope for a release earlier than June. The money is burning a hole in my pocket for a new MacPro, MacBook Pro and CS3! Broke city here I come...

P.S. At this event, I also got a free copy of a piece of software called Crossover from a company called CodeWeavers. It allows an Intel mac user to use a large variety of Windows-based apps, including Office, Outlook and some games, without having Windows installed whatsoever. The company is a major member of an open source project called Wine that has been making pc programs available to Linux machines and now that Macs are Intel-based they have brought this capability to the mac. Doesn't work for every single Windows app yet but an impressive number of major ones and it isn't emulation, you use the mac finder as usual, no switching back and forth, etc. Can't wait to get an Intel mac and try it out!

 

[BigPrince]

I'm shocked that we as a community we would be debating over something so ****ing stupid.

No matter how decide to break it down, its looking more and more like June or later.

Everyday that passes without a leopard seed is another day we can tack on. We need roughly 4-8 weeks for Apple to go from the final edition of 10.5.0 to getting it burned and boxed. Since all signs point out that we don't appear to be anywhere near a final 10.5.0 we can assume Apple is going to push there timeline of spring 2007 to the max.

Hell, they might be late, it happens.

Anyone who thinks otherwise is just lying to themselves.

It would be nothing short of a miracle to get in April.

 

[iSavant]

I'm pretty sure Steve could extend springtime if he wanted to 😉

I'm patient and fairly satisfied with 10.4.9

 

[esco]

Apple's comfortable with extending their shipping dates. I mean, they shipped TV late by around 20 days, don't really see a problem with shipping Leopard a little later than June 21st