WorldWide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2006

[bankshot]

Yep - the latest it's ever been, I believe. I remember WWDCs of the past and the past 3 have been in May, late June and early June. It's almost as if Apple is delaying it on purpose to coordinate it with the release of a new Intel-based product or something... weird, huh?

Nah. This is all about Leopard. Apple stated very clearly that the release cycle would slow down, and this is reflecting that. My guess is Leopard won't even be presentable as a developer beta until August.

 

[rdowns]

Hmm, maybe I need a new tar. Leopard anyone?

 

[dernhelm]

Great question.

Maybe Apple moves the Paris Expo to early November for the pre-holiday season announcements...

My guess is they leave it in mid-July, and WWDC follows it.

 

[~Shard~]

Hmm, maybe I need a new tar. Leopard anyone?

How about a Leopard tank?

 

[treblah]

"Smee, a bolt of lighting has just struck my head."

They could have easily done it in June and announced Conroe 'Mac Pros' and not shipped them for 3 months like they did with the G5.

Apple pushed back the WWDC to allow MS time to finish Vista so they can jointly announce Windows Vista: Apple (or Mac) Edition. I can see it now: Introducing the worlds first Mac...that's also a PC.

Before anyone says I'm crazy just take a stroll down 'memory lane' to last years WWDC.

Remember, you heard it here first.