Leopard will be released at WWDC

[fryke]

But why, if Apple released iLife 07 in August, would anyone expect iLife 08 in January 2008? I don't think it'd be such a problem.

That said: I've _never_ liked the two-number year version scheme. There's nothing wrong with calling it iLife 7.0 in my opinion. Sure, some people will upgrade if it's called iLife '07 merely based on the thought that the old version "is _so_ '06". But my guess is the same people would upgrade to a new version called iLife 7.0 for pretty much the same reason.

[Lt Major Burns]

i actually like the year numbering system, and i think Mac OS X should go down that route. new users have no idea which comes where in the order of Jaguar, Panther, Tiger or Leopard.

it's quite obvious that Office 2007 is the newer version to Office 2003. it's simple and intuitive. like Flash MX 2004. iLife 2007.

yes it's a bit MS, but it's simple. Mac OS 2008.

[Captain Code]

But that's why they call it 10.0 to 10.5. The code names are just a bonus.

[Lt Major Burns]

but in there lies the problem that the level of point release is confusing. 10.4 doesn't seem like that much of a difference from 10.3....

[ScottW]

Isn't the iPhone suppose to be released in June as well?

[MrTAToad]

Possibly...

[Ferdinand]

Right now it looks like nothing is sure.

And Fryke: They would excpect iLife '08 in January because till now, all iLife's (04-06) _were_ released at the MacWorld in January of that particular year (AFAIK).

[fryke]

Releasing iLife 7.0 in August '07 would take care of that, though is what I mean. People who would expect it in January (me included) changed their mind by now, haven't they.