No Leopard until October

[Lt Major Burns]

yeah, as it stands, there's not much in Leopard that anyone needs right now. the [very] few people that have 10gb RAM will benefit, but that's hardly life threatening. most, if not all, of the other 'features' are already catered for by third party apps, albeit not at a system level.

[MisterMe]

Originally Posted by ScottW

Well, it is probably true, they diverted resource for the iPhone. That means that Apple decided it was better the delay Mac OS X, than to delay the iPhone. That is a sign that Apple is gambling that the iPhone will be more profitable than releasing OS X 10.5.

Since the iPhone is based on MacOS X 10.5, Apple is likely simply ensuring that the OSes running its phones and personal computers are at parity.

[icemanjc]

Originally Posted by ScottW

Oh no! Apple is taking on so many projects, it is starting to become Microsoftish. Ugh, I get shivers up my spine.

Thats exactly what I said when I first heard about it.

[Thank The Cheese]

Originally Posted by salival

I rather they take their time and do it right. Tiger works great and Adobe is about to release CS3 for intel Macs, so things are good.

I do agree, but I think Mikuro makes a good point; while we may be willing to wait, the bigger issue is Apple Inc dropping "computer" not only from their name, but their consciousness.

I"m hoping at the very least we get to see those damn "top secret" features at WWDC. I don't mind waiting, so long as I know what I'm waiting for.

[symphonix]

I also am not too fussed by waiting - I'd prefer to see Apple get it right, and the current version of Mac OS X could hardly be called obsolete or dated. It may even mean Leopard gets features that they might otherwise not have tried to include.

[mindbend]

No worries here. Leopard in terms of new features and improvements is the most ho-hum of all the OS X releases to date (for me). I'm not saying I won't change my mind once I use it, but the sneak peak stuff is completely uninteresting to me. Time Warp? No thanks. Backups for Grandma. Spaces? Granted, I never used multiple work space shareware so I may not know what I'm missing, but it seems really overrated. I have no issues with screen organization whatsoever as it is. It's called keyboard shortcuts and Expose. No particular need for Spaces. And all the Mail, iChat, iCal, Dashboard, Accessilibity enhancements, while nice, is not anything I have to have to day (or maybe ever).

Now true 64-bit OS running true 64-bit apps (Motion, Final Cut come to mind) would be more my thing. And Core Animation has a lot of potential if FCP 6 Suite takes advantage of it. Otherwise I could care less if someone can build a cool screensaver more easily thanks to Core Animation.

And while they're at it, maybe they can make the 8-core machine a little more compelling. Not that the 8-core is anything to sneeze at.

1. The memory bottleneck needs to be resolved
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=295355

2. A next-gen GPU needs a home
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37614

3. I need some specs for Final Cut that make it really worth jumping from a Dual 2.7 G5. (We'll see what kind of specs we get next week at NAB).

So, bring it on Apple. New next-gen towers (new design too please) complete with Leopard in October!

[rubaiyat]

Wow! And you all seem so surprised!

[Damrod]

It's rather uncool, especially as the whole world get's to suffer under the delay without having any use from the iPhone. With _some_ luck, it might hit Europe around X-Mas, if at all this year

Hope we get a fully developed OS later this year then. With the delay, there better be a minimum of "child diseases" then