The latest wisdom from high on top Mount Tortura is in regards to the ship date for Leopard, the latest rendition of Apple’s OS X. While most analysts and developers are expecting an early Summer/late Spring launch, perhaps around mid-May, Tortora sees it happening much sooner, perhaps as early as this month. His argument is that as Adobe is launching CS3 a couple months early, it makes sense for Apple to launch its flagship product at the same time. And with new Macs due at NAB this year, it makes sense for Apple’s pro gear to be upgraded across the product spectrum, from hardware to software.
We like the idea, as we’ve been with Tiger for so long we’ve forgotten what the touch of another OS is like. In addition, many of the features in Leopard are drool worthy indeed. Once you’ve used the tabbed Finder, you’ll wonder how you ever navigated your Mac before.
Tortora’s track record is so-so on Apple rumors, however, so we’re carving out a nice, big grain of salt to serve with this rumor. We recommend you take it.
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will leopard come out already!! Sheesh
Best photo illustration of headline ever.
Yeah, I’m tired of waiting for Leopard, I’ve been waiting to buy a new Mac since the end of last year.
Would be nice if it were out in March or April, but I’m not necessarily going to jump the gun on the upgrade right away. We’ll see though, it’s definitely intriguing.
I’ll jump onto the wagon as soon as possible because the switch from tiger to leopard doesn’t affect me as i currently and have never owened a mac before. The switch to intel processors in the macbook pro was what i was waiting for but now that i have the money and the upcoming release of leopard i’m going to wait, just hurry because my cash just flows in and out like water.
looking forward to the actual release date.. I am going to take a reach here and say April first as the release date. Give or take 3 days!
Is it a bit to much to hope for a world-wide release this month … :)
Not a chance…. Delays Delays… Love Apple but look at Apple TV!