Leopard delayed... Mac how the mighty have fallen
March saw this
April Thursday the 12th at 1300 hours saw this on AppleInsider
"Despite the outstanding issues with Leopard, the growing consensus amongst insiders and industry analysts is that Apple anticipates a release of the software around the time its World Wide Developers Conference rolls around in mid-June.
For its part, Apple has maintained that it will not delay the release of the next-generation OS, but at the same time has yet to reveal or broadly test a number of "top secret" features said to be lingering in builds of the software held down closely at its Cupertino-based headquarters."
Then it all came tumbling down, the bravado, the mocking Vista delays, the predicted June Developers conference release (Which as a prediction would have been on the money) until this direct from the horses mouth...
"We will not be able to release Leopard at our Worldwide Developers Conference in early June as planned."
Could this be a horribly late April 1st joke ? An evil Friday 13th prank ? Doubt it.
Picture from Here
Some calls have been made that since it is an openly admitted delay Apple should offer all edu institutions buying their stock of macs for the Summer a free upgrade to leopard when it is released because they would have had the new OS in time if it hadn't have been for the iPhone induced delays.
Some fan bois... not me... have suddenly clamored for "Well it means that Apple cares about quality" but when it was M$ that made the, admitidly 18+ month, delay they couldn't contain their glee. Vista delays began as merely a Q2-Q3 delay. Further more this puts pay to the argument that Apple can take ground from Windows by grabbing the "Well I'm gonna have to learn a new OS anyway if I get Vista, so I could try Apple who have a new OS too." market.
Developer seeds whilst more stable than predecessors still have a litany of bugs.
April Thursday the 12th at 1300 hours saw this on AppleInsider
"Despite the outstanding issues with Leopard, the growing consensus amongst insiders and industry analysts is that Apple anticipates a release of the software around the time its World Wide Developers Conference rolls around in mid-June.
For its part, Apple has maintained that it will not delay the release of the next-generation OS, but at the same time has yet to reveal or broadly test a number of "top secret" features said to be lingering in builds of the software held down closely at its Cupertino-based headquarters."
Then it all came tumbling down, the bravado, the mocking Vista delays, the predicted June Developers conference release (Which as a prediction would have been on the money) until this direct from the horses mouth...
"We will not be able to release Leopard at our Worldwide Developers Conference in early June as planned."
Could this be a horribly late April 1st joke ? An evil Friday 13th prank ? Doubt it.
Picture from Here
Some calls have been made that since it is an openly admitted delay Apple should offer all edu institutions buying their stock of macs for the Summer a free upgrade to leopard when it is released because they would have had the new OS in time if it hadn't have been for the iPhone induced delays.
Some fan bois... not me... have suddenly clamored for "Well it means that Apple cares about quality" but when it was M$ that made the, admitidly 18+ month, delay they couldn't contain their glee. Vista delays began as merely a Q2-Q3 delay. Further more this puts pay to the argument that Apple can take ground from Windows by grabbing the "Well I'm gonna have to learn a new OS anyway if I get Vista, so I could try Apple who have a new OS too." market.
Developer seeds whilst more stable than predecessors still have a litany of bugs.
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