Leopard Delayed until October

[Brian M. Veteran]

this sucks

Would you rather have a half ass OS now, or a completed, stable one a bit later?

[+virtorio MVC]

A year and a couple months at most, and that's assuming MS ever officially announced a 2005 release. This fact does NOT make your argument any better. They're the same argument, yet you'll praise apple and bash MS for doing the same things.

-Spenser

For a start I don't "bash" Microsoft, I like Microsoft and I had my copy of Vista on launch day. Thanks for the generalization though.

If you saw my first post in this topic, I'm certainly not praising Apple for the delay, especially not since it?s (so they say) due to the iPhone, which I couldn't care less about.

And finally, I quite well remember potential release dates for Longhorn being implied from about 2003 (maybe even 2002) onwards. Nothing ever official maybe, but they were still there.

[Meshuggah]

Apple: There is nothing wrong with delaying perfectionism :laugh:

Are they not big enough to develop two products at the same time?

[Pc_Madness]

Are they not big enough to develop two products at the same time?

Thats what I was thinking. I spose it depends on exactly what the iPhone OS is...if it really is semi-full implementation of OSX then I could understand why it might require more developers.

[sundayx Veteran]

ma stock prices ma!

[thollian]

Apple: There is nothing wrong with delaying perfectionism :laugh:

Are they not big enough to develop two products at the same time?

Even Microsoft took developers off of Vista to work on Windows XP SP2....which delayed Vista's released...

[Raa]

If Vista SP1 lands when people rumor it might (October)....

........ Coincidence? :p

[Meshuggah]

Even Microsoft took developers off of Vista to work on Windows XP SP2....which delayed Vista's released...

But did they for Windows Mobile OS 1.0-6.0? It's a PHONE.

[tiddlie]

But did they for Windows Mobile OS 1.0-6.0? It's a PHONE.

Revenue wise, Apple rely on their gadgets. Even tho it is a phone, the Ipod and Iphone market is much much larger (potentially for the Iphone) than the macos market ever will be. So what if its only a phone? From a business point of view, it makes sense to push the project thats going to bring you most revenue.

[freedom77]

I don't mind delays, I mean they never "really" announced a definite date anyway, but it is annoying. And it is better than getting a half baked version.

What seems really strange to me was that the last rumour that said leopard would be delayed was batted away in an interview (can't remember with whom) as if it was silly, and made it sound like there were on course.

[Windam]

I find this ammusing to be honest..

[Express]

Nah. Apple is just playing with your minds. They want to create a surprise launch in June and show how agile they are.

[Windam]

Nah. Apple is just playing with your minds. They want to create a surprise launch in June and show how agile they are.

lol remember that dumb suprise with the first macbook pro "it's faster than we thought!" :laugh:

[.Neo]

Lame...

[Rudy]

Are they not big enough to develop two products at the same time?

Well if MS couldnt develop SP2 while working on Longhorn i don't see why Apple is expected to work on the iPhone and Leopard at the same time.....kinda sad because i wish they would have spent more time on OSX than a stupid phone but this will be their next cash cow.....

I'm disappointed with the new date....I was hoping to pick up a 24" imac with leopard but i guess it will have to wait.....

[.Neo]

I'm disappointed with the new date....I was hoping to pick up a 24" imac with leopard but i guess it will have to wait.....

Same here. I planned on buying a 24" iMac after the WWDC was over, obviously I was hoping it would come with Mac OS X Leopard and the new iLife. :(

[crazzy88ss]

LMAO, apple will "give any excuse for a celebration", AKA, apple will do anything to not make them look stupid, support for iphone, absolute rubbish... Look at ms, they had other projects and reassigned engineers but they still met earlier deadlines and they cant blame it not having enough time to have a driver being written, look at the stuff that is support in win 98 or xp, hell my laptop is running memphis (98 beta) and supports stuff xp doesnt even support, 20 moniters! and firewire which "APPARENTLY" wasnt invented till 2000 and something, even DVDs which werent "APPARENTLY" invented till 2000 / 2001, its all in the setup text, they removed the features and the feature text for 98, why!?

DVDs were going on sale in 1997... And I know the first iPod was firewire, so it had to have at least been fairly common in 2001.

[rajputwarrior]

Would you rather have a half ass OS now, or a completed, stable one a bit later?

i agree with you, but it still sucks

[PyX]

If Leopard is still half ass looking, it's because of the iPhone.

I just hope that the iPhone becomes "the new iPod" of the cellphones, because it it doesn't become that popular, I am so going to whine about the decsion to prioritize the iPhone.

That gives me one more reason to hate cellphones....

[.Ark]

I hope the iPhone doesn't sell well.. at those prices.. meh **** it

[BajiRav]

Well if MS couldnt develop SP2 while working on Longhorn i don't see why Apple is expected to work on the iPhone and Leopard at the same time.....kinda sad because i wish they would have spent more time on OSX than a stupid phone but this will be their next cash cow.....

I'm disappointed with the new date....I was hoping to pick up a 24" imac with leopard but i guess it will have to wait.....

You can't possibly compare an OS point release with a simple phone. Just accept it, apple is making lame excuses again which is not rare if you look into recent past (iPod virus, charging for 802.11n driver, itunes-don't upgrade to vista) and so on.

[C_Guy]

Yes because a few months delay is just the same as a, uh, how many years was Windows delayed by again?

That's not the point.

The point is, Apple tore a strip off Microsoft for delaying Vista but is now delaying it's competing product. Somehow Apple will make this delay Ok but still criticize Microsoft for their delay. The reason for the delays don't matter and the time frame doesn't matter. The point is Apple is now doing what it so harshly criticized Microsoft for.

[Sophism]

meh it sucks its being delayed, specially for the iphone i couldn't care less about. Granted Microsoft did strip out all the features that where going to make vista amazing and awesome...Thankfully apple isn't stripping features just to improve the deadline. Its done when its done, however i am disappointed that they are delaying it for the iphone.

[Vice]

That's not the point.

The point is, Apple tore a strip off Microsoft for delaying Vista but is now delaying it's competing product. Somehow Apple will make this delay Ok but still criticize Microsoft for their delay. The reason for the delays don't matter and the time frame doesn't matter. The point is Apple is now doing what it so harshly criticized Microsoft for.

3 Month delay vs like 3 years lol!

But seriously this news sucks, oh well atleast we will see what the secret features are at WWDC.

[BajiRav]

meh it sucks its being delayed, specially for the iphone i couldn't care less about. Granted Microsoft did strip out all the features that where going to make vista amazing and awesome...Thankfully apple isn't stripping features just to improve the deadline. Its done when its done, however i am disappointed that they are delaying it for the iphone.

It's easy to drop features for apple since nobody knows about the "secret features". They can be amazing 3D display or a lame dictionary widget. Who knows ? :p

3 Month delay vs like 3 years lol!

But seriously this news sucks, oh well atleast we will see what the secret features are at WWDC.

Leopard is delayed for the 2nd time I think. So more than three months.