10/22/2007, 2:50pm, EDT
Monday, October 22nd
Leopard pre-orders double Tiger's
VARs are reporting that pre-orders for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard -- available from the Apple Store, Amazon (with Parallels Bundle), and MacMall (for delivery on Oct 26th) -- are double what they were for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger according to a report from CRN. The reasons: dissatisfaction with Microsoft Vista, the fact that this is the longest period of time between major releases of Mac OS X, and Leopard's new features. Patrick Brown, CEO of Brown Computer Solutions, said "We've probably doubled the backorders of Leopard, compared to what we did with Tiger. With the Intel Macs, Apple has significantly increased the installed base. We do expect a very successful launch."
Apple recently posted a guided tour of Leopard, covering the new 3D dock, "stacks" of items that fan out automatically with one click, the Finder with integrated CoverFlow technology, Quick Look, Time Machine, Spaces, Mail, and iChat. Apple's new Stacks technology provides one-click access to numerous items in folders right from the Dock, displaying a grid by default when too many items are present to produce a reasonable "fan" effect. The company's CoverFlow technology is built into the operating system, and works with Quick Look for browsing through documents and previewing their contents without launching the actual application that created them.
In order to prep for the release of the delayed OS, Apple has reportedly scheduled a series of launch events at 6 pm on the day of its release and plans to keep stores open until midnight as part of its launch. Apple's stores may close prior to the launch event at 6 pm local time and re-open to celebrate the launch of the next-generation operating system.
Meanwhile, Apple UK and British resellers are planning a series of Leopard-related events.
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Ah, yes, let's yank on Vista for being different. If they didn't make it different, you'd yank on it for being just the same old thing...
And I'm confused as to whether all mac users know about the improved underpinnings, or just that its a bunch of new apps slapped into something called an OS?
Does anyone know when Leopard will be sent out if we preorder? Are we going to get it on Friday or will it leave the distributor on Friday?
If you pre-ordered it from Apple, its supposed to arrive on Friday (though, knowing apple and what they've tried to do in the past, they'll have some kind of deal with UPS or fedex to make sure it doesn't get delivered until 6pm). If you went Amazon and got it for $20 cheaper, I couldn't say.
Oh, that's funny. Too many mac people HATE MS so much they refuse to use any of their software, and will do anything to rant against the platform (you must be new here, otherwise you'd notice this).
And, technically, today's Macs don't care about windows users (they're machines, they can't care). They don't have the capacity to run Windows (that's in Leopard, not part of today's macs).
Stay tuned. Apple Inc. is saying: we are going to be the next Microsoft, only better. Without their mistakes"
They're already making MS-like mistakes, from their OS delays, to their money-grabbing desires, to releasing barely beta software as 'finished', only to have all sorts of issues to deal with. They have an MS-like monopoly with MP3 players and the iTMS, and they use that to swing big sticks at their suppliers to get the deals they want. And then there's still their wonderful "We know what's best for you, and you'll like it" attitude.
The problem is that any company that gets big is going to start falling into the same holes as MS. Its inevitable. Everyone loves the underdog, and ignore their failings, but then when they get big, people pay more attention.
Oh, but it doesn't matter. Apple's going to lose all those lawsuits and end up having to declare chapter 7!
I also like you declare the iTMS as a "monopoly" as if it's the iTMS people are clamouring for and not the iPod itself. Not really a monopoly if I can buy music for my iPod or other MP3 player anywhere else. Who cares if the song came from Rhapsody or iTMS?
Keep trolling, testudo.