I reacted with similar WTF??? outrage when the Intel switch was announced. "Who in their right mind will buy a PPC Mac now, until the Intel models come out???" I wrote.
Many, many people. In fact, I'm still on my PowerBook and I'm doing fine.
It sucks, but my guess is it won't harm their sales too much.
leopard getting delayed is *not* a good thing, especially as it makes them look like microsoft,
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I'll take a 4 month delay over 5 years any day.
Bingo!
Especially considering that shipping Leopard before it was ready and chock-full of major bugs would make Apple look more like Microsoft than any 4 month delay ever could. \
I reacted with similar WTF??? outrage when the Intel switch was announced. "Who in their right mind will buy a PPC Mac now, until the Intel models come out???" I wrote.
Many, many people. In fact, I'm still on my PowerBook and I'm doing fine.
It sucks, but my guess is it won't harm their sales too much.
It wont, the average person dosent even know about Leopard
OMG I'm about to hang myself... ok not really but I PLANNED to upgrade my 15" powerbook in late June/July. Now what the hell am I supposed to do? I have to wait till November to upgrade my now defunct and soon to be even more defunct G4. AREWBANLDFGJSDFK:JAS. SO effing mad right now I could rip my hair out. Apple has never disappointed me the 5 years I've been with them until now.... such a sad day indeed this is.
Tiger on a C2D isn't good enough? If you want/need a new machine then get one!
It wont, the average person dosent even know about Leopard
Wasn't there a preview ad on the front page of apple.com for awhile. Until a few days ago, actually? That would mean that everyone who went to apple.com knows...
It's a bummer that Leopard is delayed but let's be honest Tiger hasn't even hit its 2nd birthday. It's not like we have a rapidly growing defunct OS. Unlike others ...I do want the iPhone to have tremendous success because it's platform agnostic and iTunes/iPods shows us that when Apple nails this they make a lot of cash and that funds cool new Mac products. A few more months is trivial to wait IMO.
OMG I'm about to hang myself... ok not really but I PLANNED to upgrade my 15" powerbook in late June/July. Now what the hell am I supposed to do? I have to wait till November to upgrade my now defunct and soon to be even more defunct G4. AREWBANLDFGJSDFK:JAS. SO effing mad right now I could rip my hair out. Apple has never disappointed me the 5 years I've been with them until now.... such a sad day indeed this is.
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Tiger on a C2D isn't good enough? If you want/need a new machine then get one!
Y'know, we can tell people to go buy a new machine, but that won't make it happen. Considering the delay, Apple could help themselves out a lot by stepping up here.
For example, by announcing an upgrade coupon plan of some kind. "Buy a Mac, get a coupon good for a $19.95 upgrade to Leopard once it's released." It would end a lot of the b*tching, and would negate any kind of 'waiting for Leopard' sales slowdown.
I don't think the Leopard delay will hurts sales in a MAJOR way, but Apple doesn't have to miss its numbers by much for the analysts to start screaming the sky is falling and the stock to drop a lot. We might think that'd be a cool scenario ('cuz we'd buy), but Apple probably wouldn't agree.
Well, get on with the hardware updates already then Apple. The Mac mini has turned into an antique, we need HDCP support on the displays, better graphics hardware in general, etc. Obviously, there is no point in holding this stuff off for Leopard now.
Exactly. I've been waiting patiently to get a new iMac and I couldn't wait for June and now it's going to be even harder to wait until October. BUT, if this extra delay means better graphics and memory options, it will be well worth it.
See the problem isn't that Leopard is delayed. The probelm is that people wait for Leopard before they buy their new hardware, which slows sales of said hardware and potentially these people might just go with Vista instead of waiting.
So they said October and are probably are shooting for a July or September release date to surpirse us. They've done it before, and because of what you mention above, they'll do it again if at all possible,
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how often did Jobs jab at Microsoft for delaying Vista?
We are talking about a few months, then again, it's already been 2 years since Tiger came out. We will we see a tenth upgrade to Tiger before Leopard's release?
Anyway, would you rather have Apple compared to Vista because of a short delay or because of the number of bugs affecting it's operation? Yeah, me too, I'll take the time delay.
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I don't care about the damn iPhone! I am a Mac user and have been longing for Leopard It's just a toy for kids! But Leopard would be the real thing, for adults! Now, you sacrifice it for a phone, you...
I am so frustrated at the moment. xxxxxxx iPhone!!!
Your frustration is clearing driving you mad. The iPhone is not a toy and clearly not designed for kids. You may not care about it, but Apple does. This market has a potential of increasing Apple's value a lot more than a new OS will. I know of many Windows users who are interested in the iPhone (a safe introduction into OS X) and will probably get Macs after using the iPhone.
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this is bittersweet.
leopard getting delayed is *not* a good thing, especially as it makes them look like microsoft,
I'll take a 4 month delay over 5 years any day.
I'll take a 4 month delay over 5 years any day.
I'll second that.
Many, many people. In fact, I'm still on my PowerBook and I'm doing fine.
It sucks, but my guess is it won't harm their sales too much.
Is Apple really robbing in-house OSX developers to work on iPhone?
So it says. And this is not surprising, since we talk not about Apple Computer Inc. anymore. Do not forget that.
this is bittersweet.
leopard getting delayed is *not* a good thing, especially as it makes them look like microsoft,
I'll take a 4 month delay over 5 years any day.
Bingo!
Especially considering that shipping Leopard before it was ready and chock-full of major bugs would make Apple look more like Microsoft than any 4 month delay ever could.
Stevie J made the right call.
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I reacted with similar WTF??? outrage when the Intel switch was announced. "Who in their right mind will buy a PPC Mac now, until the Intel models come out???" I wrote.
Many, many people. In fact, I'm still on my PowerBook and I'm doing fine.
It sucks, but my guess is it won't harm their sales too much.
It wont, the average person dosent even know about Leopard
We should offer our apologies to this other rumour site
No. They attributed the delay to Vista. That is still laughable.
OMG I'm about to hang myself... ok not really but I PLANNED to upgrade my 15" powerbook in late June/July. Now what the hell am I supposed to do? I have to wait till November to upgrade my now defunct and soon to be even more defunct G4. AREWBANLDFGJSDFK:JAS. SO effing mad right now I could rip my hair out. Apple has never disappointed me the 5 years I've been with them until now.... such a sad day indeed this is.
Tiger on a C2D isn't good enough? If you want/need a new machine then get one!
It wont, the average person dosent even know about Leopard
Wasn't there a preview ad on the front page of apple.com for awhile. Until a few days ago, actually? That would mean that everyone who went to apple.com knows...
No. They attributed the delay to Vista. That is still laughable.
Yes. But attributing it to iPhone is just as laughable. Maybe both are true, maybe neither. Apple doesn't always tell the truth.
OMG I'm about to hang myself... ok not really but I PLANNED to upgrade my 15" powerbook in late June/July. Now what the hell am I supposed to do? I have to wait till November to upgrade my now defunct and soon to be even more defunct G4. AREWBANLDFGJSDFK:JAS. SO effing mad right now I could rip my hair out. Apple has never disappointed me the 5 years I've been with them until now.... such a sad day indeed this is.
Tiger on a C2D isn't good enough? If you want/need a new machine then get one!
Y'know, we can tell people to go buy a new machine, but that won't make it happen. Considering the delay, Apple could help themselves out a lot by stepping up here.
For example, by announcing an upgrade coupon plan of some kind. "Buy a Mac, get a coupon good for a $19.95 upgrade to Leopard once it's released." It would end a lot of the b*tching, and would negate any kind of 'waiting for Leopard' sales slowdown.
I don't think the Leopard delay will hurts sales in a MAJOR way, but Apple doesn't have to miss its numbers by much for the analysts to start screaming the sky is falling and the stock to drop a lot. We might think that'd be a cool scenario ('cuz we'd buy), but Apple probably wouldn't agree.
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Crap. Crap. Crap.
What does this mean for iLife? Skip a year and bring out iLife '08 with Leopard in October? (Suits me.)
I've been fearing this.
Crap.
Well, get on with the hardware updates already then Apple. The Mac mini has turned into an antique, we need HDCP support on the displays, better graphics hardware in general, etc. Obviously, there is no point in holding this stuff off for Leopard now.
Exactly. I've been waiting patiently to get a new iMac and I couldn't wait for June and now it's going to be even harder to wait until October. BUT, if this extra delay means better graphics and memory options, it will be well worth it.
But still.....October.....damn.
See the problem isn't that Leopard is delayed. The probelm is that people wait for Leopard before they buy their new hardware, which slows sales of said hardware and potentially these people might just go with Vista instead of waiting.
So they said October and are probably are shooting for a July or September release date to surpirse us. They've done it before, and because of what you mention above, they'll do it again if at all possible,
how often did Jobs jab at Microsoft for delaying Vista?
We are talking about a few months, then again, it's already been 2 years since Tiger came out. We will we see a tenth upgrade to Tiger before Leopard's release?
Anyway, would you rather have Apple compared to Vista because of a short delay or because of the number of bugs affecting it's operation? Yeah, me too, I'll take the time delay.
I don't care about the damn iPhone! I am a Mac user and have been longing for Leopard It's just a toy for kids! But Leopard would be the real thing, for adults! Now, you sacrifice it for a phone, you...
I am so frustrated at the moment. xxxxxxx iPhone!!!
Your frustration is clearing driving you mad. The iPhone is not a toy and clearly not designed for kids. You may not care about it, but Apple does. This market has a potential of increasing Apple's value a lot more than a new OS will. I know of many Windows users who are interested in the iPhone (a safe introduction into OS X) and will probably get Macs after using the iPhone.
The new iLife will drop it's yearly naming scheme for good, and become part of Leopard, iWork may very likely do the same.
You think? I think they will just miss a year. And I think .Mac will get the same year appended to its name instead of a version number.
10.4.9 is fine.
And it'll only get better.
That is, once we get the 10.4.9.1 update.