Yet Another Leopard...wait, video?

Am I the only one that notices that the Finder window is unified instead of brushed metal?

If that isn't fake, then please do that for Safari, too, Apple!

@Dan Pourhadi: Fair enough. I can see how you guys got found the link on your own. I guess my bigger qualm is with user BIO for posting the "longofest" mirror (which is my website) without mentioning that that is associated with MacRumors. That is basically deep linking, and not cool. I wouldn't have a problem if he at least said "hey, one of the MacRumors guys posted a mirror at longofest.net/leopard.mov".

mirror?

It's not real.

1. The Finder window is simply a hacked Path Finder. All you have to do is get rid of the Finder icon from the Dock's plist and change Path Finder's icon to the Finder's. It's in System/Library/CoreServices/Finder/Finder.icns.

2. The "About this Mac" box's system version can be hacked too. Go to System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist and you can change it to say "Version 10.5 Pre-Release".

3. If he's testing Leopard, doesn't it seem kinda strange that he only provides one video and no kind of demonstration of the features besides the Finder? And why is the video so short? It's only out of unwillingness to make more videos.

4. Anybody who's testing Leopard would be rich enough to get himself some good Mac screen recorder software.

5. I'm confused why anybody would believe this is real after all of the fake screenshots posted in the last couple of weeks.

That comment was @RaVeNouS.. I had the page open so long and didn't realize that people were going to comment tons. :) And thanks for the mirrors!

You will most likely always have to pay for the major upgrades (eg, Tiger-->Lepoard) but the point upgrades (10.5.1-->10.5.2) will be free. I belive there is some thing that if you buy a new computer a certain number of days before something new is announced (iLife, OS X, Hardware Revision I thnik) then Apple will let you trade up. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Anyway, the video is down. Are there any mirrors? I guess I could just wait a few more days until July, but that wouldn't be any fun!

I doubt 10.5 will be Intel-only, just based on the fact that Apple is still selling PPC computers. If someone buys a PowerMac right now, they'd be pissed if they couldn't install 10.5 on it when it comes out in 9 months. Apple hasn't been like that in the past, I don't see why they'd start now.

Now, 10.6, I'll bet that will be Intel-only.

10.5 is for both PPC and x86.

In fact, it will be the first OSX version to be available as a retail x86 product as opposed to coming pre-installed.

My number one fact to use on Mac-doubters is this; 10.4 made my 867Mhz G4 PB faster than it was under 10.3 - compare that to Windows..

Looks real enough to me.

@21, of course Apple will support PPCs in 10.5. You do NOT only test your OS on the "latest & greatest". You DO test on whatever you decide is a supported configuration. Leopard will be fully supported on PPCs.

Oh, and just to clarify, it might not even be a separator being used -- more like two windows squished together. A splitter bar has a minimum (7 pixel I think) size requirement. Whatever it is, it's definitely not Apple GUI compliant. Game over, man!