More Leopard delay reaction

Mike: Pffft. Too abstract for me. That's why you're the writer and I'm the reader :)

Kalessin: I was aiming for a picture of 'yowling' about a big cat...

I read post #11 and now my eyes are bleeding.

Why the picture of a tabby cat to go with the article? Are you implying that Leopard will be somewhat tame? ;)

I read post #11 and now my eyes are bleeding.

Why the picture of a tabby cat for go with the article? Are you implying that Leopard will be somewhat tame? ;)

Reg: I am essentially taking the position you criticize, "I don't know what's in Leopard, but I won't buy a new Mac until it's installed," for several reasons:

- Waiting until Leopard will probably mean new iLife preinstalled as well.
- Apple is overdue for hardware updates too. Whatever they have when Leopard comes will be better than what's available now, probably across the board.
- Those developer-focused features are just as significant to end-users; we will ultimately benefit from anything that allows developers to code with less bugs, more quickly, and with more features. Software that takes advantage of this won't work on Tiger.
- Those features that we don't know about yet will probably be more significant than what's been announced.
- My current PowerBook will serve me well enough until then.

I am just thankful my office is on the first floor. ;)

What surprised me was that so many people OUTSIDE the development community are actually waiting for Leopard so eagerly.

A lot of the new features in Leopard are really developer focussed: memory Garbage Collection in Objective-C 2.0, CoreAnimation APIs, 64-bit AppKit, etc.

Even the "surface" features such as Time Machine and Spaces virtual desktops are really power user stroke developer features.

Has Apple REALLY done such a good job persuading people they NEED Leopard, or is it more a "it's new, it's shiny, and I want it!" type thing?

Or (more illogically in my opinion) it is more a case of, "I don't know what's in Leopard, but I won't buy a new Mac until it's installed."

Between now and October, the Xbox 360 will get a bunch of new games I want. This OS X delay will give me some extra bank to buy all of them. As long as Apple starts acting like they want my money --something they've utterly failed at doing thus far this year-- and has something new when I plan to buy a completely new system in Jan, I'll stay with them. I'm nobody's fanboy, I can switch OS's at the drop of a hat. In fact, I'm starting to miss building my own...

I remember some people moaning a year or so ago when they announced Leopard wouldn't be too far away, that we were being fleeced too frequently. That, in effect, the release schedule was too close together. Admittedly, I've now had my 80 notes-worth of this one, but October (was it?) does at least give me some time to get a few coins in a jar (or hope the wife doesn't notice a chunk of cash going missing, what with all the upheaval of our house move and all).

Yea but Vista was delayed several years ^^.

C'Mon guys'n girls, this is just few month I could even hold my breath from Keynote to release date…
And as long as none of the new features is a serial code, you guys friend-copy it anyway… (although it's not nice ^^)

Have a nice day, Jp