Leopard... shipping 10/18?

Actually, I think it's Timemachine(r) in action. They'll actually ship it on the 26th but you should receive it earlier. Great feature.

Any update???

You guys that are saying "bullshit leopard is not even done yet" are all nuts. I worked at a disc production company for about 5 months when I was between jobs. We produced Apple, Windows, IBM, HP... ton of other software and tons of dvds. And I can tell you the way that process works, they have thousands of copies of leopard already printed and ready to go. Seriously. When a software giant had a major release coming, even at full capacity, we would be making the discs for a solid 2 weeks, 24/7. On top of that is all the packaging time. Unfortunately when apple started using our company for disc production security got REALLY tight, so alas... thousands of apple discs just sitting cardboard waiting to go.

I placed an order for a 24'' iMAC yesterday. I was told that even though the shipping date is 26/10, its unlikely that it'll be shipped with the leopard installed, but instead, it will have a leopard DVD inside the box, and I'll have to install it myself.>_

I have a cuestion?
The "Up-to-date program" means that they send you a copy of Leopard, or it's just an update via web??

@20 The mac would qualify for free shipping.

Question if I ordered a Mac say on the 24th, it would ship with 10.4, would I still have to pay the $9.95 for shipping of Leopard? I mean it wouldn't arrive until after the 26th.

I can see them charging for refurbs, but seriously if you buy one in the store after the 26th they should through in Leopard...even if the computer itself was delivered to the store before the 26th... At least that is the impression I got from reading the website on upgrading to Leopard.

Why is a student copy more expensive at Apple.com than the retail version on Amazon.com?

1) I *KNOW* where it's being replicated and it'll be kitted in Mexico (boxes, documentation, etc).

2) There may be quantity of product available as early as today... There's absolutely NO WAY the product will be available and in anyone's hands as finished goods tomorrow. No way. No how.

Interestingly, I selected standard 5 day shipping. It said delivers by the 26th and I though good luck. My shipping got automatically upgraded to priority overnight on the orders site today for free. Go apple! Sounds like they will need right up to the last minute to get this baby ready for delivery... ;)