OS X Leopard Ships On October 26th

David in AZ writes "According to the Apple website, Mac OS X Leopard will start shipping on October 26! From their blurb: 'Packed with more than 300 new features, Mac OS X Leopard goes on sale Friday, October 26, at 6:00 p.m. at Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers, Apple announced today. And, beginning today, customers can place pre-orders on Apple's online store. "Leopard, the sixth major release of Mac OS X, is the best upgrade we've ever released," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "And everyone gets the 'Ultimate' version, packed with all the new innovative features, for just $129.""

Re:The student edition is now $47 more

[Anonymous Coward]

If you're a poor student consider opting for the "Bittorrent Edition" instead.

Re:The Vista bashing is starting to get old....

[EveryNickIsTaken]

Agreed. Especially when you're releasing OSX SP6.

Re:Interesting

[BladeMelbourne]

Wait until you ditch OS X and install Linux... you will need tissues and moisturiser.

Dear Microsoft

[tod_miller]

I found this product release that you may find interesting. Curiously it seems to be the anti-thesis of your recent 'Vista' release.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/ [apple.com]

"And everyone gets the 'Ultimate' version, packed with all the new innovative features, for just $129."

Today, more people are using OSX than Vista, and at Vista's current growth rates, this may inevitably remain a fact.

Sucks to be you,

Tman.

Re:Yes, but...

[Rogerborg]

Of course it will. After all, Apple told you for years that their machines were so expensive because PPC was infinitely superior to x86.

The 300 release

[tod_miller]

300 reasons to upgrade: http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html [apple.com]

Another 300:

Steve Jobs: [points to Microsoft Programmer behind Baller] You there, 'Softy! What is your profession?
Microsoft Programmer: I am a trainee QA, sir.
Steve Jobs: [points to another 'Softy] And you, what is your profession?
Microsoft Guy: 3rd level branch tester, sir.
Steve Jobs: Branch tester.
[turns to a third 'Softy]
Steve Jobs: And you?
Microsoft Guy: Graphics guy, I repainted XP to make it Vista...
Steve Jobs: [turns around to OSX Team] Apple Employees! WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?
Apple: HA-OOH! HA-OOH! HA-OOH!
Steve Jobs: [turning to Ballmer] You see, old friend? I brought more mac than you did.

Microsoft: A thousand downloads of the 0day Vista sploits will descend upon you. Our BSOD's will blot out the sun!
Apple: Then we will iLife 08 in the shade.

ok. any excuse for 300 quotes.

Re:The student edition is now $47 more

[Applekid]

I've never really understood the student discount thing. If they can afford to sell things significantly cheaper than full retail, why not just apply it across the board?

I just can't separate that from price discrimination against those not in school.

Ooh, wait.
1) Create fake school.
2) ???
3) PROFIT

Re:The student edition is now $47 more

[RockoTDF]

rsync.

In all fairness, I love both Linux and OS X.

Re:Interesting

[Eli Gottlieb]

...you at least get the impression that you have been deprioritised, locked-in, monopolized and possibly screwed by someone with some sort of vision making an intelligent and possibly risky effort to turn out a better product rather than a committee of PHBs and marketdroids taking input from a focus group.

So where Microsoft is merely an evil corporation, Apple is a cult.

Re:The 300 release

[tod_miller]

> That is hands down the dumbest thing I have ever read on the web.

You must be new here.

More than a Service Pack(as made famous by Boston)

[Tetsujin]

That's no service pack... it's a space station...

26th October...

[Tim Browse]

...was the day Doc Brown [imdb.com] completed the first test of his Time Machine. [apple.com]

What a bunch of geeks.

Re:The student edition is now $47 more

[sokoban]

In Canada mine comes up as $115 for the student edition.

So that's what, like $200 in US currency?

Re:Not everybody gets it at $129

[prelelat]

an update version of xp that doesn't work with all of your old hardware :P

But can it copy more than 16,400 files?

[DaveM753]

...or does that cost extra?