Leopard postponed until October?
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Mar 23, 2007 at 10:42am
Some pundits have predicted that Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”) will arrive next month, but DigiTimes claims that, according to industry sources, it will be postponed to October to allow Apple add Windows Vista support through an integrated version of its Boot Camp software. At Macsimum News, however, we’re dubious.
Digitimes says that that the launch delay isn’t due to problems with Leopard but to Apple’s plan to have the operating system support Windows Vista through an integrated version of Boot Camp (Apple software that lets a Mactel boot into either Mac OS X or Windows). The company hopes with support for Vista, Mac computers using the new OS can grab more market share, according to Digitimes.
“If Leopard supports only Windows XP, then the chances of the new OS attracting Windows users to buy an Apple computer decreases, stated industry observers, noting that with Vista support, Apple’s chances of increasing its share of the PC market would increase,” the article adds.
Though Apple hasn’t given an official shipping date for Leopard, it has repeatedly said the OS X update would arrive in the spring. What’s more, the 2007 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), filled with Leopard sessions, takes place in June. I can’t imagine Mac OS X 10.5 being released four months after WWDC. I personally think we’ll see it in May or June, no later.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
