[MW Forums]

While Mac users have expressed disappointment and frustration that Leopard's ship date has slipped to October, analysts say it's the right move for Apple if it allows the company to ship the high-profile iPhone on time. more

[schoonerman]

Apple is doomed.

[decondo]

I'm not so disappointed that Leopard is delayed as I am that consumer level computer products are not being upgraded. As far as I can remember there has been only one computer product announced since November - MacPro - which is not a mainstream product (and neither is airport extreme). While MacTV is cute and I'm sure iPhone will be also, where are the computer products (Mini, MacBook, Displays, iWork, etc.) one or more of which would normally have been announced at MacWorld?
My anticipation is exhausted! The Apple focus seems to have left, at least in large part, computing.

[montgomery_burns]

Apple and Mac users took every opportunity to bash Microsoft for the Vista delays. Now Apple goes and delays Mac OS 10.5.

[sdf]

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Apple and Mac users took every opportunity to bash Microsoft for the Vista delays. Now Apple goes and delays Mac OS 10.5.

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There's a subtle difference between four months and four years. See if you can work it out.

[shawnce]

So a 4 year delay and cutting of features is equal to a 4 month delay with no feature loss but improved quality?

[jforjan]

If Apple were as big as MS, Apple would have already delivered Leopard and iPhone, lauched iSatellite and and created the satellite link with the iphone, iTunes, AppleTV, and Mars.

[mjtomlin]

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Apple and Mac users took every opportunity to bash Microsoft for the Vista delays. Now Apple goes and delays Mac OS 10.5.

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What's next, Apple's gonna start dropping technologies from the release just to get it out on time...er, I mean get it it out late. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[DigiGuy]

It's not about the 4 month delay. It's the fact Apple already denied the September delay rumor a few weeks back and now putting more resources on the iPhone project. And don't forget all the keynote jokes against Microsoft's Vista delays. I will buy the iPhone, but it shouldn't be at the expense of a Mac or an operating system.

[D_Dog]

Wow! The snowflake is the same as an avalanche argument.
A grain of sand is the same thing as a desert!
4 months equals 4 years!

[MacGeek1955]

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Apple and Mac users took every opportunity to bash Microsoft for the Vista delays. Now Apple goes and delays Mac OS 10.5.

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Vista was delayed for something like 5 years. For Apple it is more important that Leopard be really tight when they release it. Leopard can't afford to be a buggy mess like Vista. Microsoft had to release Vista and they threw out a lot of features to make it happen. For Apple a prompt release isn't as important as how clean the release is.
Still, I'm disappointed that Apple put their phone ahead of the heart and soul of Apple, OSX. I'm not as sure of the Apple phone as Apple is. It just better be really good. I don't want to be running Windows next year.

[Ponceno]

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Apple and Mac users took every opportunity to bash Microsoft for the Vista delays. Now Apple goes and delays Mac OS 10.5.

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Vista was delayed for something like 5 years. For Apple it is more important that Leopard be really tight when they release it. Leopard can't afford to be a buggy mess like Vista. Microsoft had to release Vista and they threw out a lot of features to make it happen. For Apple a prompt release isn't as important as how clean the release is.
Still, I'm disappointed that Apple put their phone ahead of the heart and soul of Apple, OSX. I'm not as sure of the Apple phone as Apple is. It just better be really good. I don't want to be running Windows next year.

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The iPhone use OSX. So the iPhone is part of the Apple soul as you put it.

[Rhywun]

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Vista was delayed for something like 5 years.

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Oh, come now. XP came out 6 years ago. I don't think they were ever planning to release Vista one year after XP. I don't recall the exact original release date, but I'm pretty sure it was no more than 3 years ago. Deplorable, sure, but let's not go overboard.
That said, this sucks. Like others said, it's not so much the few month wait but the impression that flashy gadgets are getting all the attention at the expense of everyday computing. Not to mention all the new versions of software I've been looking forward to that are tied to Leopard, like XCode and iWork.

[vernak]

apple is getting really lax with all of their promises. they've already delayed two things. whats next. oh and don't forget the new iLife that is supposed to come out with it also.