Mac OS X Leopard Now Available For Pre-Order at the Apple Store

[iMav]

Now you can pre-order Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard at the Apple Store for $129 with free shipping. It will be available on October 26

The horse has spoken: Mac OS 10.5 Leopard will be available in 10 days, on Friday, October 26th. Leopard may be the most ambitious MacOS update since the switch to OS X, with new features such as Time Machine, Spaces and Quick Look, plus updated iChat and Mail and a snazzy new Dock with Stacks. The upgrade will cost $129 for a single-user license, and $199 for five-user "family pack"

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[contactpraven2001]

thx buddy ............

[goobimama]

Phew! I was worried that they weren't going to finish debugging it...

[The_Devil_Himself]

This price is very competitive...I mean 129$ is really a nice price to 'the world's latest OS'(something like that).
Can we install leopard on our assembled pcs(of course after purchasing)?I mean is it still illegal?

[Ankur Gupta]

^^No the only legal way to run OS X is to buy a Mac!

[The_Devil_Himself]

hmmm...Ok I hope they allow this soon.

[iMav]

steve jobs' hair will grow again before he does that

[aryayush]

Apple to Ship Mac OS X Leopard on October 26

CUPERTINO, California—October 16, 2007—Apple® today announced that Mac OS® X Leopard will go on sale Friday, October 26 at 6:00 p.m. at Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers, and that Apple’s online store is now accepting pre-orders. Leopard is packed with more than 300 new features and introduces a brand new desktop with Stacks, a new way to easily access files from the Dock; a redesigned Finder that lets users quickly browse and share files between multiple Macs; Quick Look, a new way to instantly see files without opening an application; Spaces, an intuitive new feature used to create groups of applications and instantly switch between them; and Time Machine, an effortless way to automatically back up everything on a Mac®.

“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.”

Leopard’s new desktop includes the redesigned 3D Dock with Stacks, a new way to organize files for quick and easy access with just one click. Leopard automatically places web, email and other downloads in a Downloads stack to maintain a clutter-free desktop, and users can instantly fan the contents of this and other Stacks into an elegant arc right from the Dock. Users can also create their own Stacks for quick access to folders, documents or applications. Leopard’s gorgeous new look extends to all applications, with every window on the desktop offering a consistent design theme and active windows outlined by deeper shadows that make them stand out.

The updated Finder includes Cover Flow® and a new sidebar with a dramatically simplified way to search for, browse and copy content from any PC or Mac on a local network. Content on any computer on a local network can now be searched using Spotlight™, browsed using Cover Flow or copied across the network with a simple drag and drop. .Mac members can use the new Back to My Mac feature to browse and access files on their remote Macs over the Internet.

Quick Look is the fastest and easiest way for users to look inside files without launching them or even having the application that created them. With Quick Look, users can instantly view full-screen, high-resolution files of virtually anything, even media files, from any view in the Finder.

Spaces gives users a powerful new way to organize their work by creating customized desktops which can contain only those applications or documents needed for each project, with the ability to quickly switch between Spaces with the mouse or keyboard.

Time Machine lets users easily back up all of the data on their Mac, find lost files and even restore all of the software on their Mac. With just a one-click setup, Time Machine automatically keeps an up-to-date copy of everything on the Mac. In the event a file is lost, users can search back through time to find deleted files, applications, photos and other digital media and then instantly restore the file. If it’s ever necessary, Leopard can also easily restore an entire system from the Time Machine data on an external drive.

Mail has been updated in Leopard and features more than 30 stationery designs and layouts that look great on a Windows PC or Mac so users can easily send stylish, personalized emails with beautiful graphics and photos. Notes and To Dos help users stay organized by acting just like emails that can be easily created, saved as drafts, synced across multiple Macs and stored in Smart Mailboxes. Data detectors automatically sense phone numbers, addresses and events so they can be added to Address Book or iCal® with just a few clicks, and users can keep up-to-date by getting the latest news and blog feeds delivered directly to their mailboxes with a built-in RSS reader.

iChat®, the easiest-to-use video conferencing application on any personal computer, offers even richer video chats in Leopard with iChat Theater, which makes it easy to show photos, presentations, videos or files in a video conference; screen sharing which lets users remotely view and operate another Mac; and Photo Booth® effects for fun distortions and video backdrops that can instantly make users appear to be anywhere they choose.

Other new features in Leopard include:

• improved Parental Controls, aiding parents in managing their kids’ online activities with automatic identification of unsuitable content before allowing website access, plus time limits and activity logs that can be accessed from any Mac on a home network;
• the complete Boot Camp® release, previously available only as a beta, making it possible to run Windows natively on Intel-based Macs;
• Web Clip, bringing anything that a user wants from a web page to Dashboard as a live widget;
• new Photo Booth features, helping users create animated iChat buddy icons or fun effects and backdrops with still or video images;
• an enhanced Dictionary with Wikipedia built in, allowing users to access up to date information on virtually any subject in a snap;
• a newly updated iCal with multi-user calendaring based on the new CalDAV standard; and
• an updated version of Front Row, making it even easier to play music or watch movies, TV shows and photos on a Mac using the ultra-simple Apple Remote.

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[Via Apple]

[The_Devil_Himself]

^^hmm.. thats what I call comprehensive.

“And everyone gets the ‘Ultimate’ version, packed with all the new innovative features, for just $129.”

LMAO.very good.

But again the same question:will non-mac users ever be allowed to use this?

[praka123]

poor vista R.I.P!M$ have to see new Mac systems selling high albeit are costly (oh!not in india!) and what will happen if jobs make it available for PC!

[aryayush]

But again the same question:will non-mac users ever be allowed to use this?

No, of course not. What's the fun in that!

[iMav]

will non-mac users ever be allowed to use this?

yes wait for another show down in a couple of months

[gxsaurav]

But again the same question:will non-mac users ever be allowed to use this?

Non-Mac users are already using it

[spironox]

yeah that what i call mac ! bang finally its finished .. leopard hmm

[gxsaurav]

20 new features of Mac OS X Leopard, repeated 15 times.

Wow....300 features my arse, u call this a "new feature" worth buying an OS? This has been there in Outlook Express, Windows Live Mail Desktop, Outlook, Windows Mail since ages

Forward as Attachment

Forward an email as an attachment instead of an inline message. Select the message or group of messages you’d like to forward and choose “Forward as Attachment” from the Message menu.

[gxsaurav]

Wow....300 features my arse, u call this a "new feature" worth buying an OS? This has been there in Outlook Express, Windows Live Mail Desktop, Outlook, Windows Mail since ages

Forward as Attachment

Forward an email as an attachment instead of an inline message. Select the message or group of messages you’d like to forward and choose “Forward as Attachment” from the Message menu.

Have a look at this

Printer Support

Just plug in your USB printer and you’re ready to print. Leopard now supports over 2,000 of the most popular models from vendors including Canon, Epson, HP, Lexmark, and more

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Lolz....means this features was not in Tiger or Panther before ....seriously, if I start counting the features of Windows Vista like this, then it will cross the 3000000 limit easily

[iMav]

the whole text is rubbish it is more like the evolution of os x

[desiibond]

pcs with get to use it, i guess so

IMHO, Steve Jobs will never release OS X for PC's.

I think Leopard is one hell of an OS and at just $129 it has the best bang for the buck. Alas, it's only for mac.

@gx, why don't you appreciate this OS. It can't do any harm to Windows or MS due to it's closed system. It looks good and as always, it works fine.

[gxsaurav]

I do appreciate the "looks" of the OS. Just look at the UI, it looks so cool ...what I don't like is the technology behind OS X, (no harm to UNIX here) & pathetic software back end & the fact that I can't run the OS the way I want or customize it just cos Jobs thought he knows how to make an OS & the user shouldn't get any option to change the look & feel.

You can't even change the fuc*** Apple menu to opaque again in Loepard :-X

[alsiladka]

After my exams get over in two weeks from now, i shall be taking a look at the "Revolutionary, World Changing 300 new features!!".

BTW, a new OS with just 300 new features?

[iMav]

^^ go thru the text u will find most of it bull sh!t as in things which are not new in any sense of the word but yeah new in the deprived mac world

[gxsaurav]

They are just 20 features repeated 15 times for a total of 300

[ax3]

no use 4 pc users ........ bt mac users will b overjoyed .......

[superczar]

You can't even change the fuc*** Apple menu to opaque again in Loepard :-X

LOL, Don't go around dissing something just because of your own ignorance...

You can customize pretty much anything you want in OS X as long as you know how to do it....

Here's a sample guide for starters
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/modmacosx/toc.html

PS: I am not an apple fanboi..I am more of a Windows power user, but your vehement apple bashing comes across as really funny at times

[iMav]

^^ the point is if u tinker with os x a little it breaks and it is far more difficult to customize os x as compared to windows

[superczar]

^^ the point is if u tinker with os x a little it breaks and it is far more difficult to customize os x as compared to windows

of course not...the OS X Unix kernel is in fact a lot more stable than the windows kernel...

It's just that most of us (including you guys), by virtue of the fact that we've been using windoze right since the start, are a whole lot more familiar with the internals on windoze

Ask a windoze n00b to tinker with the advanced settings and see how quickly he ends up messing it

[aryayush]

People end up messing Windows even without tinkering with it. Don't tell me that's not true. I have never seen a Windows PC in my life that was working perfectly fine - not even a single one.

[superczar]

People end up messing Windows even without tinkering with it. Don't tell me that's not true. I have never seen a Windows PC in my life that was working perfectly fine - not even a single one.

Not true, you should see my systems then....

[iMav]

of course not...the OS X Unix kernel is in fact a lot more stable than the windows kernel...

sorry man thats not by my experience os x customization is far far difficult and un-stable as compared to windows

[superczar]

sorry man thats not by my experience os x customization is far far difficult and un-stable as compared to windows

Alright, for once, I want an honest answer....
Just gimme a high level approximation

How much time have you spent working on , and tinkering with windows?
And
How much time have you spent working on , and tinkering with OS X?