Colonel Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 After months of development, Apple appears to be finalizing the development of the next Mac OS X version, 10.5 Leopard. Along with Leopard, Apple is finishing development on the iLife '07 and iWork '07 application suites, which are supposedly going to take advantage of Leopard's Core Animation feature. Leopard, iLife, and iWork are rumored to be released sometime around late March. Think Secret has more info on Leopard and the latest iApps. Alongside the release of Version 10.5, code-named Leopard, will be new versions of Apple's consumer software suites, iLife '07 and iWork '07, which saw their release date pushed back due to expanded feature sets in both the applications. In addition, sources confirm that iLife '07 and iWork '07 will both contain numerous features dependent on Mac OS X 10.5, but whether Apple has made the unlikely and drastic move of completely axing support for earlier operating systems is less certain. As late as mid-2006, Apple had planned to release iLife '07 and iWork '07 in January at Macworld Expo, as the company has done in previous years. But discontent over the quality of some of the new additions to the software, including Apple's first standalone spreadsheet application, saw the release pushed back. At the same time, according to sources, Apple made the decision to wrap Leopard-specific features into the new iLife and iWork suites, originally planned for future releases of the software, possibly to further encourage sales of all three products. Anybody else ready to see Steve again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Like The Wind Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 March! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subramanyam Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Wow....the countdown has begun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartri Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Hope Semthex put his hands on it as soon as possible, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alucard! Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 ilife . I can't wait until this is released. I hope this would be much more effective than it is right now. I'm looking forward to see Macintosh 10,5 OS in spring! Apple is doing such a great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerdgerl Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 i can't wait. 2007 is going to be a fabulous year for new software. im drooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomozj Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 (edited) I can't wait either! Time to convince another person to switch over to OSX, and borrow their copy. It's what we usually do. -tj Edited February 10, 2007 by tomozj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OoOoOoO Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Hope Semthex put his hands on it as soon as possible, lol Hope I put my hands on it as soon as possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ampTK Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 I for one welcome our new.... wait, I'm genuinely excited. Ok apple, release Leopard and new laptops with better screen resolution to take advantage of resolution independence, just in time for my birthdate. Ok? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmab2k6 Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Brilliant cant wait !!!.... Lets hope they give an official release date soon .. i bet there will be alot of pre orders ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 If Apple is releasing Leopard and iLife in March, they're really breaking with tradition in two senses. iLife upgrades are usually always announced at MacWorld, and major operating system releases are usually done at the WWDC keynote. Then again, it is obvious that they have drastically changed their strategies over-all. Unlike in the past, Apple is managing to keep us wondering until the very last minute about which rumors are actually true. Now even the slightest Apple-sponsored event could be a possibility for some major announcement. iLife 07 is probably backward-compatible with Tiger. If they strictly limited it to Leopard, they would never get sufficient sales. Maybe it won't run as smoothly and some features might not be available, but it will at least run for the most part. iLife 06 depended heavily on Spotlight's index services and on Core Image, but yet it still worked on 10.3.9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swad Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 I bet we won't see most or all of the things rolled out until WWDC. But Steve has certainly been known to surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artistan Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 This is so exciting. I wonder if they will offer some kind of cheap upgrade plan they did when I bought my PowerBook G4 right before Tiger came out. Or maybe that was only my college either way that was a sweet deal cause all I had to do was a proof a the recent purchase of a PowerBook G4 with Panther installed and for a fraction of the full price I got a upgrade disk to Tiger. Anyway, hopefully semthex will follow realese very quickly so my Hakintosh isn't left behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Like The Wind Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 This is so exciting.I wonder if they will offer some kind of cheap upgrade plan they did when I bought my PowerBook G4 right before Tiger came out. Or maybe that was only my college either way that was a sweet deal cause all I had to do was a proof a the recent purchase of a PowerBook G4 with Panther installed and for a fraction of the full price I got a upgrade disk to Tiger. Anyway, hopefully semthex will follow realese very quickly so my Hakintosh isn't left behind. Hopefully apple will just open it up and allow it installable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuka Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 I doubt this, right now, leo looks like tiger with a few new fancy apps. Unless apple does some serious coding in the next month, I wouldn't excpect this, unless the real builds of leo are different than the ones that are being pirated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
non sequitur Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 of course they will be! the dev releases only contain what the devs need to see in order to keep the programs usable in leopard. why would they give all of their secrets (which we all know the protect with their lives) to clients that dont have to answer to them? there will be a few brand new features that havent been announced, i think. and there will most likely be an update to the gui. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaitanya Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Oh boy i can't wait ! Bring it on ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maculas Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 What's that hurry for? That's just a rumor! I think it's just another speculation about the release dates of these three products! In my opinion they will be released by the end of may or the beginning of june, on the WWDC 07! You people just calm down, nothing will happen in March! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewno Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 March, perfect. I expect to see a new Macbook with X3000 graphics. This way I can get one for my birthday in April hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scart Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 only 1 more month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted February 11, 2007 Author Share Posted February 11, 2007 What's that hurry for? That's just a rumor! I think it's just another speculation about the release dates of these three products! In my opinion they will be released by the end of may or the beginning of june, on the WWDC 07! You people just calm down, nothing will happen in March! Steve even said that we'll be seeing Leopard sometime in the Spring. March would be perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Can't wait XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 If the March Apple event really does feature Leopard and iLife, I guess the WWDC 07 will focus primarily on the iPhone. Steve said they'd be released in June, so the WWDC's date corresponds almost perfectly. Along with that, they'll make some minor announcement about upgrades to the iMac or Macbook lines to bring them up to speed with Leopard I suppose. I just saved up enough money for a high-end Mac. I guess I'm going to hold off a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flow Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 yes it will, all the people in apple know it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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