Mac OS X Leopard Announced Today

[TangoJuliet]

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Yay!

edit: oops....type 11 instead of 10

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Woohoo! By the way, you might want to edit the date you listed.

 

[iamwiz82]

I'm torn. I always loved my Macs, but I hated Apple support. What to do...

 

[TangoJuliet]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
Woohoo! By the way, you might want to edit the date you listed.

Haha...typo, thanks!

 

[YetioDoom]

Looks like the big complaint is the edu pricing.

 

[TangoJuliet]

Originally posted by: YetioDoom
Looks like the big complaint is the edu pricing.

Yeah....up to $116 from $69

 

[bigrash]

I'm debating on whether I should buy a macbook now and upgrade or wait until the stores have macbooks with leopard installed.

Any idea how long the stores start stacking macs with new oses?

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: bigrash
I'm debating on whether I should buy a macbook now and upgrade or wait until the stores have macbooks with leopard installed.

Any idea how long the stores start stacking macs with new oses?

I know that, at least when ordering online, if you order shortly before it comes oyu get a coupon for a free upgrade. I did this with Jaguar to Panther.

 

[MovingTarget]

Sigh, the education discount price would be perfect had they not upped it. Guess I'll have to wait a while. Too poor. :-(. Maybe next month. :-D.

 

[TangoJuliet]

Originally posted by: bigrash
I'm debating on whether I should buy a macbook now and upgrade or wait until the stores have macbooks with leopard installed.

Any idea how long the stores start stacking macs with new oses?

I'm going to wait until the stores have them with Leopard on it before I order my iMac. I got a funny feeling apple may introduce something new on the 26th along with the OS....quite possibly new MacBooks (cpu upgrades) but I wouldnt be suprised if they did speed bumps across the board for everyone. Who knows though.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: alkohoLiK

Originally posted by: bigrash
I'm debating on whether I should buy a macbook now and upgrade or wait until the stores have macbooks with leopard installed.

Any idea how long the stores start stacking macs with new oses?

I'm going to wait until the stores have them with Leopard on it before I order my iMac. I got a funny feeling apple may introduce something new on the 26th along with the OS....quite possibly new MacBooks (cpu upgrades) but I wouldnt be suprised if they did speed bumps across the board for everyone. Who knows though.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/

Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard and its 300-plus new features and innovations are coming Oct. 26, 2007.

If you buy a qualifying Mac between October 1, 2007 and December 29, 2007, and it does not include Mac OS X Leopard, you?re eligible to get Leopard after it?s released for just $9.95 plus tax

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: bigrash
I'm debating on whether I should buy a macbook now and upgrade or wait until the stores have macbooks with leopard installed.

Any idea how long the stores start stacking macs with new oses?

I know that, at least when ordering online, if you order shortly before it comes oyu get a coupon for a free upgrade. I did this with Jaguar to Panther.

Hey I didn't know you were a Mac guy

 

[TangoJuliet]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: alkohoLiK

Originally posted by: bigrash
I'm debating on whether I should buy a macbook now and upgrade or wait until the stores have macbooks with leopard installed.

Any idea how long the stores start stacking macs with new oses?

I'm going to wait until the stores have them with Leopard on it before I order my iMac. I got a funny feeling apple may introduce something new on the 26th along with the OS....quite possibly new MacBooks (cpu upgrades) but I wouldnt be suprised if they did speed bumps across the board for everyone. Who knows though.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/

Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard and its 300-plus new features and innovations are coming Oct. 26, 2007.

If you buy a qualifying Mac between October 1, 2007 and December 29, 2007, and it does not include Mac OS X Leopard, you?re eligible to get Leopard after it?s released for just $9.95 plus tax

Why pay the $10 when I can just wait a couple days?

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: alkohoLiK

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: alkohoLiK

Originally posted by: bigrash
I'm debating on whether I should buy a macbook now and upgrade or wait until the stores have macbooks with leopard installed.

Any idea how long the stores start stacking macs with new oses?

I'm going to wait until the stores have them with Leopard on it before I order my iMac. I got a funny feeling apple may introduce something new on the 26th along with the OS....quite possibly new MacBooks (cpu upgrades) but I wouldnt be suprised if they did speed bumps across the board for everyone. Who knows though.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/

Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard and its 300-plus new features and innovations are coming Oct. 26, 2007.

If you buy a qualifying Mac between October 1, 2007 and December 29, 2007, and it does not include Mac OS X Leopard, you?re eligible to get Leopard after it?s released for just $9.95 plus tax

Why pay the $10 when I can just wait a couple days?

Because I have to have things NOW!

Hey I didn't know you were a Mac guy

I used to be. I got a rev. A Macbook that was less than stellar when it came to relability and the Apple Store and Apple Technical Support were useless.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: alkohoLiK

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: alkohoLiK

Originally posted by: bigrash
I'm debating on whether I should buy a macbook now and upgrade or wait until the stores have macbooks with leopard installed.

Any idea how long the stores start stacking macs with new oses?

I'm going to wait until the stores have them with Leopard on it before I order my iMac. I got a funny feeling apple may introduce something new on the 26th along with the OS....quite possibly new MacBooks (cpu upgrades) but I wouldnt be suprised if they did speed bumps across the board for everyone. Who knows though.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/

Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard and its 300-plus new features and innovations are coming Oct. 26, 2007.

If you buy a qualifying Mac between October 1, 2007 and December 29, 2007, and it does not include Mac OS X Leopard, you?re eligible to get Leopard after it?s released for just $9.95 plus tax

Why pay the $10 when I can just wait a couple days?

Because I have to have things NOW!

Hey I didn't know you were a Mac guy

I used to be. I got a rev. A Macbook that was less than stellar when it came to relability and the Apple Store and Apple Technical Support were useless.

Hah, I was in the same boat! I was super excited about the 13" and bought the rev. A model as well and had every problem in the book. I got really frustrated with Apple and sold it and swore off first-generation Mac stuff (or first-gen anything for that matter). I currently have a Santa Rosa 15" MacBook Pro and it's perfect...no heat issues, no random shutdowns, etc. etc.

 

[secretanchitman]

sweet! hopefully ADC will send out leopard asap...(already asked them if i am eligible for leopard and they said yes!)

 

[TangoJuliet]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
sweet! hopefully ADC will send out leopard asap...(already asked them if i am eligible for leopard and they said yes!)

I have a ADC membership too....who did you contact?

 

[manly]

Originally posted by: bigrash
I'm debating on whether I should buy a macbook now and upgrade or wait until the stores have macbooks with leopard installed.

Any idea how long the stores start stacking macs with new oses?

Apple will immediately upon release. Other authorized resellers will have to sell out their stock first.

Note that some people may prefer to have Tiger preloaded until 10.5.1 is available.

That new "edu price" if you can call it that blows.

 

[bigrash]

Originally posted by: manly

Originally posted by: bigrash
I'm debating on whether I should buy a macbook now and upgrade or wait until the stores have macbooks with leopard installed.

Any idea how long the stores start stacking macs with new oses?

Apple will immediately upon release. Other authorized resellers will have to sell out their stock first.

Note that some people may prefer to have Tiger preloaded until 10.5.1 is available.

That new "edu price" if you can call it that blows.

Really? You think they'll have macbooks with leapard available on the 26th? If so, I'll so be at the apple store that day!

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: bigrash

Originally posted by: manly

Originally posted by: bigrash
I'm debating on whether I should buy a macbook now and upgrade or wait until the stores have macbooks with leopard installed.

Any idea how long the stores start stacking macs with new oses?

Apple will immediately upon release. Other authorized resellers will have to sell out their stock first.

Note that some people may prefer to have Tiger preloaded until 10.5.1 is available.

That new "edu price" if you can call it that blows.

Really? You think they'll have macbooks with leapard available on the 26th? If so, I'll so be at the apple store that day!

maybe they will, but im sure they will at least give you a copy to install yourself...it comes with EVERY mac so i dont see why not.

 

[umrigar]

One thing to consider... if you wait until after the 26th to get it as the default OS on a new Mac, you won't be able to roll it back to 10.4.x if you choose.
Apple will lock you into 10.5 minimum. Not that it's necessarily bad, but it does take away your choice.

Buy a Mac with 10.4.x, get 10.5 for $10, and you can decide when it's best to put the new OS on it.
Read the reports on what might be "broken" or not working 100% on sites like macfixit.com and macintouch.com.

Plus, when and if you decide to sell it, a machine that can have 10.4 or 10.5 installed seems like a better deal.

Refurbs are also eligible! the 24" iMac (white) for $1450 is looking better & better.

"Customers who purchase a qualifying new Macintosh computer or an Apple Certified Refurbished computer from the Apple Online Store on or after October 1, 2007 that does not have Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard included can upgrade to Leopard."