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Apple Delays Leopard to October
SuperMog2002 writes "Apple Insider has the sad news that Mac OS X Leopard has been delayed until October. Apparantly software engineers and QA had to be reassigned to the iPhone in order to get it out on time, costing Leopard its release at WWDC. For now the original press release from Apple can be found on the 'Hot News' part of their site, though Apple did not provide a permanent link to the story. 'While Leopard's features will be complete by June, the Cupertino-based company said it cannot deliver the quality release expected by its customers within that time. Apple now plans to show its developers a near final version of Leopard at the conference, give them a beta copy to take home so they can do their final testing, and ship the software in October.'"
Less than 6 months after I finally "make the switch" to a Mac I have encountered a destroyed hard drive on a nearly new Mac Book Pro as well as a destroyed ipod. looks like I waited a little too long to switch since apple now only cares about disposable hardware
Apple used to cater to people who care about quality. Then came the horde of ex-Windows users, none of whom have especially good taste or discernment, all of whom would lap up whitewashed shit as eagerly as hardware carefully crafted to exacting standards. Witness the availability, now, of MacBooks with glossy screens instead of matte. Indeed, the name "MacBook" itself (rather than iBook or PowerBook) stinks of mediocrity.
Blame yourself, then, for forcing Apple's hand. You PC users lower the common denominator of Apple's customer base.
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them a beta copy to take home so they can do their final testing
A beta copy to do final testing?
(That sort of reminds me of those trolls who insisted that beta versions of Vista were out there long enough for nVidia to release compatible drivers as soon as Vista goes gold.)
What killed the mac in enterprise was
overpriced hardware
unreliable hardware
underperforming hardware
single source hardware
Yes, it was a hardware company. And a terrible one. That's what killed OS9 even when it was way more advanced than its Windows competitors.
To all the Apple users who can't wait to spend $150 for a 0.1 level upgrade to your operating system: I feel your pain. Really, I do.
If it will make you feel better, send the money to me instead. I promise to spend it as wastefully as possible - because I care.