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Why Apple Delayed Leopard for the iPhone

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the next-big-things dept.

Ernest DeFarge writes "Apple recently announced that they've pulled several key programmers from the OS X 10.5 "Leopard" and assigned them to the iPhone in order to get it done on time. In doing so, they delayed Leopard for 4 months. Does that mean that the iPhone is more important to Apple than Mac OS? Or is it just capitalizing on the current state of Apple's fanbase?"

3 of 453 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Unfair comparison by HAKdragon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pretty much. This isn't "Apple Vista" we're talking about here. 10.4 is a good OS and there's no rush to upgrade.

    There doesn't seem to be much of a rush to upgrade to Vista either.

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  2. Re:Captive market by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Either way, everybody using a Mac has to buy it and will buy it.

    Yeah, I know they've FORCED me to buy the upgrades several times now. Damn I wish I still had freewill...

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  3. Re:Indeed... by Scudsucker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Taco? Is that you? How much space do you have left on that Nomad these days?