Apple today released the following statement:
iPhone has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned. We can’t wait until customers get their hands (and fingers) on it and experience what a revolutionary and magical product it is. However, iPhone contains the most sophisticated software ever shipped on a mobile device, and finishing it on time has not come without a price — we had to borrow some key software engineering and QA resources from our Mac OS X team, and as a result we will not be able to release Leopard at our Worldwide Developers Conference in early June as planned.
While Leopard’s features will be complete by then, we cannot deliver the quality release that we and our customers expect from us. We now plan to show our 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 Leopard in October. We think it will be well worth the wait. Life often presents tradeoffs, and in this case we’re sure we’ve made the right ones.
Sources: PRNewswire, Apple Hot News
Ouch.
Still, better fully-baked in October, than undercooked in June.
Good thing Mac OS X Tiger is already the world’s most advanced operating system.
(Note: Big party scheduled for the weekly Dvorak-Enderle-Thurrott-Kantor coffee klatch! Stay tuned for ridiculous articles trying to equate Apple’s 4-month delay to Microsoft’s over 4-year long Windows Longhorn/Vista/PigLipstick debacle.)
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Heck, they probably added more features that we know nothing about.
Unlike some OTHER OS’ that had the originally advertised features heavily
stripped from the final release after years of delay.
Well, no sense in waiting anymore. I think a lot of people are gonna think the same and stop delaying their buying decision.
I’m definitely gonna get myself a new MacBook soon!
It’s on Apple’s site (Hot News), I’m dissappointed, my MBP will have to wait
ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am not amused.
Apple made the right choice.
They sure as hell don’t want to release a half-completed OS such as Microlost Vista.
NO NO NO I’m so pissed. I just yelled so loud and then moaned and almost cried. I know it’s dramatic but FSCK! Apple really fscked up here. I am probably one of the biggest Apple apologists there is but I cannot forgive for this… I hate missed deadlines. Just spend more money and get it done! UGH I’m going to go cry myself to sleep now.
This statement is on Apple’s web site under “Hot News” … so look like its true…
Damn, what have those Fuzzy-headed Hoe’s been up to!
Maybe the Fuzzy headed Hoe’s are putting Leopard on a diet first… cuz you know how those white-bread hoe’s in Cupertino obsesses about their weight!
nooooooo!
NOOOOOOOOO……..I just read the new MDN link………NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I think I’m going to go home and curl up in bed with a bottle of Maker’s Mark. MDN, hold all my calls!
It’s the year of “Piss on the Mac” for Apple.
jeez
You know you’re a geek when:
a. This matters so much
b. This announcement makes you feel as if someone has died
c. You now think iPhone is the bratty sibling that gets all the attention and needs to be hurt and punished because mom and dad always liked her best and she never appreciated it, just sitting there all pretty all the time, all shiny and…
d. Peterson had a problem
e. all of the above
I recall having some serious problems with Tiger when it was first released (kernel panics, incompatibility with third party corporate mandated VPN apps, etc.). After a couple of iterations by Apple and third party software providers, every thing is smooth sailing again. So I would rather Apple take their time and do things right rather than rush things.
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS B&#*$ing ABOUT!!! AAPL is down! Time to buy mor shares. Whoo Hoo. Steve Jobs is going to buy me a new iPhone!
MDN word: “low” as in: “Buy LOW, sell high baby.”
Great stock buying opportunity. Shake out the weak hands take their shares. Nothing’s changed from a fundamentals stand point.
Now I’m all for the iPhone, but…
Does this delay with Leopard indicate that if Jobs hadn’t wasted the January MACWorld announcing the unavailable iPhone that we’d be getting Leopard in June?
Rats!! It is true. http://www.apple.com/hotnews/
Was putting off buying a new machine until Leopard and counseled a switcher or two to do the same. Feels like Christmas was cancelled because Santa had some elves working on his sleigh instead of gifts. I’m bummed. Oh well, it is just a software afterall and I will buy it later.
How very Microsoftian of Apple. Oh well, the iPhone will be awesome!
meh, I don’t think it’s that big a deal. Apple’s sales will continue to be spectacular over the summer, and next Christmas is going to be unbelievable.
Hmmm…Just in time for my birthday! 😀
stock is going to take a hit tomorrow morn….
MW: “closed” as in: good thing they waited after wall street closed
Come on, what the hell is the big deal about Leopard?
Tiger just ROCKS the socks off of Vista. Wouldn’t you rather wait until October for something amazing instead of something broken in June?
Apple’s resources are finite – they made a call and did it. Personally (and as a stockholder), I think they made the right decision. The iPhone is going to be the killer product.
MM
My OS update is delayed because of some stupid phone??!!
The only way Apple can make up for this is for some Mac Mini upgrades — and soon!!!
Apple just said, screw all you Mac users, I have something more important, iPhone