** Leopard is here! ** Ships 26th October! **

[Will_3rd]

Awesome - I will have to order this ASAP from university!

Also - is it November the first that bootcamp beta ceases to work? or is that a rumour?

Rich

iirc, the latest version of the beta runs through to the end of year.

 

[LordSplodge]

There's information about it at http://store.apple.com/Catalog/uk/Images/promobar_leopard_utd.html

but as people have said it doesn't seem to be possible to actually buy it yet. The link above comes from the iMac page in the online store.

Brilliant, the link finally let me order online (only the postal link worked for me yesterday) - so roll on my shinny new 10.5

The only downside is I will have to backup all my data to the PC upstairs and do a clean install and this takes time but upgrading OS X has always been rubbish. Clean install any day of the week!

 

[Timdog]

sweet im goin 2 america on the 26th! cheap osx for me

 

[J1234]

Cheap Macs too!

 

[Westyfield2]

Cheap Macs too!

Yup, got my MBP there this summer


Am I right in thinking that as a 16yo AS Level student, the cheapest I can get Leopard for is 'Student - £75.20' and that I can't get HE?
Also, all the software that my MBP came with (iMovie HD etc) does that get lost when installing leopard? or does the leopard install disc have it on there?
<This MBP is my first mac, so I'm still a n00b with OS X>

 

[J1234]

Leopard will come with iLife 08, so yes that includes iMovie, iPhoto (both new versions) iTunes etc.

You can't get the HE discount, but if you ring up and pretend you're at uni you can usually get away with it.

I'm sure EVH will enlighten you about what to say

 

[WotDa]

Leopard will come with iLife 08, so yes that includes iMovie, iPhoto (both new versions) iTunes etc.

Wow nice one. Never knew that.

 

[J1234]

Yep, and Safari 3.

 

[Hiroki]

Actually Leopard won't come with iLife.. That is something that comes pre-installed on all Mac's but is not included on the OS.

Hiroki

Oh: and if you bought your mac after the 1st of October, you can get a free copy of Leopard! Just go to:

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

 

[firewallblocked]

Beats Microsoft's Rover when it comes to searching for files.

 

[Scythe]

Actually Leopard won't come with iLife.. That is something that comes pre-installed on all Mac's but is not included on the OS.

Hiroki

Oh: and if you bought your mac after the 1st of October, you can get a free copy of Leopard! Just go to:

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

Already Posted

Oh, so when I install Leopard, how will I get my iLife 08? Off the tiger CD?

 

[FreeStream]

Already Posted

Oh, so when I install Leopard, how will I get my iLife 08? Off the tiger CD?

I guess!

 

[Slinwagh]

I would love to buy Leopard but I don't want a Apple Mac. I am guessing that Apple tie Leopard etc into the Mac hardware platform which is odd to me as a Mac and a PC are vitually the same now since the switch to Intel CPU's.

I would like to try the Mac OS but I am not buying hardware to do it.

Does anyone think Apple are missing a trick here so to speak?

 

[Slogan]

Does anyone think Apple are missing a trick here so to speak?

Nope. It's part of their makeup.

It also means they don't have to deal with as many different combos of hardware which ensures a better reputation / user experience and more time to work on the important issues that come up.

 

[FreeStream]

Nope. It's part of their makeup.

It also means they don't have to deal with as many different combos of hardware which ensures a better reputation / user experience and more time to work on the important issues that come up.

What he said.

OS X works so dam good because it runs on a set of hardware, that hardware doesn't change so they can fix problems easier.

I would never want apple to give it to PC users.

I just paid a "premium" on a MBP Vs a Dell for OS X.

 

[J1234]

Hmm, seems I stand corrected!

Leopard does not come with iLife, sorry for the confusion.

 

[Slinwagh]

Nope. It's part of their makeup.

It also means they don't have to deal with as many different combos of hardware which ensures a better reputation / user experience and more time to work on the important issues that come up.

I understand what you are saying but I argue that it is down revenue more than the hardware issues.

If people could just buy the OS then this maybe would cut the amount of Apple hardware that was bought.

 

[FreeStream]

I understand what you are saying but I argue that it is down revenue more than the hardware issues.

If people could just buy the OS then this maybe would cut the amount of Apple hardware that was bought.

Yes but then they would have to cater for every single type of hardware out there!

The reason OS X is so good is because its on a set of hardware, thus can be tested for MUCH longer than windows can!


OS X for Apple Machines only = Win.

 

[Westyfield2]

Someone I know has got OS X Tiger on their Intel Core2Duo PC and has been trying to explain it to me, but I'm not gonna say any more about that (I've actually read the OcUK FAQ!!) . They've got Leopard and are about to try that, but again I'm not gonna say any more.

The thing is, I'd like to have OS X on my PC, but it's a gaming PC so would be useless with OS X

 

[LordSplodge]

Someone I know has got OS X Tiger on their Intel Core2Duo PC and has been trying to explain it to me, but I'm not gonna say any more about that (I've actually read the OcUK FAQ!!) . They've got Leopard and are about to try that, but again I'm not gonna say any more.

The thing is, I'd like to have OS X on my PC, but it's a gaming PC so would be useless with OS X

I got OS X running under VMWare but it sucked. Badly.

OS X can stay on Macs thank you. If you want in you know the price...