Hi-tech Products News
- Apple's Leopard to be on sale Oct. 26
Date: 17-Oct-2007 Sources: (Xinhua Online)
After weeks of speculation, Apple's newest version of its Macintosh operating system would go on sale on Oct. 26 at retail Apple stores as well as through authorized resellers, media reported Wednesday.
The new version of Apple's OS X software, called Leopard, will cost 129 U.S. dollars for a single user and 199 dollars for a family pack that can be installed on up to five computers in one household.
Apple touts more than 300 new features for Leopard, though most users will be hard-pressed to notice some low-level ones, such as self-tuning TCP and application sandboxing.
The flashiest additions to this sixth version of Mac OS X are also the most controversial. To distinguish Leopard from Tiger visually, the new operating system will have a translucent menu bar, which some have said hampers visibility; the iPhone-like Cover Flow file browsing option; and, most discussed, a new version of the Dock.
'This is going to be great for Mac momentum, which has already been strong for the past few years. This is just one more thing on top of that,' said Apple's vice president of marketing Phil Schiller.
In its fiscal third quarter that ended June 30, Apple sold nearly 1.8 million Mac computers, up 33 percent from a year earlier, a growth rate about triple that of the broader PC market.
Back in April, Apple delayed the release of Leopard to October from its original June target, citing the need to divert software development resources to the iPhone, which was launched in late June.
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