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The seeding yesterday by Apple (s aapl) of version 10A433 of Snow Leopard, which is presumed the Golden Master edition of the upcoming OS iteration, has led many to believe that Cupertino will be pushing the official launch date of the software up. The official line was, and always has been, that Apple would ship 10.6 on an unspecified date in September, but many Apple news and rumor sites are reporting that the date will in fact be much earlier, according to their various sources.
While there is some speculation that Snow Leopard could be arriving as early as Aug. 24, the money is on John Gruber’s proposed launch date of Aug. 28, since he has a good track record with this sort of thing. Backing up Gruber is MacDailyNews, which claims to have heard the same date from multiple independent sources.
If it were to launch on that earlier date, it would beat Windows 7 out of the gate by a considerable margin of nearly two full months, with Microsoft’s (s msft) latest entry sporting a street date of Oct. 22. It would also score points with consumers, since software hardly ever beats its stated release time frame.
Snow Leopard currently sits high atop the Amazon.com sales rankings, with the individual and family pack sitting at spots two and three, respectively. No doubt Apple’s aggressive pricing strategy has more than a little to do with the success of pre-order sales. Just $29.99 will get you a single-user license, while the family pack, which allows installation on up to five machines, costs a very budget-friendly $49.99. Windows 7 first appears at No. 23 on the best-seller list, two spots below OS X Leopard 10.5.6.
snow leopard is not good. nothing but problems since installing. if everything is going well now, save your money for the next one. this is apple’s vista.
sorry. i’m a hardcore apple user, but this has brought problems into my life and workflow.
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I pre-ordered back in June. My credit card was just charged today, so I’m guessing it may be shipping real soon.
I wonder what the European price will be for the OS…
How would they announce the release on the 28th? Is there anything planned like an event, or will it just appear on the website?
Yay! This will be released on my birthday!
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Apple is starting to take security seriously; Snow Leopard will include ASLR (memory randomization) which Microsoft shipped with Vista about 3 years ago.
I want buy it and install on my MacBook Pro ;)
If you look at the leopard timeline:
Leopard Gold Master: Week of October 10-16, 2007 (couldn’t find the exact date)
Leopard Release: October 26, 2007
So, we may be ready for a release soon.
Uhhh, 10A433 is the server edtion of OS X S. Leopard where 10A432 is the regular version.