Apple to ship Leopard on Oct 26th

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Apple to ship Leopard on Oct 26th

by Brad Linder Oct 16th 2007

If you've been sitting on the edge of your seat waiting for Apple to release the next version of OS X, sit back down before you fall off your set. Oh yeah, and OS X 10.5 (also known as Leopard) will ship on Oct 26th.

New features include:

Quick Look, a new feature that lets you see the contents of a file without opening said file
Stacks, a new way to access files from the Dock
Time Machine backup
Redesigned Finder that makes it easier to browse and share files between computers on your home network
Updated Mail designs
Improved parental controls
Boot Camp exits beta
Web Clip lets you save web content as Dashboard widgets

A single user license will cost $129 while you can pick up a family 5-pack for $199.

[via Engadget]

Tags: leopard, os-x, release

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Michael said 11:03AM on 10-16-2007

Can anyone confirm that Leopard has A2DP (stereo Bluetooth) in it now, I've heard rumors that it does but no solid info on it. And the page on Apple.com about Leopard and it's 300 + new features says nothing about Bluetooth.

Does anyone have and solid info on this?

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