14 DAY TRIAL // Leopard is the 10.5 version of the Apple Mac OSX that was scheduled for spring 2007. The product was first announced at 2006 WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference), an event especially hosted by Apple to present new products. Although there were numerous rumors sustaining Apple plans to launch Leopard in February, the company denied the speculations, refusing to mention a certain date for the release. Then, there were a lot of rumors saying Leopard will be available in March but again, the company denied them.
The current rumors are sustaining Leopard will be presented by Apple at the 2007 Worldwide Developers Conference, scheduled for June 11 - June 15. As you probably know, the last day of spring is June 21 so we have all the reasons to believe that Apple is planning the big celebrations at the WWDC.
Today, a new rumor is published by DigiTimes Systems, a company that sustained Apple is now planning to postpone Leopard until October to integrate more new features. It seems like the company wants to include support for Windows Vista through Boot Camp, an application especially designed to allow users to run Microsoft's operating system via a simple interface.
"The sources pointed out that the launch delay is not due to software design problems with Leopard but instead is attributed to Apple's plan to have its new OS support Windows Vista through an integrated version of Boot Camp. Boot Camp is an Apple software application that currently assists in the installation of Windows XP on computers using Apple's latest OS. The company hopes with support for Vista, Mac computers using the new OS can grab more market share, according to the sources," DigiTimes reported. Although there is no official statement, we're still able to hope that Apple will release Leopard soon, even at the WWDC scheduled for June.