What's Next? Tiger 10.4.10 or Leopard?

As you surely know, Apple recently released the 10.4.9 update able to correct major issues in OS X and bring some new features as we all observed (check the video feature implemented into iChat or the Apple TV function added to the latest version of iTunes). As we're all waiting for the big launch of Leopard, the upcoming product prepared by Apple, Philip Michaels from Macworld asks an interesting question: what if Apple decides to release one more Tiger update (let's suppose it would be 10.4.10 or even 10.4.9.1) before the launch of the most awaited Leopard?

Well, everything is possible because the company avoided to mention a certain date for the release of the upcoming product. Let's have a quick analysis over the previous releases of Mac OS X. Panther was released after only one week since the 10.2.8 had been launched. Then, Tiger was revealed after two weeks since the 10.3.9 was available to users. If we calculate an average time, we can obtain a period of time of 10 days. Because the 10.4.9 update was released only a few days ago, it results that Leopard is scheduled for March 24 that also represents the sixth anniversary since the announcement of the 10.0 edition.

Most users are talking about a different launch date because Apple will host the Worldwide Developers Conference soon, representing a proper moment to release the long awaited product. If you didn't know, the conference is scheduled for June 11 - June 15 2007. Since the announcement of the Leopard, Apple's representatives sustained the product is scheduled for this spring but the season is almost ended while the Leopard is continuously delayed. As you surely know, the spring will be ended on June 21 so maybe this speculation is true and Apple plans to release Leopard at the WWDC.