{"id":536,"date":"2007-02-12T00:23:32","date_gmt":"2007-02-12T07:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnightowl.com\/2007\/02\/12\/newsletter-376-preview-the-leopard-report-should-you-put-off-buying-a-new-mac\/"},"modified":"2008-03-25T17:12:38","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T00:12:38","slug":"newsletter-376-preview-the-leopard-report-should-you-put-off-buying-a-new-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2007\/02\/newsletter-376-preview-the-leopard-report-should-you-put-off-buying-a-new-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #376 Preview: The Leopard Report: Should You Put Off Buying a New Mac?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One thing is certain: Practically nobody outside Apple really knows when Leopard will be released. Even there, I suspect the shipping dates are still fluid, depending on how quickly everything comes together. Sure, you\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ll hear lots and lots of speculation, but that doesn\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t count for much when it comes to predicting what Apple is up to.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly, Apple would probably like to get Leopard out as quickly as possible, and still get in all the planned features and deliver a secure, robust, reliable product. Their developers surely have all sorts of internal timetables as to when things need to be completed to make their deadlines. It\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s very likely that some features \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u009d ones you don\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t know about yet \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u009d may even have to be discarded to make it to the finish line without undue delays. You see, unlike certain other software companies you and I know about, Apple takes its schedules and promises seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Now that ought to be it, except that some folks out there are suggesting that you should put off buying a new Mac until Leopard is out. Why? Well, you won\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t have to pay for the upgrade, since it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2ll come free with Macs that ship shortly after Leopard is released \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or should, because a new product may sit in a box for a few weeks or months before it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s actually sold.<\/p>\n<p>In that case, though, it\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s likely Apple will have some sort of cheap upgrade program for such people, so you won\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t be caught short because your new Mac shipped too soon to make the cut.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Click here to read the rest of the story\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/newsletter\/2007\/02\/12\/newsletter-issue-376\/#cut\"><strong>Story continued in this week&#8217;s Tech Night Owl Newsletter.<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One thing is certain: Practically nobody outside Apple really knows when Leopard will be released. 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