Apple’s Mac OS X Leopard Available October 26th
Apple announced today that Mac OS X Leopard, their latest and greatest operating system, will go on sale Friday October 26th at 6:00 P.M. at Apple stores and authorized Apple Resellers. Leopard — Mac OS X version 10.5 — will cost $129 for a single-user license and $199 for a five-user license. However, the standard Mac OS Up-To-Date upgrade package is available to customers who purchased a qualifying new Mac from Apple or an Apple Reseller on or after October 1, 2007 for a shipping and handling fee of $9.95.
Leopard includes over 300 new features including Stacks, Quick Look, Spaces, Time Machine and more. For a complete rundown of all the new features of Mac OS X Leopard, visit Apple’s new Leopard features site.
It will be nice to finally have Leopard released into the wild — no pun intended — given the 4-month delay in development so that Apple could hit the target iPhone release date. This seems to be just another instance of Apple pushing-the-bar in terms of advancing the technology available in the marketplace, as Leopard brings to the table features never seen before on any operating system. I hate to sound fanboyish, but their products really are amazing.
Let’s end with a little forward-thinking, how about the multi-touch technology of the iPhone and iPod Touch in a future version of Mac OS X with a touchscreen monitor? 
So yes.. I switched yesterday. This was my first
Apple OS upgrade and I just couldn’t believe everything
could go so smoothly… and it did. Every one of my files
and setting moved to the new system painlessly. Beautiful.
And yeah.. it’s not so much a new OS than a refinement of Tiger. But I’d say the starting point was so good there
wasn’t need for anything spectacularly new. And I like
Leopard. It’s worth paying every couple years
if you get as stable and good OS as OS X is.
I welcome the tweaks and add ins.. Worth every cent.