Leopard's development roadmap outed?

Simmer down now, you won't find any super top secret features here but MacScoop has apparently nabbed themselves the internal development roadmap for Apple's OS X Leopard release. If true, developers can expect a bug fix seed before "early July" with a major build hitting in August. In fact, the August release is said to include some minor features, tweaks, and user interface polishing. The final candidate would then pop in early September allowing 4 to 6 weeks of testing before Apple goes gold for a late October release. Pretty ordinary release cycle stuff actually, but at least now your can time your torrent downloads more effectively.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 25th 2007 7:50AM]

Does anyone know how using a pirated OSX works?
With windows it checks for serial codes, but it doesn't with the mac.

My guess is that you can just install it?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 25th 2007 9:56AM]

Leonard, thanks for your comment.
I don't plan in installing development versions.
But it would be nice to play around with the new functions when 10.5 is released before spending 70euros on a legal copy.
I'm afraid i won't need the new options, that is why.
thanks fot the help.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 25th 2007 7:48AM]

Nice one Thom, why would you suggest using a torrent on this website? Idiot.

[Bender Bending Rodriguez Posted Jun 27th 2007 8:39PM]

James siad, "Nice one Thom, why would you suggest using a torrent on this website? Idiot."


Thomas wasn't advocating using torrent sites, he was making a joke. It's commn knowledge many people use torrent sites to download everything, especially Apple's OS versions.

I used to be one of them until I became and ADC member.

Dargakis said, "My guess is that you can just install it?"

You can, if you have a double-layer DVD. Having to pay $2 for a DVD of a buggy release of OS X when Tiger is exceptionally stable is not suggested. Do you really want the headaches of crashing apps and features that don't work properly?

[uberFu Posted Jun 25th 2007 9:25AM]

Awesome Thomas_ That was funny shit_ Keep it up_

Dargakis -

Also aside from what Leonard Nimord mentions - is people like to be on the "bleeding edge" of technology_ It's a Beta and needs to be treated as such_ Don't call tech support if something messes up_ Preferably install it on a secondary machine if possible_ On Macs you can also install an OS on an external FireWire Drive [and boot from it too]_

I can't speak for the current offerings of the Leopard beta - but in the past with Tiger and Pantehr and most before that I have installed the OS Betas on my main system and used them rather effectively with only minor problems_

The other thing to keep in mind if you do install a Beta onto your primary system - is that when the final release and any updates that come after that - you'll have to install a new version of the OS altogether_ You will not be able to update from the Beta builds_

the good side to installing it is that you get to play with all the cool and not so cool goods that the new version brings_

I remember an early 10.1 or 10.2 Beta - that had little things like an all blue spinning beach ball instead of the rainbow version everyone is used to seeing_ And the feature they mention called "stacks" is not new_ It is merely in a different form - looks more stable and way cooler than the older Betas that i've seen thru the years on OS X and from the Linux verions_ Leave it to Apple to bump something one step farther_

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 25th 2007 10:39AM]

70 euro? More like 129 euro, like Tiger, no?

[Bender Bending Rodriguez Posted Jun 27th 2007 8:39PM]

Tiger is current £89 for single user and £139 for a Family Pack (5 users). The US price is $129 for a single user.


http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=A4FADD77&nplm=MA453

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 2nd 2007 9:15AM]

it is $70US with the education discount