This is very sad news. I was very bummed when I heard. The release date of Leopard has been pushed back to October 2007. That’s way too long for me to wait. I’ve been holding off on purchasing a new MacBook Pro until the release on Leopard, but now I don’t think I can keep holding for 6 more months. Apple released the news quietly today in a statement on their web site under Hot News. The cause of this delay, according to Apple, are the stretched resources needed to make the release date of iPhone. Apple had to borrow some engineering power from the development of Leopard to finish up iPhone.
On one hand this disappointing. On the other it is a good sign that Apple is unwilling to release a product that will not be of top quality. I’d rather see a delayed upgrade that runs well, than an on-time release of software that is buggy and with tons of holes. And again, this doesn’t always happen with Apple. We need to give them a break once in a while. I like how David Cartier lays out some of his thoughts on this situation in a post on The Unofficial Apple Blog.
As for me, I think this will push me over the edge and I will purchase a new MacBook Pro before the release of Leopard. I just can’t wait any longer.