Ankur Gupta Online

After a long wait Apple today finally announced the release date of its much hyped next operating system OS X Leopard which is October 26 2007.

Apple online stores have already started accepting pre-orders for it already.The upgrade will cost $129 for a single-user license, and $199 for five-user “family pack”.

This will seriously challenge the high prices set by Microsoft for its Ultimate version of Windows Vista. This new release has over 300 new features and various other improvements.

Here is quote from Apple Website :

“Leopard, the sixth major release of Mac OS X, is the best upgrade we’ve ever released,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “And everyone gets the ‘Ultimate’ version, packed with all the new innovative features, for just $129.”

Other new features in Leopard include:

• improved Parental Controls, aiding parents in managing their kids’ online activities with automatic identification of unsuitable content before allowing website access, plus time limits and activity logs that can be accessed from any Mac on a home network;
• the complete Boot Camp® release, previously available only as a beta, making it possible to run Windows natively on Intel-based Macs;**
• Web Clip, bringing anything that a user wants from a web page to Dashboard as a live widget;
• new Photo Booth features, helping users create animated iChat buddy icons or fun effects and backdrops with still or video images;
• an enhanced Dictionary with Wikipedia built in, allowing users to access up to date information on virtually any subject in a snap;
• a newly updated iCal with multi-user calendaring based on the new CalDAV standard; and
• an updated version of Front Row, making it even easier to play music or watch movies, TV shows and photos on a Mac using the ultra-simple Apple Remote.

How “good” this new release is will be a big factor in determining the future sales of the Macs.Microsoft can only wait and watch as of now to determine the impact that it will create in the OS share market which is currently ruled by Microsoft’s Operating Systems..

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