Apple Inc. today announced that the next version of their highly anticipated Mac OS X operating system known as 10.5 or ‘Leopard’, is now scheduled for release in October 2007 instead of Spring 2007 as announced earlier this year at Macworld Expo 2007. Apple also stated that the reason for this delay is another one of their highly anticipated products, the iPhone. According to the statement on their website, resources from the Mac OS X team were relocated to the iPhone team in order to ensure a June 2007 release date for the latter.

There’s been a lot of commentary on this announcement and I don’t really want to add anything to it. I just wanted to say that I was hoping to buy a new MacBook Pro with Leopard pre-installed this summer but I guess that won’t be happening. It’s funny though, the announcement has made me realize what a huge investment a new MacBook Pro would be and I’m glad I won’t be spending so much just yet!

SubhanAllah.