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Well, at least in part. I watched the WWDC 2006 Keynote today as there was nothing else to do at work, plus I wanted to see the Mac crash. Needless to say, while it does look quite impressive, I don't really see it doing quite as well as they would probably like. They showed all the users there all these wonderful statistics, pictures and demos, but if one would stop and think about everything that was shown, you may realize the same things. One thing that I do have to admit though, it looks like Leopard will be quite impressive.

First, let me point out that I use a Mac, although not primarily. I mainly use Windows Vista and FreeBSD, although mainly Vista. I'm expecting that this will probably receive a ton of Mac fanatic comments and how I'm wrong and everything. It's expected and I've learned that anyone that puts up any comment against Mac will likely receive this. The same basic thing goes for those that are Windows fanatics or Linux fanatics, it's just something that is sort of expected. It's not that Leopard or Macs in and of themselves are bad, just that everything about them is meant to look like it's the best thing to happen to the electronics/computer world ever, and even the smallest things are blown out of proportion.

With that out of the way, lets get on with the reasons why Apple is going to have a bunch of short-comings with Leopard. First thing that is going to hurt it is that it's going to show up after Vista arrives. Even if it is going to be better, I don't know yet, it is still going to be behind by a few months, maybe more. Time is always a factor, and the sooner you can release something, the better off you are going to be. This holds true for nearly everything. The world is full of impulse buyers that want the latest and greatest when the get an upgrade. Many people will be upgrading their computers, and with the promise of a new operating system being closer for Windows over Mac, that is going to help Microsoft. Read more »

I'm sure this is great news to some, and others are probably wondering where this info may be coming from. I don't know what build number it may be or anything, but supposedly, there will hopefully be another build released to the beta testers in the coming days/weeks. While I will admit, I don't have any concrete evidence that says exactly when or what build or anything, there is a feeling in the air that something new is going to ship soon.

There are a few different reasons why I feel this way, and I'm sure many others do as well. If we take a step back and look at things, there are a few good signs pointing towards another release sometime rather soon. While 5472 was released to testers no all that long ago, it was about 3 weeks ago now. Many of the bugs that are going to be submitted on a build about any issue is going to be submitted within the first week, at least for the most common bugs that are out there. The article by Robert McLaws are Longhorn Blogs shows this. What the analysis also shows is that build releases have slowly been getting more and more frequent as we approach RTM. These are two big points that are sort of hinting at a new release as many of the issues that exist have been reported. Read more »