Apple Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Coming on October 26

Apple today announced that its Mac OS X version 10.5 Leopard operating system will go on sale Friday, October 26 at 6:00 p.m. at Apple’s retail stores and authorized resellers.

“Leopard is packed with more than 300 new features and introduces a brand new desktop with Stacks, a new way to easily access files from the Dock; a redesigned Finder that lets users quickly browse and share files between multiple Macs; Quick Look, a new way to instantly see files without opening an application; Spaces, an intuitive new feature used to create groups of applications and instantly switch between them; and Time Machine, an effortless way to automatically back up everything on a Mac,” the press relese says.

The version 10.5, which is the sixth major release of Mac OS X, is priced at $129. The company also announced that the standard Mac OS Up-To-Date upgrade package is available to all customers who purchased a qualifying new Mac system from Apple or an Apple Authorized Reseller on or after October 1, 2007 for a shipping and handling fee of $9.95. Apple’s online store is now accepting pre-orders.

Regarding hardware, Leopard requires a minimum of 512MB of RAM and is designed to run on any Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5 or G4 (867 Mhz or faster) processor.

Source | Apple Store