First words: noooo!

This is a little disappointing for a few reasons. First, it shows that Apple is more dedicated to pushing the iPhone out the door than releasing software for Macs. Clearly stated as:

iPhone contains the most sophisticated software ever shipped on a mobile device, and finishing it on time has not come without a price — we had to borrow some key software engineering and QA resources from our Mac OS X team

I understand the importance of the iPhone, but I really want Leopard. That initial point made, it’s also worth noting that while Vista debuted in January, a full 5 months before Leopard was originally going to be released, Vista now has a 9 month lead to market. Feature wise and all that, I’m not saying that Vista is in better shape. Just that as a proud Mac user, I can’t tout that Leopard is lightyears ahead of Vista and only a few weeks behind in release.

Overall, I’m sure that it will be worth the extra couple months. It seems that Apple will provide a full unveiling at WWDC this year and distribute more beta builds for testing and then release all that to production soon after. The increased time should allow for a more stable and impressive release.

Found via AppleInsider