Apple confirmed Tuesday what rumor sites have been speculating on for days: Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" will hit store shelves at 6 p.m. on Oct. 26. The Leopard Server operating system will be released at the same time.
The much-anticipated 64-bit operating system will sell for $129 for individual users and as a $199 "family pack" for up to five users. Apple will also allow anyone who has purchased a Macintosh since Oct. 1 to buy the operating system for $9.99, which covers the shipping and handling costs of the installation DVD.
Apple announced the release date -- which had been delayed since last April, when the company shifted development work to its iPhone -- this morning.
The operating system, the first from Apple since it released Mac OS X 10.4 in late April 2005, will run on all Intel-based Apple computers and laptops, as well as as PowerPC G5 machines. It will also run on PowerPC G4 hardware as long as the processors run at 867MHz or faster. Max O X 10.5 requires a DVD drive for installation and 512MB of RAM, according to Apple officials.
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