OSX Leopard Is So Close

by Scott Jangro on 26 October 2007

I can almost taste it. I’m pretty excited for the new operating system.

I ordered it a few days ago and here’s the FedEx tracking…

I haven’t hit refresh on my browser this much since BeFree’s IPO day.

ok, if you need me, I’ll be out on the front steps ;)

Update

My FedEx tracking info just updated with a “Delivery exception” status, with the note:

Future delivery requested

My estimated delivery time just updated to 3PM today.

My first reaction (after WTF!) is that FedEx initiated this because they’re just going to be late. But, after poking around on Mac forums, like Macrumors, I see that this is happening *everywhere*. This is a request coming from Apple!

Could it really be that Apple is orchestrating as best as they possibly can so that most people get their product as close to 6PM EST as possible? If so, they’re completely insane.

Update #2 Can you tell I’m obsessed?

Consensus now is that the “future delivery request” comes from the drivers who realize at 10am that they’re not going to be able to make all their deliveries and call in the request for exemption.

and here it is… I just got mine delivered at about noon.

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  • Hi! Not the first time I read your blog. I can not only understand how you can subscribe to your RSS-feed? I would like to read you, and more.
  • At one site I have read almost the same compilation of information and articles, but still the author thanks.
  • I'm thinking about making the switch from Windows. Vista was very disappointing to me. I've heard alot of good things aobut Leopard... I do alot of video editing, so I'm probably a fool to be using windows.
  • If you upgraded, make sure you checked to see that your firewall wasn't de-activated by the upgrade. Seen this reported a few times.
  • I'm with you, Scott...definitely amped about the new OS! I always wait a couple months though to make sure they work out any initial bugs. Once that's over I'm grabbing a copy. Macs just rule. BTW...great name. I'm Scott too. :)
  • Scott
    Installation went fine on my wife's Powerbook.

    Can't install on the old iMac as it isn't fast enough. Min is like 867MHz and that's 800MHz machine.

    I found how to hack the installation script on the DVD (restored to a disk partition) to bypass those checks, but I can't get an external drive to boot on the G4 systems. ARGH!

    I've tried formatting it every which way with no luck.
  • Scott,
    I finally upgraded on Monday. So far, I love it. No issues other than the keyboard/screen app I use called synergy to use multiple monitors with one keyboard doesn't work anymore. I wonder if this is part of the windows networking stuff I read about being flaky.

    Finder sometimes farts out too and takes a little while to respond. Hopefully that gets ironed our with the first update.

    So far so good though. Go Mac!

    -Bill
  • Scott
    That's odd, Bill.

    I've installed Leopard on a few of my systems so far.

    My Powerbook G4 was a nightmare. It upgraded ok, but after logging in, the finder wouldn't respond. Other apps would launch ok, but when I switched over to the finder I'd just get the SBOD (spinning beachball of death).

    I switched users, rebooted several times, to no avail.

    Then I went to reinstall, this time with an Archive and Install. It couldn't do it because there was not enough room any more. The upgrade used up enough disk space that it was stuck. AND, since finder wouldn't work, I had a hard time freeing up space.

    I could have done it through terminal, but at this point, I just gave up, formatted the drive and started from scratch. It didn't really matter as the notebook is my traveling backup of my desktop. It did make me quite nervous, however, about upgrading my iMac.

    To alleviate those concerns, I bought a new external drive that's big enough to clone my iMac. Once I did that and verified that I could boot up off the external drive, I went ahead and did the upgrade.

    This one went a lot more smoothly and here I sit, typing this into Leopard.

    Two systems remain. My wife's 12" Powerbook G4 and my daughter's Old iMac G4 with the half-basketball base.
  • Scott, I don't think I did get the FedEx change. In fact, I haven't received a shipment notification yet, just the order confirmation. I'll have to check on it today.
  • Sadly - I won't get my paws on it until Sunday (tomorrow). Even then - my time will be competing between Leopard Installation and the Patriots vs Redskins game @ Gillette. I've been camping on http://digg.com/apple the last couple days. I can't help myself.
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