Mac OS X Leopard Leaked to BitTorrent
Written by Smaran on June 21, 2007The latest version of the Macintosh operating system, version 10.5 Leopard, has appeared on torrent sites all over the web. Though a little late, the torrent comprises of the feature-complete beta release handed out to developers at WWDC ‘07.
One year ago, we wrote about the first Leopard preview being leaked onto torrent sites. That release lacked the “secret features” that were to be announced sometime this year. As it goes with OS releases, Leopard was repeatedly delayed, and now, one year later, the feature-complete developer preview has been released and, consequently, leaked to BitTorrent.
Announced by Steve Jobs in his keynote at WWDC ‘07, Leopard is the fifth iteration of the Unix-based operating system. It is the “feature-complete” release and is not expected to change much before it goes on sale in October of this year. New features include, among others, a new version of the Finder, the Mac file manager, a new unified interface, Time Machine, a backup application heavy on eye-candy, and Spaces, an integrated virtual desktops implementation.
Creative Commons picture by M. Caimary.
The developer preview was handed out to attendees of the Apple developer conference almost two weeks ago. Normally, one would start to see torrents for such a thing appear hours, if not minutes, after it is handed out. It seems Apple developers aren’t as quick on the uptake as our Windows-using friends. The Vista RTM (Release to Manufacturing) was uploaded even before news sites had the chance to write about Microsoft pushing out its first non-beta release of Windows Vista.
Titled “Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard 9A466 WWDC ‘07″ or “The New Big Cat”, Mac OS 10.5 can be found on almost every torrent site on the web. But before our Mac-using friends rush to download a copy for themselves, it’s best we mention that this is beta software, and even if no new features are going to be added to it, the OS is reportedly buggy and requires work. We recommend you hold out till its release in October and buy yourself a copy. It’s cheap.
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You do realize that the “APPLE.MAC.OSX.LEOPARD.V10.5.WWDC.PREVIEW-BETAOSX” edition is from last year’s WWDC, right?
The new version is called “the (new) big cat.”
[quote comment="120586"]You do realize that the “APPLE.MAC.OSX.LEOPARD.V10.5.WWDC.PREVIEW-BETAOSX” edition is from last year’s WWDC, right?
The new version is called “the (new) big cat.”[/quote]
Thanks, corrected the titles
According to those I’ve talked to, this is actually a pretty stable version with the newest awesome features, like spaces, stacks, iChat backdrops, cover flow in finder, you name it. However, unless you can upgrade Tiger to Leopard Beta, count me out. Also, they say it comes out in October, but it comes out on Halloween. So unless you rush to an Apple Store on Halloween, your gonna get it by mail via Apple or Amazon or wherever you pre-order sometime in the first week of November.
Would work if installed on a pc?
Noah: Not until its been properly cracked. It will probably not be done until after the final version arrives.
However, MacOS runs much better on a real Mac. It would also be a license violation to use it on a regular PC.
[quote comment="120791"]Noah: Not until its been properly cracked. It will probably not be done until after the final version arrives.
However, MacOS runs much better on a real Mac. It would also be a license violation to use it on a regular PC.[/quote]
I’m pretty sure that it’s a license violation to dl the torrent and install the dev preview now.
Also, I’ve heard reports of Mac OS X running pretty darn good on PCs.
[quote comment="120706"]Would work if installed on a pc?[/quote]
Not yet, there has to be a x86 version released first for that to work…Basically a bunch of coders tweak up the installation files of the osx so it will allow you to install on a PC…
Don’t worry there is a very active communities just for using Max OSX on a PC… http://www.insanelymac.com is a good example…So it should be too long until Leapord will also be able to run on our PCs.
Lol, anyway, lets just “give it a try” wont hurt no one n_n, im planning to buy the final version as soon as it goes wild ;)
“It seems Apple developers aren’t as quick on the uptake as our Windows-using friends.”
I guess it’s Murphy’s law - you have to wait for something you really want but can get something no one wants right away ;)
Macintosh runs way worse on pc´s then mac´s. But they still work 10 times as good as windows on a pc :P
Good for Apple ;)
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Can i dual boot Leopard on my PC
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