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Apple Announces Leopard Release Date, The 10-Year Comeback, and Greenpeace Backpedals
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Apple Announces Leopard Release Date, The 10-Year Comeback, and Greenpeace Backpedals
Posted 10/16/2007 at 12:00:13pm | by Mac|Life Staff
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Leopard's coming: Mark your iCal, the Leopard release date is officially October 26. Sporting over 300 new features, the latest feline incarnation of OS X is available for pre-order in the Apple Store for $129.

 

If you are unsure if you Mac can handle Leopard, check out the minimum specs.

 

• Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor
• 512MB of memory
• DVD drive for installation
• 9GB of available disk space

 

In addition to the above specs, Time Machine, Apple's backup solution, requires an additional hard drive.

 

The 10-year comeback: 10 years ago we remember reading an article in Wired outlining 101 ways to save Apple. There really should have only been one item on that list: let Jobs run the show. 10 years later, Wired revisits that story and showcases major events in Apple's return from the brink.

 

Greenpeace backpedal: Yesterday, Greenpeace had declared the iPhone public enemy number one. Today, not so much. After admitting that the product meets both Apple's pledge on the use of certain hazardous materials and the European Reduction of Hazardous Substances, the environmental group has tofu-based egg substitute on its face.

 

Woz on his mind: Apple cofounder and Segway enthusiast Steve Wozniak gave BCS an interview about IT and answered possibly the most important question he's ever been asked. Geek or nerd?

 

Woz: "I would call myself a nerd, and a bit when I was growing up I would say geek."

 

Live Free or Die... wait a second: In another sign that the entertainment industry hasn't set foot outside their studios in years, the release of the DVD for "Life Free or Die Hard" will include a digital video file that can be played on a computer and select portable video players. Bet you can't guess which video player is left out of the mix? Instead of going with the most prolific media device in the market, the studio went with Microsoft's PlayForSure.

 

DRM-Free for lower fee: Apple is expected to lower its price for DRM-free music to $.99. Amazon's DRM-free music store is cited as a possible reason for the rumored price drop. Word on the price drop is expected today.

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Source URL: http://www.maclife.com/article/apple_announces_leopard_release_date_the_10_year_comeback_and_greenpeace_back_peddles

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[3] http://www.maclife.com/article/greenpeace_slams_apple_16gb_iphone_rumors_apples_customer_service_problems
[4] http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/10/16/greenpeace_vs_apple/
[5] http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.14923
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[8] http://www.maclife.com/article/leopard_lurking_iphone_1_1_1_update_ilife_08_updates_apple_ecards_french_iphone_put_on_hold
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