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Panther at Apple Expo?

MacBidouille has received reports that Panther will be made available in its final form at Jobs' Keynote at Apple Expo (Paris, France) on September 16th, 2003.



This correlates with an old report from eWeek back in April, 2003:



    Now that Apple Computer Inc. has let the cat halfway out of the bag about the next major revision to Mac OS X, sources report that the "Panther" release will reach end users in mid-September.



    According to sources familiar with the forthcoming revisions to the Unix-based OS, Apple will freeze development on new features in May and finalize enhancements to the user interface in July.

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112 months ago
If September was the date in mind, Jobs would have said so at WWDC. He didn't. MOF, he stated "before the end of the year", which means sometime in December.

The part about Panther being feature frozen in May seems inaccurate as well, since what was demoed at WWDC seemed like it was missing some key features for a major release.

I'd love to be wrong and have it available in Sept., but I seriously doubt it.
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112 months ago
All I can say is YAY! Ya got to wonder though...
They've made OSX so inovative, what could they
possibly do in the next version after Panther?
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112 months ago
Surely a coupon for G5 Owners then?
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112 months ago
Well, at least the purchasers of the New Powermac G5s will be eligable for the Mac OS Up To Date program :)

I can't wait!!
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112 months ago
I guess I'll fly down to pick up my copy!
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112 months ago
Well thats great. Hopefully it comes out then instead of at the end of the year. I hope there are great improvements to iChat 2 for the final version. I can wait to try it all out!

Macmarino:D
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112 months ago
I certainly hope so! Can't wait! I'm still hoping they include appearance themes....
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112 months ago

Originally posted by Sonofhaig
All I can say is YAY! Ya got to wonder though...
They've made OSX so inovative, what could they
possibly do in the next version after Panther?


More snappiness™.
Better versions of new things announced for Longhorn.

AppleMatt
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112 months ago
The sooner it comes out the better. I want a new PBook and would prefer if it came with 10.3 pre installed, saving me the extra in having to purchase it off the shelf.

Hopefully before the new college year starts as well.
A new 15" Alubook with 10.3 mmm...
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112 months ago
September would be great but I also think that Jobs would have said that Pather would be released in September, at the WWDC.
Either way I will be buying myself a copy and the sooner the better.
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