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Apple Begins Training Support Staff for Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Macenstein claims to have received information from sources claiming that support training for OS X Snow Leopard has begun and that Apple's new operating system will very likely launch on Friday, August 28th.

According to reliable sources, support training for Snow Leopard has begun, signaling an imminent release of the next major release of OS X. Sources claim a date of Friday, August 28th is extremely likely.

The source also provided several screenshots of Snow Leopard training instructions for AppleCare support representatives. The news corroborates claims from several other sources that Snow Leopard will ship on the 28th, ahead of Apple's announced September launch window.

MacRumors has also heard from a purported AppleCare representative that support staff at their location had just been provided with Snow Leopard discs (containing the rumored "Golden Master" Build 10A432) for installation on their primary machines. The source noted that OS X Leopard was distributed to AppleCare representatives approximately one week before its October 2007 launch, leading the source to suspect that a Snow Leopard release may in fact be right around the corner.

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32 months ago

Apple's new operating system will very likely launch on Friday, August 28th.


Awesome! But only a week away and still no announcement from Apple?
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32 months ago

Awesome! But only a week away and still no announcement from Apple?


Yeah, August 28th seems a little ..soon.
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32 months ago
I'm looking forward to looking forward to the next big thing!
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32 months ago
So assuming this is correct...will those of us that have a newer machine have to wait for the new OS to ship out (end of Sept) or will it be available via a download?
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32 months ago

will it be available via a download?


haha, you make good joke, i laugh!
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32 months ago
I wonder how often these reliable sources really are. I read about reliable sources say this and that, and more often than not, they are wrong. They should use id's stance on release dates.
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32 months ago
apple revealed the ship date for leopard 8 days before (on october 18th 2007) MR article

it is 8 days until august 28th
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32 months ago

MacRumors has also heard that from a purported AppleCare representative that support staff at their location had just been provided with Snow Leopard discs (containing the rumored "Golden Master" Build 10A432) for installation on their primary machines. The source noted that OS X Leopard was distributed to AppleCare representatives approximately one week before its October 2007 launch, leading the source to suspect that a Snow Leopard release may in fact be right around the corner.


This I don't believe. It's not like Apple's had time to test AppleCare's software on Snow Leopard. AppleCare Reps may have a Mac near them that has Snow Leopard on it, but I highly doubt it's their primary machine or OS. In fact, the last time I called AppleCare for Leopard support (circa Oct. 2007) my Rep. didn't even have Leopard installed. He had to move to a different machine.
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32 months ago

apple revealed the ship date for leopard 8 days before (on october 18th 2007) MR article

it is 8 days until august 28th


Wrong. October 16th. They also took down the online store on that day for order, something they have yet to do for 10.6
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32 months ago

Wrong. October 16th. They also took down the online store on that day for order, something they have yet to do for 10.6


woops, two days out. maybe Im too excited for it
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