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Apple announced today that since its release last Friday, more than two million copies of Mac OS X Leopard have been sold or delivered under maintenance licenses. Sales in the first weekend far exceed the comparable sales of the previously most successful operating-system version in Apple’s history, Mac OS X Tiger. The sales figures include sales through Apple Retail Stores, Apple authorized dealers, the Apple Online Store, maintenance licenses as well as versions pre-installed on new Macintosh computers. Leopard is the sixth major operating-system release of Mac OS X and contains more than 300 new features.
“The first signs show that Leopard is an absolute hit with customers,” Apple CEO Steve Jobs is pleased. “Leopard’s innovative features are being rated very positively and are causing even more people to consider switching to the Mac.”
New in Leopard is Time Machine, which makes it possible to perform backups on the Mac automatically; the updated Finder, which makes it easier to search for and share content on multiple Macs; Quick Look, which offers a new way to preview files quickly without having to start a program; Spaces, which allows programs or documents to be grouped, between which one can switch back and forth immediately; a 3D Dock with Stacks to organize files for quick and easy access with just one click, as well as significant improvements in Mail and iChat.
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard has been available since October 26, 2007 through the Apple Store, Apple Retail Stores and Apple specialist retailers for 129 euros including VAT per single-user license. The Mac OS X Leopard Family Pack is a 5-user license (same residence) for 199 euros including VAT. Prices for volume and maintenance licenses can be obtained from Apple. Leopard requires at least 512 MB RAM and runs on any Macintosh computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5 or G4 (867 MHz or faster) processor.
The complete system requirements can be found on the website given below.
Further links:
- Apple Leopard tSystem requirements