Sure, all the attention goes to the standard version of Leopard, but we here at MacUser aren’t shy about giving some love to Leopard Server too. The server version drops on October 26th, right next to its little brother, and will run $499 for a 10-client version and $999 for unlimited clients. Buy an Xserve, and you get the unlimited client version gratis. As with Leopard, you can pre-order today for delivery on the 26th.
Leopard Server includes a bunch of fancy-pants technology you won’t find in the consumer version of Leopard, such as Server Assistant, which makes setting up the server capabilities a breeze; iCal Server, to let you share calendars and schedule meetings using the CalDAV standard; Wiki Server, for creating and editing wikis with just a few clicks; Podcast Producer, which simplifies the publication of podcasts to iTunes and the web; and Half-caf Mocha Latté Server, to indulge those late night coffee fixes. Or was that a top secret feature? I forget. With all this power, about the only thing it can’t do is shovel my driveway—I’ll have to hold out for 10.6, which I am officially dubbing Thundercat (Steve Jobs, he loves the Lion-o).
IT stands to gain thousands in savings due to the unlimited licenses bundled with OS X server. It's amazing anyone would pay all that money in Windows Server license fees. It's really a no-brainer.
Thundercats--Ho! I was always a Cheetara fan, myself.
Sure beats tabby. Seriously cougar, leopard, jaguar, panther, tiger, and cheetah are taken. Lion is the last of the big cats (fans of the snow leopard may disagree, but I don't see Apple going with a two-name cat, that would be like 10.4.10--oops). According to your own "10.4.9 must be the last update before 10.5" logic, Dan; after Lion we have to move on to Mac OS XI (or 11, or 1011, or b, or 13).
With regards to big cats.
Isn't the Lynx considered a big cat?
(I also find it difficult to believe that Apple would start a naming convention without considering where it would lead.)
Perhaps it's just me being bad with remembering, but didn't Jobs say there was more important features still unannounced that couldn't be revealed in Leopard because of Vista? Did I miss something? What was the megaton feature he couldn't mention?
just a random question but will the price of any of the macs change when they get the new OS on them? planning on buying a macbook after its release and i don't want the prices to shoot up.