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NOT an official word! However someone I know at Apple hinted that 10.5 just might have gone gold and into production. Expected street date is October 26th, but obviously until Apple confirms it publicly who knows. After all that's something set by marketing, not engineering where my buddy works! However I did see it in action and even as a Linux guy I was very impressed. It's extremely polished so say the least, and worth upgrading to if you're a Mac user. Can't beat the price point (except with open source of course!).

O and I keep hearing iPhone users bitch about the $100 rebate. What can you get from the Mac store for only $100?! Well I'm not sure why more people haven't mentioned this but 10.4 sells for a bit over $100...horribly convenient timing to hand out $100 gift cards to everyone isn't it?

Could the iPhone price drop have been pushed early to spur 10.5 adoption? I'll leave that to your imagination...