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Apple Sells Two Million Copies of Mac OS X Leopard in First Weekend




CUPERTINO, Calif., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today
announced that it sold (or delivered in the case of maintenance agreements)
over two million copies of Mac OS(R) X Leopard since its release on Friday,
far outpacing the first-weekend sales of Mac OS X Tiger, which was previously
the most successful OS release in Apple's history. Sales included copies sold
at Apple's retail stores, Apple Authorized Resellers, the online Apple
Store(R), under maintenance agreements and bundled with new Mac(R) computers.
Leopard is the sixth major release of Mac OS X and is packed with more than
300 new features.
"Early indications are that Leopard will be a huge hit with customers,"
said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "Leopard's innovative features are getting
great reviews and making more people than ever think about switching to the
Mac."
Leopard introduces Time Machine, an effortless way to automatically back
up everything on a Mac; a redesigned Finder that lets users quickly browse and
share files between multiple Macs*; Quick Look, a new way to instantly see
files without opening an application; Spaces, an intuitive new feature used to
create groups of applications and instantly switch between them; a brand new
desktop with Stacks, a new way to easily access files from the Dock; and major
enhancements to Mail and iChat(R).

Pricing & Availability
Mac OS X version 10.5 Leopard is available through the Apple Store
(www.apple.com), at Apple's retail stores and through Apple Authorized
Resellers for a suggested retail price of $129 (US) for a single user license.
The Mac OS X Leopard Family Pack is a single-household, five-user license for
a suggested retail price of $199 (US). Volume and maintenance pricing is
available from Apple. Leopard requires a minimum of 512MB of RAM and is
designed to run on any Macintosh(R) computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5 or G4
(867 MHz or faster) processor. Full system requirements can be found at
www.apple.com/macosx/techspecs.

* Requires an additional hard drive sold separately.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple
II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh.
Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its
award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional
applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with
its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has
entered the mobile phone market this year with its revolutionary iPhone.

(C) 2007 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Mac
OS, Macintosh, Apple Store and iChat are trademarks of Apple. Other company
and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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