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Apple: Snow Leopard release in Q1 2009
engadget.com - 11/19/2008
Apple: Snow Leopard release in Q1 2009
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Oops. Jordan Hubbard, Director of Apple's Unix Technology Group, made a boo boo. The slide above was pulled from the deck presented last week at the LISA (Large Installation System Administration) conference. Up until now, Apple had only been willing to say that OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard would ...

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Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) Due in Q1 2009?
macrumors.com - 11/19/2008
Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) Due in Q1 2009?
— macrumors.com — Apple's Director of Engineering of Unix Technologies Jordan Hubbard spoke at LISA '08 last week. LISA (or Large Installation System Administration Conference) is a technical conference targeted at engineers and system administrators. This year's c... (more) Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) Due in Q1 2009?

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Early Snow Leopard in Q1 2008?
9to5mac.com - 11/19/2008
Early Snow Leopard in Q1 2008?
— 9to5mac.com — It looks like Snow Leopard might be coming a bit earlier than expected if slides from Apple's Director of Engineering of Unix Technologies, Jordan Hubbard are to be believed.  The presentation was given at LISA '08 last week in San ... (more) Early Snow Leopard in Q1 2008?

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macuser.com - 11/21/2008
Snow Leopard to pounce in Q1 2009?
— macuser.com — You probably don’t know Jordan Hubbard. Heck, before about an hour or two ago, we couldn’t have told you if he was a B-movie actor from the 1920s or the barista at our local coffee shop. Now, however, we can say with reasonable certainty ... (more) Snow Leopard to pounce in Q1 2009?

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Don't wait for Snow Leopard—slim down, speed up Leopard now
Macworld — ... that's due to be released in 2009 (possibly within the first quarter of the year ). But in what came as a surprise to many, the company has said that the new operating system will contain a ...

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