Apple is finally releasing it's much anticipated OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system. It's due out on October 26th. You can pre-order your copy right now for delivery on that date. I have.

Apple is promising 300 new features. That's a lot to list. Major ones include the Time Machine system restore and backup program, Quicklook, which gives full scale previews of documents before loading, a redesigned desktop, better dual core and 64-bit compatibility, and more. Apple is promising it will be easy to install and works with all current OS X applications. It's $129 for a single system, which isn't too bad. Single license copies of Vista Home Premium sell for that.

Look for my review coming soon after the 26th.