I think we’re on the verge of two things here. I can feel it.

• Learning more about what OSX Leopard will offer in full, and
• Getting a sense of its timing

Right now, we partially know what Leopard will offer. Jobs told us when he unveiled Leopard at WWDC 2006 that there were things he couldn’t show, features that remain “top secret.” Whether that was true or just shrewd salesmanship remains to be seen, but my hunch is that we’re going to learn more about Leopard, and what we don’t know will be more impressive than what we do. And this will start happening soon.

Vista is out. Its launch is over. Many Apple blogs speculated that Jobs would finalize Leopard’s announcement on top of Vista, to take away from its buzz. I never liked that idea, as Hollywoodian as it seemed. Drama like that doesn’t often find a home in real-world business.

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