Packed with more than 300 new features, Mac OS X Leopard goes on sale Friday, October 26, at 6:00 p.m. at Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers, Apple announced today. And, beginning today, customers can place pre-orders on Apple’s online store. “Leopard, the sixth major release of Mac OS X, is the best upgrade we’ve ever released,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “And everyone gets the ‘Ultimate’ version, packed with all the new innovative features, for just $129.”

I came across this site today that kind of goes along with the presentations at our last meeting. The Alternative Browser Alliance does a great job of explaining why the Internet Explorer / Microsoft monoculture was bad for the web, and why the emergence of alternative web browsers has done wonders for the recent innovation we've seen over the past few years. Mac users, especially, have many choices in the browser arena since the release of OS X. Unfortunately, if you're still using OS9 or earlier, you've been left out. However, you still have a couple of choices. iCab is an excellent choice as it is the only 9-compatible browser that is still being actively developed. Netscape 7.0.2 is still available from the NS Browser Archive. And, WaMCom, based on Mozilla 1.3.x is still available as well.