Bad News for OS X Fans

Apple dropped what was sadly an expected bombshell today: Mac OS 10.5 Leopard has been pushed back to an October release date. What wasn’t expected was an explanation for the delay that’s more forthright than we’re used to from the computermaker, and by extension most technology companies:

“we had to borrow some key software engineering and QA resources from our Mac OS X team, and as a result we will not be able to release Leopard at our Worldwide Developers Conference in early June as planned.”

So they’re basically announcing that the iPhone launch was a higher priority to the company than their flagship operating system, right? I’m sitting here trying to formulate an opinion of what I think about this news. Am I happy they’re focusing on getting the iPhone out, a product I’m really looking forward to and that marks another diversification of the Apple product portfolio? Or am I disappointed that they’re delaying the next step in OS X, the desktop software that I use on average 12 hours a day?

Who am I kidding: give us the iphone!