Recent rumor-blogs claim the upcoming version of Mac OS X, called Leopard, will be delayed. Speculators surmised that Leopard, expected out in late spring/early summer (Apple typically releases Mac operating systems during its Developers' Conference), will debut in October so as to make sure that BootCamp could translate Vista for Macs.

BootCamp is software that creates a second partition on a Mac's hard drive to allow it to run a non-Apple operating system. Critics diss it, though, because
BootCamp doesn't allow different operating systems to run concurrently (see BootCamp Is Wimpy).

Apple supporters note that some Mac fanatics have tried Vista with BootCamp with a certain amount of success, arguing a delay woud be pointless. More convincingly, they point out that at least two analysts have heard directly from Apple that Leopard will debut as scheduled.

Then again, the Cupertino electronics maker swore that Apple TV would ship on time--just before announcing what eventually became a three-week delay.