Despite public statements from Apple officials that Copland was as little as two days behind schedule, rumors of schedule problems have circulated for the last few months and many saw Apple's move to port System 7.5 to the Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP) by mid-1996 as a sign that Copland may not be ready on time. Ĭopland in 1997? In an interview in the 16-Oct-95 issue of MacWEEK, Vito Salvaggio, the product manager for Copland, indicated Apple can no longer commit to a 1996 release for the next major version of the Mac OS.
The Award-Winning First MacOS Compatible! Makers of hard drives, tape drives, and neat SCSI accessories. This issue of TidBITS sponsored in part by: Also this week: news on Apple's printing fix for PCI Power Macs, the new location of the gaea scripting archive, info on AOL's new FTP and Web services for members, a followup to Adam's articles on digital cameras, and a detailed article on the upcoming version of Quicken, the popular personal finance package.Ĭopyright 1995 TidBITS Electronic Publishing. Are you looking forward to upgrading to Copland next year? Apple suggests you might be waiting a bit longer.
