IMO this is when they will release Leopard. I got the email about WWDC's date which is June 11-15 and included in this email was the following image(attached). To me this seems like a pretty obvious hint by Apple.
I hope and think it'll be earlier. They can still talk about "new" Leopard in June if they release it in March/April... The last official "date" from Apple's still "Spring 2007".
As long as they don't take years to release it (unlike some OTHER company we know), then I'll be happy.
But I still have plenty to complain about... for example: when will Apple get rid of the ugly metal interface in Finder and (default) in Safari? It's so 2006.
But then there's no point in selling iLife 07. If they release it in August, for example, people will already want iLife 08. And then they could just skip the 07 version.
But why, if Apple released iLife 07 in August, would anyone expect iLife 08 in January 2008? I don't think it'd be such a problem.
That said: I've _never_ liked the two-number year version scheme. There's nothing wrong with calling it iLife 7.0 in my opinion. Sure, some people will upgrade if it's called iLife '07 merely based on the thought that the old version "is _so_ '06". But my guess is the same people would upgrade to a new version called iLife 7.0 for pretty much the same reason.
i actually like the year numbering system, and i think Mac OS X should go down that route. new users have no idea which comes where in the order of Jaguar, Panther, Tiger or Leopard.
it's quite obvious that Office 2007 is the newer version to Office 2003. it's simple and intuitive. like Flash MX 2004. iLife 2007.
And Fryke: They would excpect iLife '08 in January because till now, all iLife's (04-06) _were_ released at the MacWorld in January of that particular year (AFAIK).
Releasing iLife 7.0 in August '07 would take care of that, though is what I mean. People who would expect it in January (me included) changed their mind by now, haven't they.
Now that would be cool - but what about the other users who dont have leopard but still want iLife 07? Or would that be more of a "forcing one to get Leopard" thing?