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Apple’s Phil Schiller to Demo Snow Leopard at Macworld?

The guardian explains that Apple will be unveiling Mac OS X Snow Leopard at the upcoming Macworld Expo in January. While it may be true that that new OS is ready to be demo’d, it most likely won’t be shipping until a few months after the expo.

The article delves into why Apple would be pushing for Snow Leopard to be released ahead of schedule. As Microsoft works on Windows 7, Apple could once again beat them to the punch with the new OS.

Apple and its partners have been privately dropping hints to developers that its upcoming release of its Mac OS X operating system, dubbed Snow Leopard, will ship earlier than expected – and it will debut two new technologies that promise to speed up software without demanding any changes to the hardware.

Apple has good reason to push for an earlier than expected launch for Snow Leopard: Microsoft is also working on its next version of its operating system, Windows 7, and Apple could wrongfoot Microsoft by beating it to release.

As MacRumors points out, the timeframe for Snow Leopard’s release has already been suggested by an Apple employee. The first quarter in 2009 remains a firm target.