What was astounding: a full 80 percent of those we talked to (in all, about 30 people) said that despite grabbing Leopard off BitTorrent, they a) had already ordered a copy that wasn't in yet, or b) were planning on buying one regardless.
#BITTORRENT FOR MAC UPGRADE#
The answers ran the gamut from the pointless ("I don't even have a Mac, but I want the ISO") to the more pressing (one man, Barc, told us he pirated Leopard so he could upgrade his parent's iMac before heading back to school in time for the weekend-good to see he has his priorities straight). We did a little trolling around the world of IRC this morning to ask the question: are you a dirty pirate, or a clean-but-otherwise still-piratical Mac fan? I jest, but the gist of our question was: why are so many people pirating a $129 OS upgrade? Surely all are loyal to The Steve? It appears that the gold master copy made its way on to BitTorrent by Thursday morning, in fact, more than 24 hours before launch.
We found torrents with hundreds of seeders and thousands of leechers. Leopard roars on BitTorrentīitTorrent was the first thing we checked, and to no one's surprise, Leopard is readily available to anyone who wants to "pirate" it. What we found was plenty of activity, a lot of very high expectations, and a healthy (is that the right word?) collection of pirated copies already online. Both last night and today we sent out scouts, into worlds both real and virtual, to gauge the buzz about Leopard on the street and on the Intertubes.
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