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Apple Insider believes that Apple Inc will release the final and Official copy of it’s Operating system (Mac OSX v10.5 “Code Named (Leopard)” ) sometime in late October, in The time frame between the 22nd & the 27th .

They later iterate that the official release date would be October the 26th as previously announced by apple .

One can only wait and anticipate the launch of the OS. So keep an eye for it.

[UPDATE] : Amazon has started taking pre-orders of the OS now .

Apple just released firmware Battery Update 1.3 for the Macbook Pro line of laptops. 

Battery Update 1.3 updates battery firmware and addresses battery performance issues with the 15-inch MacBook Pro.

System Requirements

Installation of Battery Update 1.3 requires Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later.

The Battery Update 1.3 supports the following products:

MacBook Pro (15-inch)MacBook Pro (15-inch Glossy)MacBook Pro (15-inch Core 2 Duo)MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2GHz)

Note: After Battery Update has been installed, each battery you insert into your MacBook Pro will be updated automatically.

The Macbook Pro battery has been an issue ever since the line started shipping.  I for one have had my Macbook Pro battery recalled once and it has been fine since.  I am hoping this update would somehow increase the life of the battery to more then 2 hours but we shall wait and see.  Check software update of you can download directly from Apple.  If you can’t see it in software update then wait for a day or to for the update to propagate to other Apple servers around the world.