Latest processing RAW from Canon 40 D

Question

I am aware that the previous thread was closed but I wanted to share what I have experienced and what Canon told me.
I have an iMac and had after installing DPP 3.1.5 latest version found that what you all already know can't recognize/process RAW. I called Canon and they told me that it looks like they were going to provide the RAW conversion for 40 D, but not it looks like they are going to wait until Apple release the new OS. If you check Canon's Library they don't show any DPP upgrade for 40 D cuz they got none.
In case you are wondering if this is a unique issue with Apple, think again Vista users are facing the same.
So here is the deal if you have I Browser you can upload/process RAW images created on the 40 D, but not on DPP. Also, if you have Windows XP guess what ZB will do the same. I don't have DPP installed on my Win XP.
Before I bought my 40 D I was outrage because Canon created this big hype, and yet they weren't shipping enough units. I was able to make contact with one of their Product Mgr. and wouldn't you know it, within 10 minutes a store (in the state next to mine) called because the Prod Mgr called him, and he had a camera on hold, needless to say, I drove and bought it. I kept his phone number so will call him and find out because its a total dissapointment not being able to upload and process RAW images the easy way, but instead going through a lot of hoops.

Answer 1

Yea... this frustration is certainly echoed throughout an entire community of people who rushed out with great excitement to pick up the 40D, myself included in that list. The bottom line is of course that despite the hoops we're all having to hop through currently, it'll all clear up soon enough. If the RAW update is coming with the introduction of Leopard, then count me in I suppose. I can kind of see the logic in consolidating updates into one big OS revision extravaganza.
What worries me though is, if they're waiting to introduce it alongside Leopard, what about all the remaining Tiger users? I'll be honest, given the recent quirkiness with iPhone and iPod software, and how development teams are being shuffled all over so many projects in order to meet deadlines and often at the expense of software not being as polished as we've come to expect from Apple, it gives me pause on updating to Leopard right away. But are they going to force all the 40D users to upgrade OS's in order to get RAW support? That seems kinda wonky, but the alternative is that they'll release an update for Tiger that get things up and going too, right?
But if they're going to have that... why not go ahead and release it now and save so many users the heartache and trouble of waiting and working with JPEG files in the meantime? Oh yea... because of the consolidation, right... *blank stare* Or perhaps there will be no update on Tiger? Ewwww... So many questions... so few answers... and so much less sense than ever before.
I've heard this idea that 'it takes time' but if Adobe's turning it around in two weeks, how much more time can it really take for Cupertino to work it out? I'm convinced Apple is sitting on the update at this point... and that lines up with what Canon said about Apple's wait on the OS upgrade.
It's all confusing, but like I said, it'll all work out soon enough, no matter what agenda's are being placed at the head of the line. The real question I think is are we going to have to pony up for a new OS (as well as a new version of Aperture to possibly make things financially worse?) in order to unlock all the RAW goodness of our new camera? Time well tell I suppose, but Apple's slowly slipping in my mind as the company that can do no wrong.
All love though, Apple. Hear the concerns. I look forward to you proving me wrong, and making my wildest dreams come true as you have in the past.