How about 10.4?

[dswoodley]

With 10.3 almost at GM and the developers pretty much working on bug fixes, does anyone have any scoops on what we can look forward to in 10.4? just wondering...

[patrick0brien]

-All

What is even the code name for it? Lion? Tiger? Bear-waitaminute...

[dswoodley]

Originally posted by patrick0brien
-All

What is even the code name for it? Lion? Tiger? Bear-waitaminute...

Oh my...

[Gymnut]

Hmm...Platypus?

[LimeLite]

It never ceases to amaze me how as soon as people get something new, there are always those few already looking for what's next. Don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing or even both.

[littlemacdude]

i would like spring loaded windows in the dock, and of course it would be code named hippo. :cool:

(1st post!:D)

[dswoodley]

Originally posted by LimeLite
It never ceases to amaze me how as soon as people get something new, there are always those few already looking for what's next. Don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing or even both.

How can it be a bad thing? As a major consumer of Apple products, i'd like to have some idea of what the roadmap for the platform is. Wouldn't you? :)

[stoid]

Let's see

Puma (Solid black cat) 10.1

Jaguar (Spotted black on yellow cat) 10.2

Panthar (Solid black cat) 10.3

... (Spotted black on yellow cat) 10.4

uh Cheetah or Leopard is my guess!

we still have cougar, lynx, bobcat, tiger, lion, ocelot, serval, pampas, margay, and caracal.

I personally can't wait for Mac OS 10.8 Margay!

[MisterMe]

Originally posted by dswoodley
How can it be a bad thing? As a major consumer of Apple products, i'd like to have some idea of what the roadmap for the platform is. Wouldn't you? :) Exactly what will advance knowledge of MacOS X 10.4 going to do for me before MacOS X 10.3 is even released? I intend to be highly productive on Jaguar for a year or more before I ante up again for 10.4.

[dswoodley]

Originally posted by MisterMe
Exactly what will advance knowledge of MacOS X 10.4 going to do for me before MacOS X 10.3 is even released? I intend to be highly productive on Jaguar for a year or more before I ante up again for 10.4.

i guess it depends on what your needs from the new upgrade are. I know quite a few people who are willing to sit 10.3 out waiting for some features that will hopefully be put into 10.4. :eek:

[vollspacken]

maybe Amoebae..?

...oh wait, Bill Gates probably reserved that for the next version of Windows...

:D

vSpacken

[MisterMe]

Originally posted by dswoodley
i guess it depends on what your needs from the new upgrade are. I know quite a few people who are willing to sit 10.3 out waiting for some features that will hopefully be put into 10.4. :eek: IMHO you know quite a few silly people. If you can't afford Panther don't buy it. If you are satisfied with Jaguar, then keep it. From all I have seen and heard of Panther, it is as much a step above Jaguar as System 7 was a step above System 6. I will not wait a year because some one favorite feature or another is not included. You and your friends are free to make your own decisions.

[dswoodley]

Originally posted by MisterMe
IMHO you know quite a few silly people. If you can't afford Panther don't buy it. If you are satisfied with Jaguar, then keep it. From all I have seen and heard of Panther, it is as much a step above Jaguar as System 7 was a step above System 6. I will not wait a year because some one favorite feature or another is not included. You and your friends are free to make your own decisions.

When did I mention anything about cost? That's not the issue - the features are. My point it is, that it would be *nice* (not required mind you) to have some idea where the platform is going beyond the immediate two or three months...I agree it looks to be a huge leap and look very forward to it - but why call someone "silly" just because they can't see the value in those features, or those particular new features aren't needed by them. Not trying to pick a fight here, btw.

[NavyIntel007]

OS 11 should be code named after STDs.

[rainman::|:|]

Originally posted by NavyIntel007
OS 11 should be code named after STDs.

i agree! then when i came home announcing "honey, i just got gonorrhea", i wouldn't get such hostility :eek:

:)
pnw

[dswoodley]

This is the last time I try to start a serious thread;)

[Thanatoast]

will 10.4 be exclusively for g5? will the rest of us just get revisions of 10.3 ad infinitum? eg) OSX 10.3.9.9.9.9? :)

[mnkeybsness]

Originally posted by vollspacken
maybe Amoebae..?

...oh wait, Bill Gates probably reserved that for the next version of Windows...

:D

vSpacken

RE: windows codename:

"VIRUS" or more specifically, EBOLA VIRUS

[simX]

Originally posted by stoid
Let's see

Puma (Solid black cat) 10.1

Jaguar (Spotted black on yellow cat) 10.2

Panthar (Solid black cat) 10.3

... (Spotted black on yellow cat) 10.4

uh Cheetah or Leopard is my guess!

Sorry, "Cheetah" was the codename for OS X 10.0, IIRC. So that's out of the question.

[ibookin']

Originally posted by simX
Sorry, "Cheetah" was the codename for OS X 10.0, IIRC. So that's out of the question.

But as those of us who used it remember, it was anything but a cheetah in terms of speed. :D

[patrick0brien]

Originally posted by ibookin'
But as those of us who used it remember, it was anything but a cheetah in terms of speed. :D

-ibookin'

Apple knows irony. :D

[Le Big Mac]

Originally posted by Thanatoast
will 10.4 be exclusively for g5? will the rest of us just get revisions of 10.3 ad infinitum? eg) OSX 10.3.9.9.9.9? :)

One thing seems for sure: Apple will not continue to revise ad infinitum for legacy software/computers. It's not like there's a 9.9 or anything for all the legacy machines.

Anyway, I think the question is a good one, but hard to answer yet. We don't know the full feature set for Panther. And I doubt Apple has fully considered what to put in 10.4 or when to release it.

Let's see what Panther includes, and then discuss whether the upgrade is worth it.

[stoid]

I don't think that Apple can announce an OS timetable. It not like windows where there are a million things that you can't do, Apple is adding to their OS based on what people want, not what they need. Predicting what the consumer market wants is much harder than predicting what they need. That's why windows can give you a five year estimate on what you have always needed to do that will finally be incorporated into the OS.