Too bad nothing of the sort was created/adopted by Apple. POWER6 and POWER7 do exist, though. POWER8 is in development. Those lines are what made PowerPC possible.A PowerPC G6 cpu could take care of anything tough to process.
Too bad nothing of the sort was created/adopted by Apple. POWER6 and POWER7 do exist, though. POWER8 is in development. Those lines are what made PowerPC possible.A PowerPC G6 cpu could take care of anything tough to process.
We'll likely get Siri and Apple Maps.
Hopefully we get a lot of performance increases, though.
Let the iOS-ification continue!
I'm hoping for more usability with the dock. If I could make a folder and place it anywhere on the dock, that would be awesome. I also like the footprint of iOS apps and wouldn't mind seeing the footprint for MAC OS X apps shrink as well. This way, Macs could continue to get thinner, lighter, and have increased battery life. For example, I would like to see the iMac get even thinner and I think they could easily do this if they incorporated software and hardware characteristics from iOS.
I'm not hoping for an iOS-ification like you, but I think OS X could benefit greatly from certain aspects of iOS.
You misunderstand me.
I'm not hoping it will happen, I just think it will happen.
Well fine then! Even though more iOS features are on the way, I seriously doubt that Apple will eventually go to one universal OS like a few people I know believe.
-Siri
-Maps
-Eventually, no visible file system
I agree that it won't become iOS, that'd be silly. I just see those three major things as... happening. Maybe iMessages on iOS will get something from OS X along the way, who knows?
Doing away with the file system would be an interesting evolution, and a move away from "Pro" users.
Also, what about "System Preferences" (OS X) and "Settings" (iOS). Here are two similar OS elements (they even use versions of the same icon) that have very different interfaces. Could they be unified in 10.9, or later?
Contrary to what a lot of people are trying to say, Apple has pretty much given up on Pro users.
The most they're probably going to give you is "Pro" hardware.
I'm hoping for touchscreen MacBooks. It wouldn't really be a base feature of 10.9, I'd just like to see it in upcoming hardware with the release of it.
Also, what about "System Preferences" (OS X) and "Settings" (iOS). Here are two similar OS elements (they even use versions of the same icon) that have very different interfaces. Could they be unified in 10.9, or later?
Siri would be really useful for, say, reading out emails while your working etc. One feature I'd really like to see.
Are you talking about having "Siri" read you selected text? Because if so, that feature has been around for a few years now. In OS X 10.6-7, I believe its under "Speech" in system preferences. In 10.8, its under "dictation". The default hotkey for speech is Option-Escape, but you can change to whatever. Personally I use BetterTouchTool to assign a trackpad gesture to "option-escape" so that all I have to do is highlight the text I want spoken, then double tap the trackpad with 4 fingers and the system reads whatever you highlighted. The voice that is closest to iOS Siri is Samantha, which can easily be added to the list of available voices.
I was thinking more along the lines of 'Siri, read me my new emails' and it would do it for you without opening Mail.
I was just reading some rumors about OS X 10.9, which some folks believe will be named "Lynx". I was wondering what new features people are hoping to see in this new OS.
I would like to see:
- Siri integration
- The ability to run 2 or more full screen apps on separate monitors side by side at the same time
- The ability to enlarge the font on the Menu Bar
Any other ideas? Any new rumors? Please comment below.