Apple Seeds Snow Leopard 10A190 (Mac OX 10.6) to Developers

MacRumors · Oct 25, 2008, 11:06 AM

Apple has seeded a new version of Snow Leopard (Build 10A190) to developers this morning. Last night they had emailed ADC members that a preview build of Snow Leopard was made available to them, but the download links were not live until this morning.

Snow Leopard is the codename for the next major revision of Mac OS X. Apple has said that they would be focusing on quality and performance in Snow Leopard. In particular, Apple has made it clear that there will be efforts to improve support for multi-core processors and GPU processing. These improvements will help developers more efficiently use these capabilities that already ship in Macs.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Snow Leopard 10A190 (Mac OX 10.6) to Developers

data1ore · Oct 25, 2008, 11:08 AM

Anyone testing this yet? 8GB ram? GPU switching on the fly?

Ah the perks of ADC...;-)

tivoli2 · Oct 25, 2008, 11:10 AM

I'm really looking forward to seeing how much this will improve the usage of my processors... and maybe even things having to do with something Blu?

LoCarbHotrod · Oct 25, 2008, 11:11 AM

Shot in the dark, but does anyone have a good guesstimate when 10.6 will be released?

Shasterball · Oct 25, 2008, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoCarbHotrod

Shot in the dark, but does anyone have a good guesstimate when 10.6 will be released?

Total guess: 7-8 months? That would make it 18 months after Leopard was released.

kwood · Oct 25, 2008, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shasterball

Total guess: 7-8 months? That would make it 18 months after Leopard was released.

I agree with this, January is too early for a stable release in my opinion, but June (WWDC) pins it about right.

840quadra · Oct 25, 2008, 11:19 AM

Thanks for the update.

Looking forward to seeing what developers find after having some time to dig into it. The 8gb support question is obviously going to be on many people's mind (for both generation MBP), as well as possible enabling on the fly switching of GPUs on the fly.

DaBrain · Oct 25, 2008, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shasterball

Total guess: 7-8 months? That would make it 18 months after Leopard was released.

Hmmm? Then that would indicate Snow Leopard debuting in the Summer. Maybe it should be called Summer Leopard then?

manhattanboy · Oct 26, 2008, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shasterball

Total guess: 7-8 months? That would make it 18 months after Leopard was released.

I disagree.
Probably by May 09
too many beta's for so long a process

elppa · 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoCarbHotrod

Shot in the dark, but does anyone have a good guesstimate when 10.6 will be released?

“About a year” from WWDC this year (which was in June).

There were rumours before Apple officially announced Snow Leopard that the release would be much sooner — early 2009, as soon as January.

Apple is unlikely to announce their ship date following their slightly embarrassing public back track on the Leopard ship date. That's not to say they don't have a date — I suspect, as usual, Apple are working to an ambitious schedule.

crisss1205 · Oct 25, 2008, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by data1ore

Anyone testing this yet? 8GB ram? GPU switching on the fly?

Ah the perks of ADC...;-)

Quote from http://www.apple.com/macosx/snowleopard/

Quote:

To accommodate the enormous amounts of memory being added to advanced hardware, Snow Leopard extends the 64-bit technology in Mac OS X to support breakthrough amounts of RAM — up to a theoretical 16TB, or 500 times more than what is possible today. More RAM makes applications run faster, because more of their data can be kept in the very fast physical RAM instead of on the much slower hard disk.

macthetiger85 · Oct 25, 2008, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndyCro

Safari Snappier?

Safari 4 is a free beta - you just have to have a developer account (which is free)

Just click on downloads and safari when you signup/login.

cyberakuma · Oct 25, 2008, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by macthetiger85

Safari 4 is a free beta - you just have to have a developer account (which is free)

Just click on downloads and safari when you signup/login.

WebKit nightlies don't even require that.

deriko100 · Oct 25, 2008, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by macthetiger85

Safari 4 is a free beta - you just have to have a developer account (which is free)

Just click on downloads and safari when you signup/login.

Safari could not open the page “https://connect.apple.com/cgi-bin/We...71DOTo0ss/0.0” because the server is not responding.

is it down?

matt1219 · Oct 25, 2008, 11:08 AM

Wow. Any dates yet?

k2spitfire88 · Oct 25, 2008, 11:09 AM

sweet, cant wait to see all the improvements!

endi78 · Oct 25, 2008, 11:14 AM

Actually I can't wait for the Mac Pro get boosted!
Any idea about when it will happen?

Can't imagine what it'd be able to do with multiple CPUs and multiple GPUs (knowing that it already is so powerful)!

sprice25 · Oct 25, 2008, 11:09 AM

nice. Can't wait for snow leopard!

rychencop · Oct 25, 2008, 12:22 PM

come on Apple. make this release the best ever OS X.

BigD58 · Oct 25, 2008, 12:55 PM

I really want to wait to buy my next MBP when snow leopard comes out....oh decisions decisions.

mr_matalino · Oct 25, 2008, 12:56 PM

Can't wait for MacWorld '09!!!

iOrlando · Oct 27, 2008, 08:18 AM

when this comes out..can you put in on a mac that you buy now?

macintologist · Oct 25, 2008, 09:31 PM

I'm the proud owner of the first Intel iMac, from Jan 2006. We're going on 3 years now and I couldn't be happier.

Given that you usually buy a new computer every 3-4 years, I think I know when I'll get a new one. The next iMac I buy will be quad-core and come with Snow Leopard pre-installed.

Ambrose Chapel · Oct 26, 2008, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by macintologist

I'm the proud owner of the first Intel iMac, from Jan 2006. We're going on 3 years now and I couldn't be happier.

Given that you usually buy a new computer every 3-4 years, I think I know when I'll get a new one. The next iMac I buy will be quad-core and come with Snow Leopard pre-installed.

I have the second-to-last iMac G5, and this is exactly what I am waiting for. And I really hope I can get it late next year. 10.6 will be a given by then, I just hope the quad-core Clarksfields are.

dohardthings · Oct 26, 2008, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rayz

Mmm .. you couldn't get Vista to run on a 2 year old machine that was custom built?

Could it be that the custom-build wasn't that great to begin with?

Seen lots of machines older than that running Vista without a problem.

i have a year old machine that was bought on vista and is sick for instance i have to play with the startup options every time i start it to get the interent to work i now have to live with this machine until i save for a mac

Oct 25, 2008, 11:06 AM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	Apple Seeds Snow Leopard 10A190 (Mac OX 10.6) to Developers Apple has seeded a new version of Snow Leopard (Build 10A190) to developers this morning. Last night they had emailed ADC members that a preview build of Snow Leopard was made available to them, but the download links were not live until this morning. Snow Leopard is the codename for the next major revision of Mac OS X. Apple has said that they would be focusing on quality and performance in Snow Leopard. In particular, Apple has made it clear that there will be efforts to improve support for multi-core processors and GPU processing. These improvements will help developers more efficiently use these capabilities that already ship in Macs. Article Link: Apple Seeds Snow Leopard 10A190 (Mac OX 10.6) to Developers

Oct 25, 2008, 11:10 AM	#3
tivoli2 macrumors regular Join Date: May 2007 Location: My own little world...	I'm really looking forward to seeing how much this will improve the usage of my processors... and maybe even things having to do with something Blu? __________________ Dual 2.8 GHz Quad Core 8800GT Mac Pro, '02 Dual GHz G4 Quicksilver, 12" 1.5 GHz PB & 3G 20GB iPod that still works!

Oct 25, 2008, 11:19 AM	#7
840quadra macrumors 68040 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Twin Cities MN	Thanks for the update. Looking forward to seeing what developers find after having some time to dig into it. The 8gb support question is obviously going to be on many people's mind (for both generation MBP), as well as possible enabling on the fly switching of GPUs on the fly. __________________ The iPhone is nice, but I am here for the Macrumors Neucast the European automotive podcast

Oct 25, 2008, 11:08 AM	#15
matt1219 macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2008	Wow. Any dates yet? __________________ 24-inch iMac, 3.06 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD, 8800 GS, OS X 10.6.1 \| Dell Mini 9, 1.6 GHz Atom, 1 GB RAM, 8 GB SSD, GMA 950, OS X 10.6.1

Oct 25, 2008, 11:09 AM	#16
k2spitfire88 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: in your mind	sweet, cant wait to see all the improvements! __________________ Collector's Edition UMB 2.4 Ghz

Oct 25, 2008, 11:08 AM	#2
data1ore macrumors newbie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Anyone testing this yet? 8GB ram? GPU switching on the fly? Ah the perks of ADC...;-)

Oct 25, 2008, 11:11 AM	#4
LoCarbHotrod macrumors member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan	Shot in the dark, but does anyone have a good guesstimate when 10.6 will be released?

Oct 25, 2008, 11:14 AM	#17
endi78 macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2008	Actually I can't wait for the Mac Pro get boosted! Any idea about when it will happen? Can't imagine what it'd be able to do with multiple CPUs and multiple GPUs (knowing that it already is so powerful)!

Oct 25, 2008, 11:09 AM	#18
sprice25 Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Chicago, IL	nice. Can't wait for snow leopard!

Oct 25, 2008, 12:22 PM	#19
rychencop macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: http://www.northaugusta.net/	come on Apple. make this release the best ever OS X. __________________ 15.4" 2.4GHz Rev.D MBP,4Gb Ram,160Gb HDD, Snow Leopard 10.6.2

Oct 25, 2008, 12:55 PM	#20
BigD58 macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North Carolina	I really want to wait to buy my next MBP when snow leopard comes out....oh decisions decisions. __________________ Macbook Pro (Unibody) 2.4Ghz, 4GB DDR3 RAM, iMac (Current Model), iPhone 3G 16GB Black

Oct 25, 2008, 12:56 PM	#21
mr_matalino macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2005	Can't wait for MacWorld '09!!! __________________ All I say is "Jub Jub" and I still make more sense than you.

Oct 27, 2008, 08:18 AM	#22
iOrlando macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Miami Beach, Florida	when this comes out..can you put in on a mac that you buy now?

Oct 25, 2008, 09:31 PM	#23
macintologist macrumors member Join Date: May 2004	I'm the proud owner of the first Intel iMac, from Jan 2006. We're going on 3 years now and I couldn't be happier. Given that you usually buy a new computer every 3-4 years, I think I know when I'll get a new one. The next iMac I buy will be quad-core and come with Snow Leopard pre-installed.

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