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10.7 development supposedly postponed
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While 10.6 feels fairly new there is a lot that can taken from the iPhone/iPad OS. Cut & Paste Selection toolbar and drag bars or mobile processor efficency for instance. Don't think Apple hasn't learned anything from the iPhone/iPad software development.
A developer preview of 10.7 at this year's WWDC would point to a mid-2011 release. By then 10.6 will be a very mature OS.
Besides, if we had to wait for a bug-free OS before moving on, we would never see a new release.
Apple will need an excuse to drop 32bit CPU support and 10.7 could be the ticket so the longer until its released the better, IMO. This would force all first gen Intel Mac users to move to a new machine if they wanted the new OS, just like SL did for PPC. Software drives the hardware margins.
iPhone OS was around since mid-2007
Snow Leopard was out late 2009
if they wanted to add anything to it from the iphone I think they would have already
If Apple jumps to full 64-bit they will be shooting themselves in the head
Apple computers are expensive and are supposed to last a long time, think of al the educational institutes and business that invested in their hardware not to mention families.
I have to say they at least have to keep a 6 years time difference between that last computer that didn't support 64-bit sold and pulling the plug
Apple computers do last a long time. This doesn't mean it has to have the latest OS on it.
Precedence has been set here already with PPC. 3 years from the sale of the last PPC Mac, the G5 Powermac, to the dropping of support in the latest OS. The last 32bit Mac was the mini replaced in 2007, so it could happen at any time.
Doesn't matter to me. I'm loving 10.6. There's gotta come a time where Apple just needs to fix bugs and refine things instead of adding more features every year.
As far as I'm concerned, I've got everything I want and I couldn't be happier with 10.6.
As far as I'm concerned, I've got everything I want and I couldn't be happier with 10.6.
That didn't stop Apple from orphaning very viable PPC systems. Some of those G5 systems are arguably more capable than some of the early 32-bit Intel systems.
Last PowerPC Mac Apple sold: PowerMac G5 that lasted from October 2005 to August 2006; around 3 years and AFTER the warranty was up for the machine when Apple released Snow Leopard.
Last CoreDuo Mac Apple sold: Mac Mini that lasted from September 2006 to August 2007; the machine is already almost up to the 3 year mark with 10.7 nowhere in site for this year.
So how will they be shooting themselves in the head again?
I agree with this and I sure hope that this isn't true. Really though? Would Apple slow down on OS X developement? I think there is something in the pipeline , and I would be shocked if Apple wont preview something at WWDC.
Apple just took close to five months to release 10.6.3, almost a record for a point release. Coincidence? Maybe, since there was a lot of development work done on it. But my guess is that a big reason for the delay had to do with testing and release engineering resources allocated to getting the iPad out.
Because their user base is a lot larger now, and switching from one OS to the other won't happen as fast as the OS9 -> OS X
If they are going to support both systems then fine, but if they are going to stop supporting 32bit, I think they are moving too fast.
I had an older computer with Tiger on it,
Sure I might not be able to run games or iLife 08 for example, but I found myself unable to run simpler software that quit on my G4 like DVD ripping software or even browsers, some very simple software was not supported
Well the ipad has been a big product release, but im hoping the mac will get some attention now.