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Mac OS X 10.6 to Debut at WWDC 2008?

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TUAW reports that they have heard that Apple will be seeding developers with an early build of Mac OS X 10.6 at this year's WWDC. This news comes in the midst of reports that Apple is preparing for 10.5.4 -- an ongoing maintenance release of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).

TUAW also believes that Mac OS X will quickly ship in January 2009, only 15 months after Leopard's initial release in October 2007. TUAW also believes that Mac OS X 10.6 will ship in January 2009, about 15 months after Leopard's initial release in October 2007. This actually corresponds to Steve Job's comments to the New York Times regarding major Mac OS X releases:
"I’m quite pleased with the pace of new operating systems every 12 to 18 months for the foreseeable future,” he said. “We’ve put out major releases on the average of one a year, and it’s given us the ability to polish and polish and improve and improve.”
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The blog also revives rumors that Mac OS X 10.6 will drop PowerPC support and become Intel-only.

While we can't vouch for the timeframe, MacRumors has also heard that Mac OS X 10.6 would be making a debut at WWDC. We were uncertain, however, how public a release it would be: whether it would be seeded to a limited number of developers or if it would be a more central focus in Jobs' keynote address. According to the report, however, Apple will not be introducing any new significant features in 10.6, instead focusing on "stability and security."

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i dont know about releasing developer seeds but im thinking that Apple MAY, at the most, show features… way too early to release seeds.

(woohoo! my first page 1 first post!)
 
i wish they would come out with a new OS.. like 11.xx.... i mean i love apple and everything they do i just think its time to revamp the whole thing.... Isnt it way to early for a new OS?? whatever i know apple will do it right.. looking forward to it!! :):apple::apple:
 
Leopard's only been out for a little, wtf.

lol, they'll save Lion for like, OS XI
 
If this is yet another thing we see at WWDC, we are really in store for a treat, just look at the potential:

(1) iPhone 2.0 Software Release
(2) App Store up and Running ahead of schedule
(3) 3g iPhone & maybe an iPhone Nano given recent rumors
(4) OSX 10.6 - LION!
(5) me.com replaces .mac

This is not to say that the older rumors aren't happening either:
(5) Macbook/Macbook Pro case re-design
(6) Mac Mini Case redesign
(7) New Cinema Displays

All of these are not going to happen, but there is potential for a really great WWDC presentation...thank goodness too considering the past two years haven't been all that exciting.
 
I highly doubt this. I think we're going to be sticking with Leopard for about two years. So... maybe we'll see some seeds about eleven or twelve months after it was released.
 
Maybe a few hints at what's to come, but I can't see anything more... I won't complain about a new OS though. :)
 
I think it's too early for a new OS. I can see Steve making a general announcement about 10.6 and dropping a few details and hints, but as far as announcing a whole new operating system, I would say MWSF '09 at the earliest.
 
richthomas said:
i dont know about releasing developer seeds but im thinking that Apple MAY, at the most, show features… way too early to release seeds.

(woohoo! my first page 1 first post!)
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The first post and probably going to be the most reasonable. This Keynote address is going to be mostly iPhone related. But I do think there will be discussion of 10.6, I doubt they are going to release a paid version that is mostly security and stability. Thats what the free updates are for. Apple knows how to sell things and this scheme just doesn't seem like Apple.

I like TUAW, but sometimes I think they throw out crazy stories like this without any backing.

10.6 Feature that will be announced: Time Machine 2: Back to the Future.
Now you can go forward in time with your documents. Freeing up much needed time to download itunes movies and music and touch applications.
 
I thought the dropping PowerPC support was confirmed back when Leopard was released.
 
coolant113 said:
i wish they would come out with a new OS.. like 11.xx.... i mean i love apple and everything they do i just think its time to revamp the whole thing.... Isnt it way to early for a new OS?? whatever i know apple will do it right.. looking forward to it!! :):apple::apple:
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there wont be OS 11 for a LONGGG time. before Mac OS X there was Mac OS 9 and earlier which was also called System which went up to System 7 before Mac OS 8. This was Mac OS classic.

Mac OS X is the brand name and a completely new OS. the most current version is Mac OS X 10.5.3 "Leopard" and is the fith version of Mac OS X. the first version was Mac OS X 10.0 "Cheetah" and was the public beta.
 
If they indeed make it Intel-only and 64-bit only then that should reduce the size and speed it up quite a bit.

(It would speed it up because the kernel can be recompiled to use the extra registers of Intel's 64-bit architecture)
 
I could see a new OS release sometime in 09. What I can't see is dropping the support for PowerPC, that doesn't really make sense.

Nothing wrong with Universal Binaries, and now that we are Intel (and that they had x86 support for a while), what sense does it make to not openly support PowerPC?
 
Please apple! bring it!!!!!
I mean I love leopard to death! I really do, but Im soooooo excited about cougar! :D:D:D:D
 
not gonna happen.

they need to finish cleaning up leo before they even think about this...
 
This is ridiculous. How about fixing/polishing Leopard first? OS X continues to become larger and more complex, which means it should logically take more time to do each successive major update. That is, unless Apple intends to approach the quality standards of other, less well-liked software companies.

My money's still on WWDC '09. I'll be the first to admit it if I'm wrong, but I sincerely hope that Apple takes the time to get things right - or at least better than Leopard was at launch! :rolleyes:
 
I don't see it. Leopard is too new and needs some work, why rush out 10.6?

and no new features? Apple runs on it's Marketing dept most of the time.
 
zedsdead said:
If this is yet another thing we see at WWDC, we are really in store for a treat, just look at the potential:

(1) iPhone 2.0 Software Release
(2) App Store up and Running ahead of schedule
(3) 3g iPhone & maybe an iPhone Nano given recent rumors
(4) OSX 10.6 - LION!
(5) me.com replaces .mac

This is not to say that the older rumors aren't happening either:
(5) Macbook/Macbook Pro case re-design
(6) Mac Mini Case redesign
(7) New Cinema Displays

All of these are not going to happen, but there is potential for a really great WWDC presentation...thank goodness too considering the past two years haven't been all that exciting.
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i dont know about seeding 10.6, maybe features/sneak peek but that would be ridiculous if it was being seeded. maybe they just arent satisfied with leopard?

i dont know about the redesigns either. i would love to see them, but with all the potential for DEVELOPER related issues, i think apple will wait until later in Q3 to release the revisions (july/august hopefully)

iphone-duh. but the cinema displays are a legitimate hope in my opinion
 
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