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Apple Already Working on Mac OS X 10.7 Development?
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Hat would be rather foolish, Snow Leopard is one of Apples best updates ever.
Seriosly if you have Intel hardware you might want to rethink that. I'm finding SL to be one of the best OS upgrades Apple has delivered. The next rev is likely to introduce a bunch of new stuff leading to software incompatibilities.
Frankly I'm surprised that this attitude still exists. Is SL perfect - no - but it improves so many things that the trade offs are very worthwhile.
Dave
Seriosly if you have Intel hardware you might want to rethink that. I'm finding SL to be one of the best OS upgrades Apple has delivered. The next rev is likely to introduce a bunch of new stuff leading to software incompatibilities.
Frankly I'm surprised that this attitude still exists. Is SL perfect - no - but it improves so many things that the trade offs are very worthwhile.
Dave
When did this thread become just pictures of cats?
When it became too funny not to be just pictures of cats.
After all, we're talking about what cat Apple would pick for their next OS name sometime in 2011 probably... like we have nothing better to do with our time.
I don't think Leopard or Snow Leopard was 100% successful. I think they really rushed and missed some key things with both. I loved Leopard, Snow Leopard was def. worth 29 bucks nothing more nothing less. I am hoping 10.7 is actually the revolutionary upgrade to Tiger we have been waiting for and not just another "Service Pack".
That feels like an awfully fast dev cycle to me. But, I suppose it also depends on how much they're going to shove into the release.
I think there was an earlier post which rang more true to me which pegged a 2010 WWDC preview with a spring or summer 2011 intro date.
Sounds too much like "Linux". Say it 5 times fast: Li-nux. Li-nux. Linux. Linx. Lynx.
These name suggestions are terrible. Everyone knows the next release will be titled Mac OS X Keyboard Cat.
of course
Good, and 10.7 needs to be on a short release cycle. Finish refining the changes made in 10.6, fix bugs, improve APIs, and maybe roll out a UI improvement... But let's see if Apple will finally correct one of MacOS's longest standing, biggest problem, most annoying issues of all time - sucky graphics drivers/support.
I expect full latest-version OpenGL support, massive improvements in GPU acceleration, full SLI/Crossfire type of capabilities, and full support for nearly any recent generation graphics card on the market. At a minimum the current line of the majors - nVidia, ATI and Matrox should be supported.
I am so sick of lackluster graphics support on the platform that is supposed to be the graphics king. It is beyond annoying, approaching criminal, that I can't just run down to the store, buy a shinny new ATI 5870 or an nVidia GTX 295 and pop it into my Mac Pro and just have it work. Heck, nVidia has a unified Linux driver that works with 90% of their current cards. If nVidia can do it for the wild west of operating systems, Apple can certainly man up and write a dang driver for their tightly controlled OS.
Apple also needs to support more GPU options for their other computers as well, which will need driver support in the OS. And what is the deal with the lame 256MB or 512MB vram configurations Apple? 1GB is now becoming common in average PCs. Get a clue, fix the graphics.
Yes, 10.7 better make a significant improvement in this department. Your bread and butter (graphics) market is starting to bail to Windows and Linux platforms cause your systems can't hack it. Fix the graphics!
Good, and 10.7 needs to be on a short release cycle. Finish refining the changes made in 10.6, fix bugs, improve APIs, and maybe roll out a UI improvement... But let's see if Apple will finally correct one of MacOS's longest standing, biggest problem, most annoying issues of all time - sucky graphics drivers/support.
I expect full latest-version OpenGL support, massive improvements in GPU acceleration, full SLI/Crossfire type of capabilities, and full support for nearly any recent generation graphics card on the market. At a minimum the current line of the majors - nVidia, ATI and Matrox should be supported.
I am so sick of lackluster graphics support on the platform that is supposed to be the graphics king. It is beyond annoying, approaching criminal, that I can't just run down to the store, buy a shinny new ATI 5870 or an nVidia GTX 295 and pop it into my Mac Pro and just have it work. Heck, nVidia has a unified Linux driver that works with 90% of their current cards. If nVidia can do it for the wild west of operating systems, Apple can certainly man up and write a dang driver for their tightly controlled OS.
Apple also needs to support more GPU options for their other computers as well, which will need driver support in the OS. And what is the deal with the lame 256MB or 512MB vram configurations Apple? 1GB is now becoming common in average PCs. Get a clue, fix the graphics.
Yes, 10.7 better make a significant improvement in this department. Your bread and butter (graphics) market is starting to bail to Windows and Linux platforms cause your systems can't hack it. Fix the graphics!
I say preview of 10.7 Lynx/Cougar at WWDC 10 with a ship date of Spring 11.
And please dont name it Clouded Leopard."
I believe they already have Lion reserved.
10.7 should be a feature-rich version. I expect it to have a fast development pace with a release in 18 months from the time of start. SL has the foundations for what Lion will be.
Why not 11?
As the immortal Nigel Tufnel said: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088258/quotes
As the immortal Nigel Tufnel said: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088258/quotes
This is usual
Now that Windows 7 is out Apple has plenty of time to make next OS that will blow all the copycats away. Now Apple needs to compete Windows 7 and Google Chrome.
I don't think 10.7 will be $29 though update though.
Now that Windows 7 is out Apple has plenty of time to make next OS that will blow all the copycats away. Now Apple needs to compete Windows 7 and Google Chrome.
I don't think 10.7 will be $29 though update though.
I once heard someone call it "Oss Ten"
HO! I'm going to start calling it that! Ha, that's great!
I love that it was exactly 2 posts after the OP before someone discussed skipping SL for 10.7.
If this is your reason you'd wait forever... I'd expect that some developers have been working on 10.7 for quite some time... and they will probably be some working on 10.8 not long after 10.7 feature complete I'd guess as well.