Say, "OS Ex" or "OS X" fast enough and it sounds like "Over Sexed"
is trying to tell us something, "Sexy Hardware and Software" 
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Say, "OS Ex" or "OS X" fast enough and it sounds like "Over Sexed"
is trying to tell us something, "Sexy Hardware and Software" 
You can repeat yourself until, well, you're blue in the face. But it is OS Ten. Never has been OS "Eks".
Even the all mighty Jobs says OS Ten and he is known for some pretty, shall we say, idiosyncratic pronunciation… remember Jaguar? Jahgwaaaire? WTF?
I agree.
How is this possibly "news"?
Maybe some pressure from Win7.
Cannot believe I am saying this but I have no problems using Win7. Maybe its just a change that I am preferring.
I agree.
How is this possibly "news"?
Not sure if this is news or not, however according to my understanding there are two teams that work on Mac OS X.
Team One was working on OS 10.1 while Team Two was working on OS 10.2, then when OS 10.1 was released, Team One works on OS 10.3 and so on and so forth. This is why you will notice that with some OS 10.x release it offers speed and others feel like feature filled bloat ware.
That means OS 10.7 has been in development for a while, and its news because ppl were not sure if it would be called OS 11.0.
I remember that Jaguar was fast, Panther was slow, then Tiger was fast, Leopard felt sluggish and now Snow Leopard feels decent again. If this is the case OS 10.7 will be feature rich, however will not compare to Snow Leopard as far as speed goes. The Dev Team already mentioned that it will focus on feature with one release and refinements with the following release. This was the case following OS 10.1
I still remember OS 10.0, so many bugs however it looked beautiful for its day. A decade goes fast, and Apple has been focusing more on a "HUD" style UI leaving the 3D look in the past. It will be missed.
Could be worse, it could be another Chinese-iphone-appstore-AT&T crapfest!Apple is working on the next version of OSX ... slow news day? Guess it keeps the add traffic up
Quicktime 7 was using old old technology from all prior versions of quicktime. It's not that simple to rewrite an entire application from what it was ever since it was released and include all the features the previous one had. You can't simply just port over old features because it was completely changed for the better. When I mean completely changed I mean completely changed. Wait until 10.7 for the QuickTime Pro features to be included in QuickTime X.
Considering that Apple said from the first announcement of Snow Leopard that there would be no major new features what exactly were you "expecting"?
I completely agree. Apple took a bold step when they created QuickTime X. Trouble is, though they got some things very right, the stuff they got wrong is bafflingly wrong.
Maybe an example will make my point clearer: Why are the playback controls stuck INSIDE the content window? That just seems dumb to me - what if you, for whatever reason, wish to advance the movie frame by frame? Then, the playback controls get in the way.
I've heard all that bs before.
It's not completely changed for the better until it includes "Pro."
As matter of fact, QuickTime X is completely useless to me. I have deleted it from my computer.
Oh yeah, wait for 10.7 when it should have been included in 10.6.
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I predict when 10.7 comes out people will claim 10.6 was one of the best releases ever and there is no need to upgrade.
It's called the previous release was better because one or two things don't work with the new release syndrome. Witness Tiger better than Leopard, Leopard better than Snow Leopard etc.
System 6 Mac OS 9 just got a twitter client. And a project has started to make a Gecko browser for OS 9. Why do you people always believe the glass is half empty?
I think only the second reason is valid. The first point is not as valid because Apple could have easily checked during installation the architecture of the machine and installed the correctly compiled binaries.
Couldn't agree more. There's so many things wrong to go into detail. The awful connection dialog, unexpected disconnects, putting shortcuts to network locations in the Finder sidebar, lack of read/write S/FTP support. And it has barely gotten better since 10.3. So little thought and attention put into this area.
The performance is terrible as well. I don't think they could have a slower implementation of WebDAV if they tried.
Or if they are building proof of concepts that something could work, but not integrating it into the OS codebase yet.
If Windows 7 included everything in Mac OS X and was as clean and simple, then yes, I would say Apple had lost the lead. It is probably a tie (assuming you compare one of the fuller versions Windows 7 (like Home Premium).
It's called the previous release was better because one or two things don't work with the new release syndrome. Witness Tiger better than Leopard, Leopard better than Snow Leopard etc.
System 6 Mac OS 9 just got a twitter client. And a project has started to make a Gecko browser for OS 9. Why do you people always believe the glass is half empty?
I think only the second reason is valid. The first point is not as valid because Apple could have easily checked during installation the architecture of the machine and installed the correctly compiled binaries.
Couldn't agree more. There's so many things wrong to go into detail. The awful connection dialog, unexpected disconnects, putting shortcuts to network locations in the Finder sidebar, lack of read/write S/FTP support. And it has barely gotten better since 10.3. So little thought and attention put into this area.
The performance is terrible as well. I don't think they could have a slower implementation of WebDAV if they tried.
Or if they are building proof of concepts that something could work, but not integrating it into the OS codebase yet.
Highly subjective. Debatable Apple have lost the lead. And I'm not saying Windows 7 (which I'm guessing is what you are referring too) isn't good (it is), but there are things Mac OS X includes that Windows 7 doesn't or can't (for whatever reason, legal or otherwise). Granted the reverse is true also, in that some things Windows 7 has are missing from Mac OS X (like bit locker).
If Windows 7 included everything in Mac OS X and was as clean and simple, then yes, I would say Apple had lost the lead. It is probably a tie (assuming you compare one of the fuller versions Windows 7 (like Home Premium).
Ok, well I couldn't really care less that you find it useless because in the scheme of things sticking with the old quicktime technology would've been one of the dumbest mistakes they could've made. You can always say should've, would've, could've until you're put in the developers shoes and realize what you are trying to tackle is something very large.
Even if the QuickTime X Player is useless to you (which I could understand, if you depend on features of QuickTime 7 for your workflow), deleting the application from your computer is just asking for trouble with software updates, particularly QT-specific updates.
That said, I also think there should be an easy way to change all of QuickTime's associations to QuickTime Player 7 in Snow Leopard, for people in your situation. The lack of such a feature makes life harder for people like you.
Good point, although given that the "Lynx effect" causes nubile young women to rip their clothes off and throw themselves at you (adverts never lie, right?) it might be a good thing for us Mac users who are the wrong side of 50
As for "Ex" vs. "Ten", I always thought it was pronounced "Ex", and "Oh Ess Ex" sounds way cooler than "Oh Ess Ten". Oh, and I once heard someone call it "Oss Ten"
They did, but they also recently advertised for filesystem engineers, so one can assume they might just be writing their own instead.
Depends why you're doing it, I suppose. So far, just being able to move the controls out of the way of whatever part of the frame I'm interested in has sufficed for me.
That's a good point. However, your suggestion would complicate the installation procedure (possibly reducing reliability) and would require significantly more space on the install DVD. If it would require a 2 DVD installation, then my point has considerable validity.
You mean they've finished 10.6, put out a couple of service releases, and now they're starting 10.7? Say it isn't so! I can see why this is front page news.
And here I was assuming that Steve would have the entire OS team sitting on their hands for the next several months.
And here I was assuming that Steve would have the entire OS team sitting on their hands for the next several months.
Leopard had universal binaries on and it was a single DVD. As the footprint of Snow Leopard is smaller well.
The Snow Leopard installer is very complex anyway. For example:
If they can add this stuff, then I don't see that adding selective installation of binaries would be beyond the realms of possibility for the installer team.
People said the same of the Wii, but it's a popular console anyway. The jokes might have helped with the marketing.
Maybe Apple will deliver "WinFS" with the ragline "You've seen the dream, now live the reality."