Interested. Didn't realize it was official "noped." Wouldn't have thought Apple would play it that way.
Horses??? They're prey animals. Bleh.
What a let down after the big cats.
Apple should have gone with Dire Wolf, Timber Wolf, Red Wolf, Arctic Wolf...
You're joking, right?
i still dont think you know what vaporware means. all of apple's products come to fruition, even if not when you want/expect them to. still not vaporware.
Why? Does a bigger team develop faster and overcome challenges more quickly? So the answer to every challenge is to throw more people at it. Wow, life really is easy.
Also, the delay you refer to is rumor, not stated fact. A product without a stated release date cannot be delayed. There is no launch date announced, then how can it be missed? We've been told fall, this gives a pretty big window.
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You are way off. First of all 10.0-10.3 were not released in the same calendar year. 10.0 was released in March 2001, 10.3 was released in October 2003, that's 2.5 years. Seriously, in this day and age, how can one be this much off?
10.0-10.1 6 months Didn't compare the time between releases, but the time during development of each 10.x
10.1-10.2 11 months
10.2-10.3 14 months
Your development times are completey bogus as well. You just listed the time taken from the announcement to public release, which has basically nothing to do with development time. Apple OS's as are all other major OS's are in development years before an announcement, let alone public release. We already know 10.9 was up and running almost a year ago from web traffic data.
We can't wait until customers get their hands (and fingers) on it and experience what a revolutionary and magical product it is," Apple said. "However, iPhone contains the most sophisticated software ever shipped on a mobile device, and finishing it on time has not come without a price -- we had to borrow some key software engineering and QA resources from our Mac OS X team, and as a result we will not be able to release Leopard at our Worldwide Developers Conference in early June as planned.
<<I'm deleting my post because clearly my comments, which I'm sure you can see in quoted responses on subsequent pages, are being repeatedly misinterpreted. I meant to convey the fact that Apple's upcoming product strategy seems to be delayed from original rumored release goals - rumors point towards delayed release of iOS 7 for iPads (not iPhone), a Mac Pro which still has no release date, and rumors of OS X 10.9 delays. The "vaporware" comment was meant in jest, as I said ("I'm not being very fair" was my indicator not to be taken seriously), but certain form members are choosing instead to educate me on the meaning of "vaporware" while insisting that all is moving according to plan. While I'm certainly an Apple fan, I'm getting full-on rabid Apple fanboi responses from an innocuous comment. Shesh.>>
First: Apple always said "fall", which exactly is in october. What delay are you talking about?
Second: Rumors from stupid bloggers and internal Apple goals are totally different things. Maybe (and I'm pretty sure) they never intended to do an iPhone AND iPad event.
Third and most important: What features in OSX are you missing right now? Is it unusable for you?
So what are you talking about? You only wrote nonsense and used wrong terminology.
Other than having one of the world's crappiest websites and sleaziest beards, WTF is Jim Dalrymple?
So... how many more DP do you think we'll get before it launches?
Other than having one of the world's crappiest websites and sleaziest beards, WTF is Jim Dalrymple?
I think 10.9 will be good only after few updates (like a Mountain Lion)
So it is good to make update after release of 10.9.1, for good perfomance.
Look up "vaporware" and "delays" -- none of the things you have mentioned qualify by any stretch.
MacBooks in October...
I want one now but I'm on vacation. The exchange rate is murder even if I pay for taxes at home. Unless I pick it off of Amazon and upgrade the RAM later. I need my RAM slots.
I'm looking forward to installing this on my PowerBook G4 and Color Classic and 128k. Can't wait.
I hear the new chooser looks great.
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Kinda wish they'd get more people on the development teams just so that Mac OS X isn't always placed on the back burner when it comes to iOS. I know iOS & Mac OS X share a lot of code, but there are so many things that can only be done on Mac OS X.
Until Apple adds the important producer apps on the iPad (Xcode, iBooks Author, etc.) and a few other things (multiuser support), I'm tired of iOS getting all the glory. I know iOS devices sell better, but maybe that's because Apple somewhat neglects everything else.
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Mac computers are without a doubt the best and most reliable pcs around. However they are pricy and the market wont have it in large quantities.
So... how many more DP do you think we'll get before it launches?
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Kinda wish they'd get more people on the development teams just so that Mac OS X isn't always placed on the back burner when it comes to iOS. I know iOS & Mac OS X share a lot of code, but there are so many things that can only be done on Mac OS X.
Until Apple adds the important producer apps on the iPad (Xcode, iBooks Author, etc.) and a few other things (multiuser support), I'm tired of iOS getting all the glory. I know iOS devices sell better, but maybe that's because Apple somewhat neglects everything else.
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I agree Apple has been short on staff since 2007.
My Mac Mini Pro agrees with you - oh wait, it doesn't because I don't have it yet. It's vaporware.