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Mac OS X 10.6 Called 'Snow Leopard', All Cocoa?
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Snow Leopard
Like Leopard, only cooler...
Like Leopard, only cooler...
I don't really get the naming convention.
If apple can get true exchange support in Mail, iCal and Address Book for 10.6 I'd be over the moon.
That's not what Apple means when they label an API "deprecated". Their developer documentation is pretty clear about what it means.
I hope you secretly know and believe that his departure (lol - and according to you: because he wants to polish Leopard with performance, security and standards advancement in a timely manner) would only make things worse.
edit: and a lol @ anyone who thinks this would cost $129.
The way Apple operates right now, the difficulty in having a salesfloor worker convince a mildly-savvy customer in an Apple Store to spend $129 on something with no crazy new features or stark visual differences would not go unaddressed. If this is what it is thought to be, an underpinning revamp, they're not charging the same price.
I wonder what the two bridges mean..?? I guess we will soon find out in less than a week but I wonder if i has to do with 10.6 (whatever its name is). Honestly who cares what the name is??? We will all buy it or whatever no matter if it is battle cat or ***** cat 
cablecutter
cablecutter
G5 & G4 are both Ower PC
G4 & G5 are both Power PC, so if they support one, they're supporting both.
The most likely scenario is that 10.6 is more of a major-minor upgrade. What I mean by this is that instead of having 10.5.4 (or .5) Apple is looking into consolidating feature set throughout their lineup (Apple TV, iPhone, Mac OS) as was suggested and not change in a major way their features. Also why the y are thinking about using "Snow Leopard" as the code name. They would maintain the base Leopard OS with some minor updates.
Will they drop Power PC support? I doubt it. iPhone uses ARM chips, and Semi-PA has more expertise in Power PC than Intel. My suspicion is that they have a fancy new Altivec type co-processor (Power PC based) which they plan to introduce in their next batch of new computers. Maintain use of Intel to take advantage of their economies of scale and have a second CPU as a differentiating factors between Apple and common garden PC's. " Snow Leopard" might a hybrid OS that can take advantage of this arrangement
G4 & G5 are both Power PC, so if they support one, they're supporting both.
The most likely scenario is that 10.6 is more of a major-minor upgrade. What I mean by this is that instead of having 10.5.4 (or .5) Apple is looking into consolidating feature set throughout their lineup (Apple TV, iPhone, Mac OS) as was suggested and not change in a major way their features. Also why the y are thinking about using "Snow Leopard" as the code name. They would maintain the base Leopard OS with some minor updates.
Will they drop Power PC support? I doubt it. iPhone uses ARM chips, and Semi-PA has more expertise in Power PC than Intel. My suspicion is that they have a fancy new Altivec type co-processor (Power PC based) which they plan to introduce in their next batch of new computers. Maintain use of Intel to take advantage of their economies of scale and have a second CPU as a differentiating factors between Apple and common garden PC's. " Snow Leopard" might a hybrid OS that can take advantage of this arrangement
Here are the facts:
Steve is preparing for retirement, he currently makes $1 yearly salary. He gets paid in stock. His goal is to raise stock prices to the highest he can get then SELL. Then he leaves apple. Nothing else matters. His buddha ideals are gone. He could care less about change, revolution of computers anymore, he wants CASH. So expect the ripoff to continue until he leaves. Then watch apple inc. go bankrupt in 3 yrs.
Steve is preparing for retirement, he currently makes $1 yearly salary. He gets paid in stock. His goal is to raise stock prices to the highest he can get then SELL. Then he leaves apple. Nothing else matters. His buddha ideals are gone. He could care less about change, revolution of computers anymore, he wants CASH. So expect the ripoff to continue until he leaves. Then watch apple inc. go bankrupt in 3 yrs.
Finder works very well for me in 10.5. I had some issues with it in 10.4, which might be related to the intel transition.
With no major OS changes and only speed and stability, I am expecting a 10.1 type rollout. Either free to Leopard users or a small upgrade fee.
Microsoft did that. they had 2000, Millenium and Xp home all out at the same time.... While it ran on the same hardware, it sucked trying to be compatible. Also, what about XP home, xp pro, and XP media center being out at the same time. also found that had compatibility issues with software on each. some ran on XP pro, but not media center.
I see a scary thing happening if Apple makes an OS for PPC and a separate OS for Intel. learn from Microsoft's mistakes - don't repeat their mistakes please.
Its already "deprecated" except for security updates anyway, if they go any further then they'll have to not support it even for security updates which would make it unusable.
Timely also means not getting there too quickly.
timely |ˈtīmlē|
adjective
done or occurring at a favorable or useful time; opportune : a timely warning.
i think it's about time that Apple gives the axe to carbon. wasn't the purpose of carbon to make the transition from os 9 to os 10 seamless? that was nearly 7 years ago... so why are people still writting carbon applications?
also, carbon is not fully 64 bit compaiable. so it makes sense for the next os to be intel only AND non-carbon. why would you want a carbon application on intel when all the new processors are 64 bit?
also, carbon is not fully 64 bit compaiable. so it makes sense for the next os to be intel only AND non-carbon. why would you want a carbon application on intel when all the new processors are 64 bit?
Yep.
Better be FREE or somebody's gonna get sued...
You can't sell a fix. Period.
Facts... where is your citation??? I don't think Steve will leave for a while. He likes his black shirt presentations too much. Haha I can see him in like 20 years in a wheel chair with his clicker in his hand with release of a solar power laptop or something crazy...ha jkHere are the facts:
Steve is preparing for retirement, he currently makes $1 yearly salary. He gets paid in stock. His goal is to raise stock prices to the highest he can get then SELL. Then he leaves apple. Nothing else matters. His buddha ideals are gone. He could care less about change, revolution of computers anymore, he wants CASH. So expect the ripoff to continue until he leaves. Then watch apple inc. go bankrupt in 3 yrs.
Because all applications aren't going to be 64 bit for 20 years or more as there is no performance benefit in the vast majority of cases.
I mean Microsoft is still going to be selling a 32 bit OS which can't run ANY 64 bit programs at all for the next 5 years at least.