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Mac OS X 10.6 to Debut at WWDC 2008?
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I'm not sure why this is being viewed so negatively.
If this is to be believed (big IF) then this release is all about improved security and stability, rather than a slew of new features. I dunno, improved security and stability sounds okay to me.
If this is to be believed (big IF) then this release is all about improved security and stability, rather than a slew of new features. I dunno, improved security and stability sounds okay to me.
Snap. I skipped 10.3 because there wasn't enough to justify the upgrade. Now I'm on 10.4 and feel the same about 10.5. Quick view would be nice but not essential, so I think I'll wait.
Yeah fair enough! Still if Apple is making this a full .1 release surely they'll include *something* to justify spending $100... right?
Only for the users in Manchester. The rest have Intel Core Duos
My MBP came from Orlando so I'm OK then
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!!
Because all the dyslexics would confuse X11 and 11.X?
I prefer Felix the Cat! It would make for great packaging too.
Not to mention a cross-marketing opportunity for Pixar/Disney.
The demographics on a cartoon that old are VAST.
Rocketman
Drop PPC and x86 at the same time.
And your PB12 will still run fine with Leopard, even if 10.6 drops PPC.
I'm not sure that it's time to drop PPC yet, but those fat binaries are quite obese when you try to put them on those little solid state drives.
I'll wager that Apple will drop both PPC and x86 in the next release, and go all x64.
There weren't many x86 Apples sold, it would make sense to drop that albatross at the same time that PPC is dropped.
And your PB12 will still run fine with Leopard, even if 10.6 drops PPC.
I'm not sure that it's time to drop PPC yet, but those fat binaries are quite obese when you try to put them on those little solid state drives.
I'll wager that Apple will drop both PPC and x86 in the next release, and go all x64.
There weren't many x86 Apples sold, it would make sense to drop that albatross at the same time that PPC is dropped.
As far as the name goes, being the legal student (albeit, here in Australia), I did a trademark search in the US Patents and Trademarks Office, to find that Apple have a 'dead' (ie abandoned) trademark in "Lynx", but a live trademark in "Cougar" - both under the subject heading of "Computer operating system software".
This seems to suggest that 10.6 will probably be named "Cougar". I reckon that'd be cool
This seems to suggest that 10.6 will probably be named "Cougar". I reckon that'd be cool
You just brought up an interesting point, and not the one you think you did. Some high end developers, who's costumer base is the leading edge (Adobe software for example) will drop old computers first, it makes sense. But other Developers would be stupid to do so with the number if PPC computers out there. Remember the newest PPC isn't even 3 years old yet, and we all brag about how the life span of these machines is 3-5 years?
Anyway, as a developer who still has to, or wants to, develope for both, you makes things HARDER for them by ditching support in the newest OS. Now they will have to program in 10.5 on XCode2 for PPC support, AND in 10.6 XCode3 to get Intel support for 10.6.
There may be some ways around this, but you don't want to have to split the dev environment up.
As soon as Apple drops Carbon support that's when they will be Cocoa 64-bit Intel only.
And that's possible with 10.5.6
And that's possible with 10.5.6
I agree - and if it's security and stability that's a 10.5.x release. Remember we have to buy version number changes, and that's ok if there is real increased functionality in there. Security and stability comes under the heading of 'bugfixes' to me, and those should be free.
So if 10.6 is only fixes for leopard .. that's not really a new version worthy of the 10.6 moniker.
Rosetta works both ways (not in Mac OS X however - see link below), so this is always a simple possibility if Intel falls behind. Intel may fall behind as AMD isn't competing as aggressively. I believe Apple doesn't want to be tied to Intel and will always keep its options open.
Its good programming practice to keep it portable. Apple also supports Mac OS X on ARM in the form of iPhone OS. ARM also has an impressive roadmap - a wide variety of vendors and great high performing multicore and low power offerings that beat Intel's Atom out of the water.
It's great that Apple has all these options for the future.
http://www.transitive.com/news/press_full/77
If they were to do such a thing, it would be a horrible statement about Leopard ... okay, sorry folks, we didn't get it right the first time. Please pay us another $120 to get the secure, stable version ... and oh by the way, you PPC owners can go to hell.
Few Yonahs were sold, relative to Merom/Xeon.
There were relatively few x86 Apples sold - mainly to early adopters, many of which have already been replaced by x64 (Core 2) machines.
I do think that 10.6 is probably a bit early to drop PPC support, but I could see dropping both PPC and x86 in 10.7.
There were relatively few x86 Apples sold - mainly to early adopters, many of which have already been replaced by x64 (Core 2) machines.
I do think that 10.6 is probably a bit early to drop PPC support, but I could see dropping both PPC and x86 in 10.7.
This seems 100% legit.
A landmark event in more ways then one.
it can't ONLy be about the iPhone.
A landmark event in more ways then one.
it can't ONLy be about the iPhone.
Unless there are compelling new features contained in 10.6. Large numbers of folks will NOT upgrade to a new operating system for security or performance reasons alone especially if it drops support for the large base of PowerPC equipment still installed, some of which is currently less than 3 years old.
If Apple is going to release a new operating system there WILL be new features. If they don't then its called a major patch or minor release. I suspect that there will be new features, but they are still under development and not yet ready to disclose them or not sure if they will make into the next OS. Example: Microsoft repeatedly eating crow after pulling WinFS from several releases. Along this note, I expect full support for ZFS volumes in 10.6 and Apple to begin its transition away from HFS+. Being able to write to NTFS w/o 3rd party apps would be nice too, but I'm not holding my breath.
If Apple is going to release a new operating system there WILL be new features. If they don't then its called a major patch or minor release. I suspect that there will be new features, but they are still under development and not yet ready to disclose them or not sure if they will make into the next OS. Example: Microsoft repeatedly eating crow after pulling WinFS from several releases. Along this note, I expect full support for ZFS volumes in 10.6 and Apple to begin its transition away from HFS+. Being able to write to NTFS w/o 3rd party apps would be nice too, but I'm not holding my breath.