Mac OS X 10.6 to Debut at WWDC 2008?

so....why all the negative comments? Why is everybody acting like it's a surprise that a new version of OS X MAY be coming out in January, especially when Mr. Jobs said this (more frequent releases) would be the norm in the future.
 
I am not quite sure why so many people are hyperventilating here. Someone merely speculated that maybe PowerPCs would no longer be supported in the new OS.

For all anyone knows the old processors might be supported in the next two versions of OS X.

I also don't understand why some say its too soon for another version simply because they just got Leopard. You don't have to buy each and every version. Many individuals and companies only buy every other version of many software suites & OS's and get along just fine.

Only my humble opinion
 
rockdog said:
I am not quite sure why so many people are hyperventilating here. Someone merely speculated that maybe PowerPCs would no longer be supported in the new OS.

For all anyone knows the old processors might be supported in the next two versions of OS X.

I also don't understand why some say its too soon for another version simply because they just got Leopard. You don't have to buy each and every version. Many individuals and companies only buy every other version of many software suites & OS's and get along just fine.

Only my humble opinion
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I worked for a company that was running 1970's main fraim software, 2004 macromedia software (or whatever year Cold Fusion was before Studio MX - they had not upgraded to MX), and Windows 98, 2000, or NT4 on some machines. Updates or trying to implement software to these was a pain (oh yea, they also ran office 97 - so our docs were not even compatible) Since they could not get suuport - they hired people (also a pain as the people they hired only worked with the latest versions, they never told the applicant they were several years behind and that was what they were going to support)....
 
Until this rumor, I didn't even think OS 10.6 could be announced at WWDC. It is just awful, not impossible, but... Really really doubtful.
 
Lol. It's impossible. 10.5 is only .3, thus they are not going to have 10.6 as developer release any time soon.

The Internet made too many people gullible.
 
one-up microsoft?

Microsoft just showed off some new features of Windows 7.
It could be the purpose of this rumor, or even an early seed, is to demostrate that Apple is going to stay on top.
 
viniciusc said:
Until this rumor, I didn't even think OS 10.6 could be announced at WWDC. It is just awful, not impossible, but... Really really doubtful.
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Why? I'm really nonplussed about why so many of you think it's some sort of improbability or impossibility for 10.6 to be announced at WWDC or even a Developer Preview.

Go look at the WWDC schedule. Note the the Presidio is the largest room and the Conference kicks off the the State of the Union addresses in the Presidio and then it's pretty much a clean sweep for iPhone courses.

Then note there there are 19..count'em 19 "To Be Announced" sessions.

Something's coming folks. Many developers already have the iphone SDK so they have a good inkling about the features.

Considering there are so many TBA sessios it's certainly plausible that Apple outlines a strategy for 10.6 and generates a roadmap. This "is" a Developers conference.

Leopard was late folks and while this probably delayed 10.6 some the two OS are developed concurrently.
 
Consultant said:
Lol. It's impossible. 10.5 is only .3, thus they are not going to have 10.6 as developer release any time soon.

The Internet made too many people gullible.
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While I don't believe this article 100% Steve Jobs has said 10.6 is due 12-18 months after Leopard so the dates make sense. We'll know for sure in a week anyway.
 
Consultant said:
Lol. It's impossible. 10.5 is only .3, thus they are not going to have 10.6 as developer release any time soon.

The Internet made too many people gullible.
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This makes absolutely no sense. It's like you haven't even read the thread. If Apple delivers a rough draft of 10.6 next week the plan would be go GM by years end and deliver a Final Candidate or release at WWDC. By then Leopard would most likely be at 10.4.6 or higher.

Now I realize that dropping PPC support or moving to 64-bit only is a bit of a stretch that would require some savvy explanation by Apple but had Leopard shipped in June/July like it was supposed to Jan 09 would be roughly 16 months from the originally planned update. A typical upgrade cycle for OS X save for the extended Leopard cycle.

Nothing impossible at all about it.
 
I don't care how many "new features" they put in the OS, but if the new features don't work or make the OS unstable and buggy... I don't think it's worth it. I really hope 10.6 is just a more refined 10.5 and not a whole new OS with a bunch of features... I mean, how many more features can they cram into a beautiful OS without making it slow or bloated?
 
12-18 months is what was stated when Leopard was released. January '09 is right in the middle of that time frame. 10.6 will drop at MWSF
 
Maybe it's not a new desktop OS...maybe it is a preview of a completely new version of Mac OS X for a new line of portable devices? That would make a lot of sense, especially with the rumors of an impending tablet device.
 
nuckinfutz said:
This makes absolutely no sense. It's like you haven't even read the thread. If Apple delivers a rough draft of 10.6 next week the plan would be go GM by years end and deliver a Final Candidate or release at WWDC. By then Leopard would most likely be at 10.4.6 or higher.
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Hopefully Apple does not wait 6 months to release 10.6 after they have a GM :D
 
What's really going to be great is when Jobs stands up there and looks at his cards like he does.
 
10.6 will add security and stability with no new features? I thought that's what all the intermediate 10.5.(Something) steps were for. Are they going to come out and say we've fixed the security and bugs in leopard and if you'd like that send us another $129 dollars. That would make leopard $260... Sounds a little like Microsoft pricing.
 
What a lot of bitching and moaning.

I think it's fantastic news and I will be well thrilled if it's true...

...more gorgeous Apple magic coming our way. Who knows what they have up there sleeve - and who knows what they *left* out of the Leopard update to carry over into 10.6!

...another swift kick to the microsoft gonads- this very likely means there will be ANOTHER OSX version releasing when Windows 7 get's released (End of 2010 I reckon!) - and that will be 10.7 no less!!

...Apple into top gear and flying along merrily...

What's to get upset about ?

Leopard was fixing the foundations to the house of OSX and now here comes the extensions, the swimming pool and the jacussi's!!

PPC - anyone know how old the last PPC computer will be by June 2009 ( which will realistically be when it's released) and really, if it's getting on for 4 years is it truly unreasonable to drop it ? Do we REALLY want Apple to get hampered by backwards support the way Microsoft have ? Let's face it anyone on a 4 year old PPC will be getting a seriously major update when they go intel and 10.6 in the latter half of 2009...
 
MacsAttack said:
The timing is perfect. Announcement that OS X 10.6 is in the works and a quick look at some of the new features - probably resolution independence as one of the biggies - so Apple needs to get the developers rolling on this to ensure that their apps will work (Apple have been telling developers to work towards this for the past two releases). New file system may be ready to roll (I was glad they didn't try to rush that into 10.5). Lots of enhancements to other features.

Apple need to get 10.6 into the hands of developers within the next few months if they are to be in a position to ship it around April/May next year. In other words by the time the next dev conference comes around OS X 10.6 will be shipping.
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Agree 100%
 
Actually, it makes perfect sense.

Apple announces their plan to release their new OS touting security and stability as the main features right in the midst of the PC world calling feature-creeped Vista a failure, moving back to XP and complaining about Vista's security and stability.

Who wouldn't switch?
 
this would seem more likely to release something major in a year, compared to 6 months. That would be about 4-6 months ahead of schedule for Apple. I could definitely see 10.6 features being previewed and a developer release. This would probably be needed for the transition away from HFS+ to ZFS. Plus zfs still has a long way to go, they are only on build 117 and do not have every bug worked out. Plus Apple has had to redesign the Finder, Spotlight, Time Machine, etc. just to name a few features, for zfs. I could see a tarball update for zfs in 10.5 if someone was really smart, after WWDC.
 
sebastianlewis said:
The Graphics bug in 10.5.3 (although I haven't updated yet because of another bug in Disk Utility just refusing to partition my HDD), and the bug where Airport keeps dropping the WiFi connection and sometimes can't connect at all on my school network (especially when I need it to the most dammit).

Sebastian
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I don't know if the Airport problem is Apple's fault, perhaps you are getting some interference or something. I have had a Airport network in my home for years and I NEVER drop connections, I really don't understand why people are having trouble, I think the software is solid.
 
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