What is an 'intel-only' re-write? It is more about what the minimum OS X supported would be. The next step would be to drop 10.4, although I suspect they won't. You have to go out of your way to create an app that can't run on PPC, and Apple, more than anybody, knows it is dumb to write non-portable code. Just like all the PPC app programmers never intended to run on Intel, but it wasn't too hard to do it once Apple announced the change.
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Mac OS X v10.7 predictions
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What is an 'intel-only' re-write? It is more about what the minimum OS X supported would be. The next step would be to drop 10.4, although I suspect they won't. You have to go out of your way to create an app that can't run on PPC, and Apple, more than anybody, knows it is dumb to write non-portable code. Just like all the PPC app programmers never intended to run on Intel, but it wasn't too hard to do it once Apple announced the change.
I think the reason they called 10.6 "Snow Leopard" was just to stick it to all the people guessing all the actually reasonable names (cougar, lion, lynx, ocelot, lolcat).
So I'm going for Clouded Leopard! (Seriously though, if they name it another Leopard, I'll scream.)
According to the Ars Technica article:
10.0: March 24, 2001
10.1: September 25, 2001
10.2: August 23, 2002
10.3: October 24, 2003
10.4: April 29, 2005
10.5: October 26, 2007
10.6: August 28, 2009
10.7: Wait... electroshock's palantir is in the shop undergoing repairs. Sorry, guys.
10.0->10.1: about 6 months
10.1->10.2: about 11 months
10.2->10.3: about 13 months
10.3->10.4: about 1 year 6 months
10.4->10.5: about 2 years 6 months
10.5->10.6: about 1 year 10 months
So I'm thinking probably around 2 years to 10.7, and possibly a bit more if it's a feature-packed release if it's similar to Intel's Tick-Tock strategy (alternating between minor and major releases).
nice job!! very informative.
apple generally follows this strategy
1. create OS with features etc etc (e.g. Leopard)
2. improve features/speed up overall OS (e.g. Snow Leopard).
hopefully 10.7 will have some great features, i hope for a new GUI (including Finder) new technologies (touch screen etc) and lots of other cool stuff.
I hope OS 10.7 will have the following:
1. 64-bit kernel by default. By the time it's announced and we're eagerly waiting release, most Macs should have 64-bit CPUs and chipsets and Apple should have rewritten all the 64-bit KEXTs.
2. New UI + Finder.
3. Blu-Ray, to satisfy those fanatics about this useless technology that is expensive and not gaining much market share.
4. Extended multi touch (like maybe the screen, tablet?).
5. Slimmer core OS.
That's it for me... I can't really think of much since OS 10.6 is already really good.
1. 64-bit kernel by default. By the time it's announced and we're eagerly waiting release, most Macs should have 64-bit CPUs and chipsets and Apple should have rewritten all the 64-bit KEXTs.
2. New UI + Finder.
3. Blu-Ray, to satisfy those fanatics about this useless technology that is expensive and not gaining much market share.
4. Extended multi touch (like maybe the screen, tablet?).
5. Slimmer core OS.
That's it for me... I can't really think of much since OS 10.6 is already really good.
My predictions for 10.7:
*Months before release, there will be hundreds of threads from the clueless asking when it will be released and whether it will run on their hardware.
*Similarly, months before release, there will also be hundreds of threads of fanboys posting their "predictions", "wishlists", and other speculation with no solid basis for said speculation.
*Hundreds of threads bitching and complaining about the wait and asking "will it work with X software package".
*And finally, hundreds of threads asking when AT&T will have MMS working on the iPhone!
Ok, I know the last one is a stretch, but I'm still left with an "I'll believe it when I see it" attitude towards AT&T's announced MMS availability date.
*Months before release, there will be hundreds of threads from the clueless asking when it will be released and whether it will run on their hardware.
*Similarly, months before release, there will also be hundreds of threads of fanboys posting their "predictions", "wishlists", and other speculation with no solid basis for said speculation.
*Hundreds of threads bitching and complaining about the wait and asking "will it work with X software package".
*And finally, hundreds of threads asking when AT&T will have MMS working on the iPhone!
Ok, I know the last one is a stretch, but I'm still left with an "I'll believe it when I see it" attitude towards AT&T's announced MMS availability date.
Unless the number have changed drastially (which wouldnt surprise me with the recession and whatnot) Blu-Ray is gaining market share faster than DVD did.
It was announced at WWDC on June 8, 2008, or under 8 months after Leopard's release (also the first WWDC after Leopard's release).
Next WWDC is probably in 9 months, so any official news is probably a long way off. The best we can hope for right now is leaked rumors.
More windows compatible:
itune: .asf, wma, wmv, wv, ape, flac fully support. .cue readable, 64 bit
quicktime: vlc like universal video player.
build in wine
safari has more and stronger, customizable ad control, flash improvement.
Fewer bugs in Dictionary, build-in dictionary converter. Display options.
itune: .asf, wma, wmv, wv, ape, flac fully support. .cue readable, 64 bit
quicktime: vlc like universal video player.
build in wine
safari has more and stronger, customizable ad control, flash improvement.
Fewer bugs in Dictionary, build-in dictionary converter. Display options.
your using the wrong computer if you want more windows support
why? these formats are disgusting!
convert them to apple lossless or something.
itunes would be 64-bit, if not it will be soon!
download perian (Y)
flash it out of apples hands.
built in dictionary converter? like a language converter? cool i guess.
i doubt that ANY of the features you listed would be included in 10.7.
Proprietary formats are never a good idea. This is why Mp3 is more popular than wma, aac, or anything else ever made.
why not? at least they work on my ipod! i can use aiff for some reason because half of them never work (too big to load into the cache apparently).
mp3 sounds fugly.
aac, maybe but its still compressed, wma.. no thanks. haha
Well, 10.6 will have support for the PBG5 because it's the current version and I heard a rumor that we're getting the PBG5 this TUESDAY! You heard it here: 10.6.2 will be the shipping version on the PBG5.
/Good times.
Really, I want the following:
1) Resolution Independence
2) New UI (Marble ?)
3) Return the creator codes
4) Window Snapping (just like Win 7, that seems really cool).
5) Tabbed finder
I'd also like blu-ray and maybe 3G built in, but that's more of a hardware thing.
i like all your ideas!!
finder needs a complete makeover but haha
thats a software thing (apart from needing the BR drive of course.
finder needs a complete makeover but haha
thats a software thing
(apart from needing the BR drive of course.
AAC works on many mp3 players other than the iPod. AAC isn't proprietary that much, I always see it listed as supported along with MP3. AAC has way better audio quality and range than MP3.
i like all your ideas!!
finder needs a complete makeover but haha
thats a software thing
3G is not a software thing, but a hardware thing. 3G refers to an actual 3G antenna.
Prove this with statistics. Yesterday I was shopping at Fry's. I saw 14 or so people buying 2 or more DVD's, only 1 person (who looked rich, upper class) bought Blu-Ray, and it was only 1 disc, and it was discounted. So no, Blu-Ray is not gaining market share. It's been out for years, since PS3 and still hasn't gotten widespread domination over DVD.
Blu-Ray is not going to replace DVD for a long, long time. Software, games, etc are still being printed on DVDs.
i bolded the "blu-ray" and the "hardware" thing for a reason. i was referring to BR
not 3g. of course i know that 3g is a hardware thing! i use my 3g phone to tether with my mbp every day so i know its not a software problem.
Is google broken for you? Found these two in 5 seconds:
http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=56223
http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6572676.html
Now prove your statements with stats.
What kind of reliability does your first site have?
Secondly, your second article is over a year old and as you no doubt have been aware, we're in a recession, sales have obviously slowed.
Interestingly, there are quite a few RECENT stories about Walmart beginning to limit DVD/Blu Ray floor space. Walmart is not viewing either of them as traffic producers...
Right now, price is the motivating factor. DVD's and DVD players cost less and to most consumers, the added quality isn't worth the cost differential. Especially, when to get the full effect you'll likely need to buy a better flat screen/plasma TV...
Just my .02¢
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Both of these admit that PS3 numbers skew their data. You'd probably need to find stats on the number of movie titles sold in each format over the first few years of their adoption. I imagine blu-ray lags behind dvd in this area. VHS to DVD was a more important jump because it was a change to a superior media in addition to higher quality. Blu-ray simply adds higher quality.