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Next version of Mac OS X is 10.7, not Mac OS 11.
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At a certain point they will have to name it Mac OS 11...
Unless you want to see OS 10.50
10.6 already gave some users the impression that it was only a "Service Pack". Naming their next version something different will put the emphasis on change. They don't "have to", but as I said, after 10.10, they should change the name. It would be fresher.
Considering the speed at which Apple implements touchscreens (zero) in Macs, I highly doubt they will dump the "classical" OS. Professionals need it, they wouldn't want to such a market (and since they also sell software for pros, they have a lot to lose).
We're going to see a major redesign of Apple's operating system for Macs in the future. I think the trackpad is a hint of that as well as iOS. I don't think you'll see an iOS mac but a hybrid between it and OSX.
One thing people tend to forget is that all of the applications made for iOS are programmed on traditional Mac OS X using xcode. Without OS X, iOS would even have issues. I have no idea why everybody is freaking that apple will suddenly drop OS X for iOS on their main devices.
And in other news the sky is blue.
I don't anyone was expecting the next version to be called OS 11. Apple is not done riding the OSX horse yet.
What may be coming is it being rebranded to iOS to unify the OS offerings. Not to say it will be iOS that runs on the iPhone just branded that way.
There were rumors floating around this summer to this point and I think its a possibility.
I don't anyone was expecting the next version to be called OS 11. Apple is not done riding the OSX horse yet.
What may be coming is it being rebranded to iOS to unify the OS offerings. Not to say it will be iOS that runs on the iPhone just branded that way.
There were rumors floating around this summer to this point and I think its a possibility.
iOS is mostly OS X. The next OS is iOS or classical OS makes absolutely no sense. iOS is 95% the same thing as OS X. The rebranding of Mac OS X to iOS is possible but theres no point of saying Apple will shift to iOS for Macs because we have been using iOS for close to a decade already.
OS X is the core that can be adjusted to multiple interfaces, iOS for mobile touchscreen devices and Mac OS X for the desktop/laptops. Theres no such thing as a hybrid iOS/Mac OS because thats just a third version of OS X tuned for a specific interface (in this case desktops/laptops with trackpad and possible touchscreen based monitors). It is extremely unlikely well be shifting to touchscreen for desktop/laptop anytime soon (general public, not specialized CAD/artist work).
OS X is the core that can be adjusted to multiple interfaces, iOS for mobile touchscreen devices and Mac OS X for the desktop/laptops. Theres no such thing as a hybrid iOS/Mac OS because thats just a third version of OS X tuned for a specific interface (in this case desktops/laptops with trackpad and possible touchscreen based monitors). It is extremely unlikely well be shifting to touchscreen for desktop/laptop anytime soon (general public, not specialized CAD/artist work).
Am I the only one ecstatic to experience the newness of 10.7? To me Snow Leopard didnt have many exciting user features - and even if it did like OpenCL I still think they will end up in Apples Mausoleum along with QuickTime, Quartz Extreme 2D etc.
So a redesign of the UI, Resolution Independence and better RAM allocation management is a must for the next iteration of the best OS out there.
To me Snow Leopard didnt have many exciting user features - and even if it did like OpenCL I still think they will end up in Apples Mausoleum along with QuickTime, Quartz Extreme 2D etc. So a redesign of the UI, Resolution Independence and better RAM allocation management is a must for the next iteration of the best OS out there.
Hopefully if it's released soon it won't be much only just got my new Mac. Probably be out for next WWDC. I remember reading on here that someone said this "Mac OS 11, this OS goes to 11"
Still hopefully the next release is good
Still hopefully the next release is good
I hope there'll be some nice new features in 10.7. I upgraded to SL on release day and I didn't notice any improvement. It didn't get worse in any way, but I didn't notice any new snappyness. All the talk about Grand Central and OpenCL seems to have died out, and I can't say I notice any performance improvement over Leopard.
All the talk about Grand Central and OpenCL seems to have died out, and I can't say I notice any performance improvement over Leopard.Not sure how many "professionals" will use Macs in the future. The studio I work in just replaced most of the aging workstations with windows7 machines awhile ago. Not surprised to be honest, with the current economic climate and basically no new innovations from Apple in the professional market whats the point?
I thought that both of those things were dependent on developers making applications built to use them. I don't think anyone expected an instant change in performance.
Apple has been more focused on its iToys and less on the computer sector, so much so that its not really dedicating too much resources. Just look at the update cycle for the "professional" machine the mac pro. It took almost 500 days to get that machine updated.
I see apple focusing less and less time/money on OSX and macs as time goes on.
Os what?
At some point though, they'll run out of kitty cats to name them after
OSX 10.22 lap kitten
At some point though, they'll run out of kitty cats to name them after
OSX 10.22 lap kitten
I would tend to agree with this.
The 64 dollar question is, "In the future, will there be one OS for all devices or will we continue to have two (iOS and Mac OS) like today?"
iPhone OS 1.0 was released on June 29 2007, while 10.5 was released on 26 October 2007.
There is the possibility that they have used the beta kernel (after al they started working on 10.5 a while before both releases), but I guess that they used the 10.4 kernel which was very stable in the beginning of development (mid 2005 to early 2006, I guess), unlike the 10.5 kernel.