But unlike Microsoft, Apple never staed it would be a massive change. In the case of Microsoft - they claimed Windows would be evolutionary and not a major upgrade, they had several managers go on the record to state that Windows 7 is just a refinement. Then we had another group of managers come out and state that Windows 7 would be an revolution, a massive improvement hence the version jump. Just recently within the last couple of weeks Balmer came out and then clarified by claiming that Windows 7 was an evolution ontop of Windows Vista rather than a revolution.
So lets do a recap - within 18 months, Microsoft has stated two different positions on a product - which one is it? Apple from day one has clearly stated Snow Leopard to be an evolution move forward; a focus on the core technologies with future products being based on those core technologies.
iTunes being 64bit doesn't matter one iota in the grand scheme of things; the first thing I'm sure they'll do is announce an iTunes refresh that has been in development for quite some time now that probably first got the code 64bit clean and then just a matter of moving it to Cocoa and taking advantage of Quicktime X framework.
Hence the reason they never marketed it as a revolution to consumers. Consumers don't care about revolutions btw, they just want their computer to work and for the operating system to enable them to do things. If the operating system provides the ground layer then it is the application vendors to take advantage of those new features and make the upgrade worthwhile for the end user.
Reading through the comments regarding Snow Leopard on the torrents - most people are pretty convinced it is the RTM. I'm 95% confident that it is - and the first update will probably come before October.
Most of the people who say 'this isn't RTM' (for which I am guilty) are using the justification of 'lack of 64bit kernel across the board' when the reality is that only the XServe boot by default with the 64bit kernel due to they being about the only customers who benefit greatly from it. I'd say that 10.7 will be when Apple turns on the 64bit kernel. Get the userland 64bit then move the kernel in the next release - giving third parties a good amount of time to spruce up their kernel extensions.
Mate, X is so 2001 it isn't even funny. Back in 2001, everyone was using X, X being used to point to eXtreme, eXPerience, eXtra and other nauseating hyperbole ridden rubbish.
I personally love the new icon, love the new box - Apple is maturing as a company, and their products are reflecting that maturity. If you look at the box, it is right in line with the iWork and iLife boxes as well - so it isn't as though Apple is doing something out of character when compared to their other product boxes. White box with simple graphics.
How is that the fault of Snow Leopard when it is a third party issue of incompatibility?
How is that the fault of Snow Leopard when it is a third party issue of incompatibility?
How is that the fault of Snow Leopard when it is a third party issue of incompatibility?
Can easily be addressed with updates, the first being released probably within 2 months of the release.
Again, How is that the fault of Snow Leopard when it is a third party issue of incompatibility?
Handling really big libraries and the security features of 64bit binaries.
Yes, if you're living in 2001. 2001 calls and it wants its X back.
Mate, there is only one supported running a 64bit kernel - that is XServe. There is no benefits to running a 64bit kernel for a desktop - you can still run 64bit binaries, you still have the benefits of addressing large amounts of memory with 64bit binaries, you still get the security of 64bit binaries etc. It isn't like Windows where to get 64bit binary support you have to have a 64bit kernel.
How about this - they're a place holder. You know, have you ever worked in a company - putting a place holder on a website until a finalised graphic is created?
Based on what evidence - heard of a concept called 'place holders'?
I wouldn't be surprised if Apple eventually see DVD dying out as bandwidth increases, downloads become more viable and the Apple TV becomes the appliance to have instead of hovering in front of a computer screen. With that being said, are there any benefits with Front Row or DVD Player becoming 64bit?
iTunes has to be moved to Cocoa yet, I wouldn't be surprised if we ended up seeing iTunes X or something similar which is based upon QTX and taking advantage of the new, more efficient CODECs.
What obvious bugs? you're talking about a bad experience because your installation is riddled to the gills with hackware? are you blaming third party applications for crashing on the operating system when the responsibility for compatibility lays with the application vendor and not the operating system vendor?
If I was still in Australia I'd prefer to have an Ali Baba Khebab
You do realise that Apple said it would ship in September? I assume you mean 16 September - not October.
That was rather stupid of me, I should have read the original poster before correcting him
