Wave-Themed OS X Banner Goes Up at Moscone West for WWDC 2013

[mumph]

It's OSX 10.9 Cats in a bag.

Once the cats are all dead they can move to X11.

 

[skinnylegs]

Been hangin around MR for some time now. One of the best threads ever. Ever.

 

[falcn]

It's obviously OS X 10.9 Crab.

Mac OX X 10.9 Mountain Crab

 

[silverboy31]

Nope - but being the iOS chief and having iOS take off you can clearly see how Steve lost his taste and was all over skeuomorphism. After all he was the CEO. Having one product that gently delivers growth and one product that massively delivers growth, it's a natural choice to go into that direction.

Rethink why you take stuff like "Notification Center" or "Mission Control" into a usually desktop-based OS. There is no need for it. It only distracts. Exposé and Cmd-Tabbing still is perfect.

My 0.02$

Like I said he was involved on OS X in 2006

 

[AppleMark]

I replace my Macs about every two years, same as my iPhone.

I replace my Macs only when they become a productivity, or repair liability, same as my iPhone. I have never had to replace a Mac prior to 4-5 years for any of the above reasons. iPhones more frequently, because they are often crippled by the new iOS, or an absent 'killer function' so that you 'have' to*.

*You don't really have to, you just succumb to the marketing spell and feel you need to...

 

[hafr]

I think I've read almost every post here. This is one of the most entertaining threads in a long time.

While it's pretty ridiculous to draw any conclusions based on one poster given the history of posters at past WWDC's that had nothing materially to do with a particular version of OS X, Apple is kind of running out of appropriate cat names.

Moving to shark names does give Apple a catch of marketable OS code names, Cookiecutter shark notwithstanding

iOS and OS X are not merging any time soon. What works on a 4" phone and a 30" display are very different. Microsoft is learning that lesson the hard way.

Really? I'm not really hearing a lot of complaining from iMac owners about Launchpad in OS X and the "desktop" in iOS being pretty much identical...

 

[Hombre]

I know, I'm a bit Late to the game, but I really like the idea that mobile OS is called just "7" and the non-mobile OS is called "X".

No cat names anymore and really "cool" product names. And it even can be continued with "Y" and "8".

 

[ghostlines]

I wonder how much old hardware this new OS X will kill off this time around. Think I'll have to update my old Macbook soon. I doubt they'll still support Intel Core 2 Duo's

 

[the8thark]

Do you mean "I've designed…"?

I think he meant Ive as in Johnny Ive.

 

[ryansimmons323]

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Here's a better one...

 

[typeadam]

OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion"
OS X 10.9 ???
OS X 10.10 "Bo Derek"

Wait...you do know 10.10 is really 10.1, right? You'd be going backwards...

 

[ValSalva]

Really? I'm not really hearing a lot of complaining from iMac owners about Launchpad in OS X and the "desktop" in iOS being pretty much identical...

Launchpad is just that, an app launcher, a superficial thing. There are more profound and fundamental differences between iOS and OS X that will keep them separate for a long time, if not indefinitely.

 

[the8thark]

Wait...you do know 10.10 is really 10.1, right? You'd be going backwards...

Not really. As 10.4.10 was not the same as 10.4.1 In this numbering scheme .10 is not the same as .1

 

[hamis92]

Really? I'm not really hearing a lot of complaining from iMac owners about Launchpad in OS X and the "desktop" in iOS being pretty much identical...

Launchpad is completely optional on the Mac - it is not an essential feature, just another alternative for launching applications. I have used it once to check it out but never since that one time. Windows 8, on the other hand, forces this touchscreen-optimised Start screen on every user.

 

[mackcat]

OS 10.9 "Schrödinger's Cat"

Is it dead or alive?™

 

[Motawa]

My 2 cents ...

you should write for jay leno

 

[.:Aleph:.]

So is there a consensus on what will happen after OS 10.9: will it be a new subversion under the 10 mark, e.g. 10.10 or whatever, or is the next step OS XI?

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os 10.9 "schrödinger's cat" :d

is it dead or alive?™

:d

 

[simonmet]

Here's a better one...

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That made me LOL so loudly!!!

They should switch to using the syntax: OS X v9. Since the X is supposed to represent 10 anyway, no need to repeat it. It also means they can go to OS X v10 and OS X v11 and have it look better and make more sense.

 

[Eric5h5]

Wait...you do know 10.10 is really 10.1, right? You'd be going backwards...

It's not a decimal, it's a version number. It's a like a phone number...I hope you wouldn't claim that 555.2000 is "really" 555.2.

--Eric

 

[simonmet]

So is there a consensus on what will happen after OS 10.9: will it be a new subversion under the 10 mark, e.g. 10.10 or whatever, or is the next step OS XI?

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:d

See above...what I think they should do...

 

[patent10021]

X

 

[mbh]

Wait...you do know 10.10 is really 10.1, right? You'd be going backwards...

No. The "." in 10.10 is not a decimal point. It is a separator between two numbers.

 

[syd430]

Everyone in this thread is actually wrong. The billboard is clearly hinting at Apple's much rumoured new product line:

 

[flux73]

I know, I'm a bit Late to the game, but I really like the idea that mobile OS is called just "7" and the non-mobile OS is called "X".

No cat names anymore and really "cool" product names. And it even can be continued with "Y" and "8".

I like this idea too but I don't think the next version would be "Y" since the X was a Roman numeral. I think it's more likely to be X1.

Perhaps the wave signifies a clean start.

 

[.:Aleph:.]

Everyone is this thread is actually wrong. The billboard is clearly hinting at Apple's much rumoured new product line.

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Wrong typeface. You should've picked Helvetica Neue.