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Apple to Announce new Mac OS X version in June
swiert writes "Apple has announced that the WWDC conference has been rescheduled in order to present the new version of Mac OS X, codenamed "Panther". Unfortunately, Apple haven't given any details about what to expect from Panther, but after Jaguar this looks promising."
heh fucking idiots cant get shit right :D
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Well it makes sense mathematically....
.mac gouging. Remember when we all were waiting for a solid premptive multitasking OS while even Windows users had a reasonable one in broad usage and deployment? Remeber how long we waited for OS X and apps and hardware support? Take a look over there http://www.macos.utah.edu/Documentation/macosx/his tory/mac_osx_history.html and then ask yourself if after waiting for Apple to get their act together and staying loyal all these years whether we deserver to get gouged now?
I mean MacOS X compared to Windows XP is really X+Pi (see at Apple they think different about version numbers and what we should pay for) and we know Pi is 3.14.... so that means you get to pay again to infinity or they or we wisen up in their upgrade gouging.
Ask yourself the following questions. Windows XP gets dramatically improved 3d redendering for free while Apple users must pay for this feature and it is a must because our new interface uses those features and we have NO native app GUI alternative installed by default. It gets natively provided firewire two support. It gets pen support and a host of other enhancements including better integrated and feature rich media apps and the only money I have spent on it is the origional price I paid with my new computer. Now you can quibble about a multitude of things and whether an apple is equal to an orange but when it comes to the bottom line, my Apple has cost me more than my orange to keep using it with the most current OS. This fact is not changing either anytime soon.
At least with most Linux distros and Redhat in particular the upgrade treadmill is free except for your time and cost to redeploy new versions. But OSX has had how many upgrades? Come now this is even worse than the MS treadmill and arguing otherwise is futile if you try to use cost of install. You bought the hardware and got the OS and a coupon (if you were lucky) for a new version of OSX when it was released. They knew they were gouging so they lessened the blow to new machine purchasers. MS has been known to do similar things via OEM deals but at least it releases a lower cost upgrade version for all.
And this argument about well don't upgrade is BS because Mac OS in its current state could be a hell of a lot better for the two versions I have shelled out cash for. The proof is mere months later we have to pay again to get what could be offered in a service pack. Don't even get me started with their iApps blunders or
I think we do because we should have seen it comming.
You're a fucker
I thought OS X was getting an X86-64 port, dangit! =[
KLAATU, BORADA, NIh*ahem*
As far as I can see, the (immediate) objective of the flights was to put a dent in the WTC. You can't argue that the aim was to cause the buildings to completely collapse any more than you can argue for example that America wanted depleted uranium in Gulf War '91 weapons to cause long term damage to civilians and home troops. Sometimes a weapon is more deadly than expected.
Anyway, the atrocious lack of proper evacuation procedure was what caused so many deaths. It's like asking, "what caused all the deaths on the Titanic?" Sure, the iceberg caused the ship to sink, but it was the lack of lifeboats and poor evacuation procedure to blame for the great loss of life.
Of course, the US government reaction wasn't to learn from cities like London who have had decades of experience with terrorist attacks (courtesy of the IRA and its excellent US sources of funds -- who harbors the terrorists now?), but instead to arbitrarily strip freedoms from Americans and run after irrelevant countries. Doh!
And before someone accuses me of lacking clue, a (now dead) relation survived the Titanic, and a good friend was 5 minutes away from being landing ground for one of the 9/11 planes.
more pointless Apple news. This goes along with my theory that anything involving Apple gets instantly posted. (See this previous post) Also, without having any details of any kind, the author of this news post states that "this looks promising", when it could very well be a regression for the operating system. I dont' think it is really news that Apple is planning an update for their OS (du..duh!), when we have details then that will be news.
SIGFAULT
What I *really* hope the anounce is support for AMD's x86-64 architecture.
This would be great for AMD since I'm sure many users would gladly upgrade their motherboards/CPU to run both Windows and OS/X, and it'd be good for Apple for several reasons, among them:
- Compete with Windows on equal hardware, thus now having a chance to prove it is better or not than Windows on identical hardware.
- Allow an easy upgrade path from the x86 croud to the OS/X world, since it is easier to buy a motherboard and CPU and continue running your Windows apps, than buying a whole new machine just to run OS/X on it.
- It'd give Apple a head start on the x86 race on Windows own's turf. I can imagine the headlines "Apple beats Microsoft at shipping a 64-bit x86 OS", which is the kind of things Steve Jobs likes to do.
- It'd bring Apple to the commodity pricing world of the PC. This is bad for Apple for hardware upgrades, since users would stop buying peripherals from Apple, and instead buy them from third parties, but it'd be good for Apple's software business which could potentially grow tremendously, thus the bottom line is possitive for Apple.
- It'd end the perception that the Apple machines are slower than Windows-based machines, since now they can be compared on identical hardware running at identical speeds (we'll also finally know if Steve Jobs's claims of superior software technology are true for the first time...)
On a side note, I hope that Steve Jobs doesn't give himself to temptation and releases OS/X for the x86-64 arquitecture ONLY. There are several millions x86-32 PCs out there which could easily be upgraded to OS/X with a simple software install without buying new 64-bit hardware, so let's hope they're smart about it...
Finally, please, PLEASE Steve, simple admit that a two-button mouse (along with scroll well which also serves as a third button) is simply better than a single-button Apple mouse, and get on with it!!! A one-button mouse SUCKS!!!