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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."
why does this have the amd logo instead of the apple logo? are you letting on more than the article blurb?
roman numerals seriously are not that hard people X+1=XI
MR Taco is the /. repost king.
:P
Way to go taco. Noch another one down.
Love the AMD icon BTW.
...if it's not "Pink" then I will be very disappointed!
You have diamond theme, and your screensaver could feature the bulmbing antics of Inspector "Meecroseeeft" as he tries to do the same tasks the Pink Panther so suavely and easily performs.
- JoeShmoe
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-- I wonder which will go down in history as the bigger failure: the War on Drugs or the War on Filesharing
Many people were wondering at the choice of Jaguar and Panther for the latest Mac OS X names. Wanting to get to the bottom of this I asked the Apple heads, and this is what they told me:
"Well, we did want to name it yellow-tailed marmoset at first, but figured it was a little wimpy and obscure. Bitch was suggested too, until we remembered Microsoft had already taken that (albeit in their case it was the name they bestowed on users of Windows). What else choice did we have? Like an OS called Poodle would sell any copies..."
And there you have it!
I think it should be called "Ocelot". Pronounced "OS-A-Lot". It's another spotted cat.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. The story is a dupe, the topic is boring, the facts weren't checked. WE GET IT!!
...this be like comparing Apples to Athlons?
Ba du dum.
There is nothing wrong with being gay. It's getting caught where the trouble lies.
Well, thank god both are correct as the blurb uses both forms.
"Apple has..." is used at the start, and "Apple haven't..." is then used in the second sentence.
And yes, this post is really as pointless as it looks.
for a minor number revision!
"announcing windows XP SP5, the 'must buy' of the computing year!"
yeah... ok... whatever.
It's a good thing slashdot never posts anything that may cause sensational rumors and misinformation :P
The AMD logo is CmdrTaco's subtle hint.....
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-- George Orwell
The real question is "why do people post a question when it has already been posted by others?"
To jump on the 'Har har you didn't select the right logo from the list' bandwagon: Well, congratulations to AMD! I knew all their hard work on OSX would pay off!
I am a filthy pirate.
The next version will catch up with Windows XP, so it should be called Max OS XP.......
This is sarcasm, so don't flame!
I want my rights back. I was actually using them when our government stole them after 9/11.
I'll buy your iBook from you for a fair price. Email me when you're ready to sell.
I write in my journal
I think a Panther IS a Jaguar. Does this mean nothing is really different? same old s*t, different, day?
Puma, Mountain Lion, TomAYto, TomAto.
I've got a small country to sell you.
Funny, so do I. Except the current residents are being difficult about vacating the premises. I sent over the boys to air the place out. Should be done in a couple of weeks. Oh, you're not with Texaco? Never mind...
Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon
How does Steve pronounce Panther? "Panth-ire"?
How come Apple keeps on assigning code names for their OS X versions that were former names of Atari game systems?
:)
First they named the last version of OS X "Jaguar." Jaguar also was the last console game system made by Atari Corporation. The ill-fated "64-bit" (flame on!) game system...
Now they are naming their next version of OS X "Panther." Panther was also the name of the unproduced 32-bit game system Atari had under development until they cancelled it in favor of throwing all their development resources behind the Jaguar.
Seems kinda backwards if you ask me. Perhaps the previous version of OS X should've been named "Panther," since it was 32-bit based, and then saved the name "Jaguar" for the version of OS X set to support the Power PC 970 chip...thereby being a more appropriate 64 bit reference... But then again, Apple has to "think different"...
So, will we see a PalmOS based Apple PDA codenamed the "Lynx"?
- The Lynxpro
(forgot my password)
*anyone know how many former Atari Corp. (and Flare Ltd.) employees now work for Apple?
Notice whatever information leaked from Apple on their development plans results in the immediate expulsion or cancelation of the related project.
\*BSD's advocate\
I am a developer *for* Apple and I declare that Apple is planning to not: I repeate not, travel to the moon and not; I repeat, NOT install a BEOwulf cluster of orbitting lasers and NOT hold Earth's tide tables hostage to be negotiated with the Pentagon.
\*BSD's advocate \
Sit back in shock and awe as Apple officially announces its plans to travel to the moon for initially undeclared !
I am the nightmare of nightmares.
No no no no no... See, this is /. and we <em>*HAVE*<em /> to have the latest release just like we have to have food to live. It isn't an option. So when the parent poster says (s)he is forced to buy it then one can safely so that it is true, Apple is extorting money from this geek! This is an international crime to force the geek to pay for the upgrade. We should invade One Infinite Loop and liberate the OS.
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The time is now to drop your jolt cola, fire up your major comipile jobs, lock up your computer room, don your smelliest sweat soaked t-shirt (hint, the one you're wearing right now), and go forth to meet at Zero Infinite Loop. We will attack at dawn (*).
* bring extra sweat soaked shirts for use as biological weapons against the door guards
<sarcasm
Q How do you titillate an Ocelot
A You Oscillate its tits a lot.
System wide?? Ok so when the version goes out of date do rust spots begin to appear??
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Q: But people are conditioned to big Mac releases coming out every three years or so, no?
A: Actually, McDonalds restaurants around the world release millions of Big Macs every day.
Got $129 bucks, you're in luck.
Yeah, PUMA, like in "Pummeling Up Microsoft's Ass".
Ha!
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