Apple Expected to Demo Leopard Successor Next Week

4roddas writes "Reports circulated Wednesday that Apple may demo the next iteration of Mac OS X next week or even release code to developers in preparation for an early-2009 launch. According to an account on Mac enthusiast site TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog), Apple may provide early copies of Mac OS X 10.6 at next week's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which opens Monday and runs through next Friday in San Francisco. Mac OS X 10.6 will run on Intel-based hardware only, said TUAW, and so will mark the ditching of support for the older PowerPC processor-equipped Macs. Apple announced it would shift to Intel processors three years ago, and unveiled the first systems in January 2006; most analysts have said that move is largely behind the reason for Apple's renewed success selling personal computers. It has never disclosed how long it would support the PowerPC with OS upgrades, however. Ars Technica also weighed in Wednesday on Mac OS X 10.6; its sources pegged with OS with the code name 'Snow Leopard.'"

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[Lord Lode]

Does it run on Linux?

May be more true than you think.

[plasmacutter]

It may be more true than you think.

The hardware quality of apple's recent lines, particularly their video/display quality, has been appalling. I spent 1.5k on a macbook, and the display installed was of such obviously poor quality it's color was nearly inverted from the contrast at the top and so washed out at the bottom as to be nearly white. Its fidelity was so poor apple's own color calibration tools reached the edge of the scale approximately half way to the correct equilibrium in all tests. I have never seen a worse monitor in my life, this includes my great aunt's vintage dinosaur of a color tv TV, bought when tv shows were still advertized "now, in color!". The most shocking and heartbreaking aspect of this mess was that, presented with this, the geniuses said it was "within standards". I had to come within inches of making a scene in the store before they agreed to replace it, and when it came back, the replacement display was actually worse.

in other words, people who buy apple for quality may be a dying breed.

the final paragraph in this post reflect my sentiments well.

I became interested in mac because I'm a perfectionist. I wanted maximum compatibility, the most powerful user interface, and the best multimedia fidelity for both videos and photo editing.

If they are moving away from this niche, I'd sure as hell like to know who will be stepping in to offer equivalent hardware quality.