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OS X Snow Leopard Details
JD-1027 writes in to kick off a discussion of OS X Snow Leopard. Apple's stated goal: "Taking a break from adding new features, Snow Leopard — scheduled to ship in about a year — builds on Leopard's enormous innovations by delivering a new generation of core software technologies that will streamline Mac OS X, enhance its performance, and set new standards for quality." The technologies: Grand Central to get better use of multiple processors and multicore chips, OpenCL to tap the power of the GPU, 64 bit so we can finally have our 16 TB of RAM, QuickTime X for optimized modern codec performance, and built in Exchange support in iCal, Address Book, and Apple Mail that most likely will help get Macs into corporate environments. We've previously discussed ZFS in the server version of Snow Leopard."
Robin: Leaping Leopards, Batman! Is that a Hardy Herron or a Gusty Gibbon???
Batman: Shut up. It's just 10.6, dude.
Only after posting did I realize it was the "first" and got swept up in the excitement of it all. I promise it won't happen again. :)
Let me get the rest out of my system, so I am not tempted:
o Does it run Linux?
o Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these
o Profit!
o In Soviet Russia, post firsts you!
You might as well ask about Zune support in Itunes.
Well... What about Zune support in iTunes?
Translation: "Let's see if we can distract Mac owners from the fact that the recent Apple developer conference produced no new upgrades, no new hardware, no Jobs-ian announcements on OSX, just iPhonery."
Translation: "We're an iPhone company now"
Translation: "We've put off any serious work on OS X for eleven months"
Translation: "We're hoping to bugfix some of the the low-level tweaks promised for Leopard and finally get them out the door... if we're not too busy with the iPhone."
Translation: "We really might be able to fix those bugs..."
Translation: "Yet another feature, like resolution independent graphics, that didn't make it into Leopard, because we were way too busy with the iPhone. But we might have it for you in a year. Read-only, of course. And not turned on by default. For developers only. And only in beta, of course. Use this feature at your own risk."
I've fallen off your lawn, and I can't get up.
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
Single-handedly?
Lost tribe from central Africa. Members went around squirting each other and throwing chairs to communicate. Unless action is taken, expected extinction in 2010.
That is all.
I wouldn't say that. It's not MS style to focus on efficiency, system footprint, and stability, no no no. It's just boring! People don't want to entertain themselves with some ambiguous speed improvements. The whole point is to make the silly public understand that they need the new hardware. Vista is not slow, no no no, it's just your hardware simply doesn't fit the trend anymore. You need to go outside, get some holiday shopping done. Just pick a sunny day for a slow walk, and don't forget to stop and smell the cardboard. Imagine the feeling of opening up a fresh brand new motherboard package. Ohh yeah, that taste, I love the taste, it's even better than a thin crust dominos, it's just romantic. Don't forget to post the unveiling on youtube.