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."

Comments

Re:That's why I'm going to buy it.

[DaFallus]

While reflections on the desktop and a new way to flip through folders would be worth $120 to you? No, but I also wouldn't buy a car with only three wheels and then turn around and pay for the 4th wheel which should have been included in the first place.

Re:My #1 reason for no Mac's at work.....

[argent]

And plugging in three cables is so much work that it negates the advantages of the Mac?

I'm plugging in 5 cables here, and one of them is the appalling "Magsafe" connector that falls out if you look at it funny... and of course Apple doesn't distinguish between "I just closed the lid while on battery" and "I just knocked the fragile power connector out while the lid was closed".

And of course at least one of the cables always snakes its way down to the floor. So I have to fish around behind the desk, unless I duct-tape the cables into place.

And, really, if I was going to get full docking security I'd have to be attaching a locking cable as well. I don't bother because it's too much of a hassle.

And that's on top of the horrid keyboard, horrid single-button trackpad, and overheating battery pack (replaced under warranty when it burst, and I still have to remove the battery pack when I'm doing a backup or encoding video or it overheats), and all the other "we're Apple Computer, we don't have to care" design flaws. No, all of that wasn't enough to make me stay with Windows, but for someone who isn't convinced of the superiority of the OS it's just one more huge smelly hurdle to get over before finally deciding to drink the White Kool Aid.

Apple got together with IBM to make a laptop once before, and produced a classic. If they're not going to sell generic OS X I can stick on a Thinkpad, they could at least make a laptop that doesn't make me miss my Thinkpad... Windows and all.

Re:Jubeezus Folks get a grip

[plasmacutter]

WoW has a mac version..

Pussies

[coren2000]

All these Mac Operating Systems are for Pussies.