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OS X Snow Leopard Details

Posted by kdawson on from the padding-on-little-cold-feet dept.

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."

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  1. Re:One wonders... by CrackedButter · · Score: -1, Troll

    Before reading your post I was wondering if I would be reading a comment that would mention 10.1 and make the comparison and then suggest that we should receive some sort of discount because of no new features. If you think this 10.6 release only provides 'additional stability and developer tools' then you're half right since Apple state themselves that there will be no end user features. Well done on pointing out the obvious! You're not thinking about the second layer of ground work being developed here that will springboard us into a healthy looking 10.7 and .8 release. I think its insulting to only want to pay $20 for something which will provide current Intel machines with a refinement of OSX's technologies. At the moment I have a MB with 4 of RAM and a huge capacity HD with a 7200rpm drive, my only upgrades are a SSD or a faster operating, my only options before buying a whole machine. I would be glad to pay full price if it means not buying a new computer in 3 years time because of the streamlining of OSX taking place. This isn't a 10.1 people and Apple knows that. If you don't want to pay for some polish then wait for the shiny to come in 10.7, its not like Apple take 5 years to release a new version of their operating like some companies do.

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  2. I want OS XXX dammit! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    'nuff said!

    OK, no. not enough said!

    I want OS XXX qualaity porn, mkay?! p/.God, what the fuck do I have to do to get decent porn?!?!

  3. mod 3own by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    BSD mAnaged to make

  4. Can someone answer a question? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Will Snow Leopard be backwards compatible with all the security holes left in Tigger, Bagpuss or whatever the hell the last release was called?

  5. Re:That's why I'm going to buy it. by DaFallus · · Score: 0, Troll

    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.
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  6. Re:My #1 reason for no Mac's at work..... by argent · · Score: 0, Troll

    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.

  7. Which site should I download from? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I just need to know if its free or not.. if it is I'll get it from Apple..if not..there's always bittorrent

  8. Re:Jubeezus Folks get a grip by plasmacutter · · Score: 0, Troll

    WoW has a mac version..

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  9. Pussies by coren2000 · · Score: 0, Troll

    All these Mac Operating Systems are for Pussies.