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'Back To the Mac' Media Event On October 20th

Posted by samzenpus on from the look-at-the-new-kitty dept.

Kildjean writes "Engadget reports that Apple has issued invitations for a special media event to be held next Wednesday, October 20th at 10:00 AM Pacific Time. The invitation for the event, which is to be held at the company's campus in Cupertino, California, carries the tagline 'Back to the Mac.' The invitation also contains an image of what appears to be a lion peeking out from behind the Apple logo, hinting at discussion of Mac OS X 10.7. 'Lion' has been one of the most commonly-suggested 'big cat' names for the next-generation operating system. Much of Apple's notebook line with the exception of the entry-level MacBook is due for a refresh, and Apple has refreshed at least a portion of its notebook line each October or November for the last several years. Apple's desktop offerings have all been updated relatively recently, suggesting that the company's media event may focus on notebooks if new hardware is included on the agenda."

8 of 349 comments (clear)

  1. Re:And??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot is friendly to LGBT community and needs to cater to their interests as well. Hence, the Mac news.

  2. Re:This is news? by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's absolutely no information in there thats news.

    [Steve Jobs arches fingers and raises eyebrow] "Excellent"

  3. Re:This is news? by God'sDuck · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think we're supposed to start guessing the next OS X name or something, as if we are children.

    OS X Kitty! ( http://xkcd.com/231/ )

  4. Re:I welcome our OS IX overlords by God'sDuck · · Score: 4, Funny
    • Piano Cat
  5. Re:I welcome our OS IX overlords by at_slashdot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe they will have a Liger release :D

    --
    "It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -- Prof. Dumbledore
  6. Re:I welcome our OS IX overlords by mr_mischief · · Score: 4, Funny

    10.10 Thunder, thunder, Thundercats! Hoooooo!

  7. Re:This is news? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's how we keep the doctor away.

  8. Re:I welcome our OS IX overlords by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 4, Funny

    They could use that as a springboard into the "mythical creature" series for OS XI.

    OS 11.0 - Unicorn
    OS 11.1 - Bandersnatch
    OS 11.2 - Jabberwock
    OS 11.3 - Seraphim
    OS 11.4 - Canadian
    OS 11.5 - Basilisk

    "Today Macworld provides coverage as Apple.... RELEASES OS 11.6 - THE KRACKEN!"

    Geez, with mythical creatures they could go for decades.