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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."

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  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. I welcome our OS IX overlords by klubar · · Score: 5, Informative
    If Apple sticks with the "big cats" theme, then 10.7 will the last of the dot releases of OS X. There are only 7 big cats, unless you count the various leopards separately (but somehow the distinction between the Neofelis nebulosa and the Neofelis diardi may be too fine).
    The big cats are:
    • Tiger, Panthera tigris (Asia)
    • Lion, Panthera leo (Africa, Gir Forest in India; extinct in former range of southeast Europe, Middle East, much of Asia, and North America)
    • Jaguar, Panthera onca (the Americas; from the Southern United States and Mexico to northern Argentina)
    • Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus (Africa and Iran; extinct in former range of India)
    • Cougar, Puma concolor (North and South America)
    • Leopards
      • Snow Leopard, Uncia uncia (mountains of central and south Asia)
      • Leopard, Panthera pardus (Asia and Africa)
      • Bornean Clouded Leopard, Neofelis diardi (Borneo and Sumatra)
      • Clouded Leopard, Neofelis nebulosa (southeast and south Asia)
  3. Re:This is news? by CannonballHead · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not quite. Apple is: Pre-knowledge rumors, rumors, post-rumor rumors, faked Steve Jobs e-mail rumors, announcement, pre-beta rumors, beta, post-beta rumors, faked Steve Jobs e-mail rumors, final [, faked Steve Jobs e-mail rumors].

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

    It's how we keep the doctor away.