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10.5 is now tomorrow, which means it soon will be yesterday's news.
So what's going to be on 10.6? Really, what more can they give us? (I mean, besides full resolution independence, which some people are griping about - but they are not going to be doing a whole new release just for that.) What is the speculation on possibilities, underlying direction, and potential development timelines? And what the heck will it be called? Aren't they running out of quick and powerful cats? When there's an eel in the lake that's as long as a snake that's a moray. |
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Thunderbolt, fuck yeah!
Join Date: Jan 2005
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FTFF!
Er no. They did that now. My money says the next cat is going to be named Lion, though, my previous panzer-guideline has come to it's end. Unless Kraus Maffei has something going that they managed to keep very much secret. |
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As for the name, it is likely to be 10.6 Cougar or 10.6 Lynx. Apple registered Tiger, Leapard and those two in 2003, and have used two of them.
I prefer Cougar to be honest. |
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Lynx would be weird. That's what our city transit system is called.
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"Lynx" sounds too close to "Linux".
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Thunderbolt, fuck yeah!
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Yeah, then better go with stoat.
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Mail hides on startup.
*prepares for more neg rep* Yummy! Feed me. |
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Most, if not all, of the major issues with the Finder have been addressed. It's multi-threaded, it retains individual window settings, and icon spacing can be adjusted. It's a very very nice and long overdue upgrade.
Almost worth the price of Leopard, en fait. You had me at asl ....... |
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Hmmm, Space and Time. I'm sure 10.6 will have something to do with Dimensions.
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Thunderbolt, fuck yeah!
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Or wormholes perhaps? For downloading physical items from iTMS and teleporting upgrades for your Mac.
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iMac 2009 will be shaped like a blue Police Box.
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For a second, I thought you were suggesting "OS X Orlando" as the name. Calls to mind "Windows Chicago". Start me up! and shut me down.
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Too soon?
(But, for the record, I hope OS XI releases are named after doggies. And cute doggies, too. I can't wait for Mac OS 11.3 "Westie." ) and i guess i've known it all along / the truth is, you have to be soft to be strong |
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Now people. This is a serious thread about the serious and pressing issue of what features are anticipated to be found in 10.6. Some decorum. Please.
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Ocelot will have a tabbed Finder.
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can't read sarcasm.
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My most recent thinking is that 10.6 will be PC-compatible and will be released as a virus.
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Resolution Independence and ZFS
Wocka wocka. |
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Mac OS XI will come in pill form and experienced entirely within our brains.
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I was hoping Mac OS XI would be experienced...
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My hope:
1. Voice Recognition API- Apple's almost there with a nice suite of technologies for Assitive needs. Now we need VR. The core should be powerful, MP aware and extensive through plugins in for specialized vocabularies. 2. Beginning of the replacement for GCC. Apple's partnership with LLVM to develop a new front end for LLMV called Clang should result in faster and smaller code and more features. 3. Metadata continues to improve. With Leopard Apple addressed some of the portability issues with Metadata. 10.6 should improve this so that files copied or transferred across a variety of networks keep their encapsulated metadata intact. 4. More filestystem support- Apple was recently awarded a patent for touchless filesystem conversion provided it works it should make it transparent to deal with the variety of filesystems out as well as bridge between today's filesystem and tomorrow's. 5. Telephony API- I want to see VOIP and Digital PBX become a core function of OS X. I want Apple to make a swift move towards a Unified Messaging platform where my IM/Voice/Data/Email/Voicemail are all deftly handled and ubiquitious across Smartphone/Laptop/Desktop hardware paradigms using RFID and other technologies. omgwtfbbq |
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I was about to give an 'instant' opinion about which of those 5 would be particularly important, but upon further reflection, they all would be. I have my greatest doubts, however, about the long-term relevance of voice recognition. That's not because it would not be important - a truly, fully, capable voice recognition technology would be quite a development. Rather, my doubt is inspired by years of promise without results. When there's an eel in the lake that's as long as a snake that's a moray. |
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