Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 10th Jun 2008 06:12 UTC
Earlier this month, we reported that The Unofficial Apple Weblog's as well as Ars Technica's sources said that Apple was working on the next version of Mac OS X, dubbed Snow Leopard. The news was that the new release wouldn't focus on new features, but on performance. During yesterday's WWDC 2008 keynote, Steve Jobs confirmed this rumour, and now Apple has published a preview page.
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I guess this means everything will be Cocoa-based.
Really, this seems more like a sort of "10.5 Service Pack 2" than a totally new release. They'll charge money for it because they know that the Mac fanatics who care will actually pay for it. Heck, if it's not too expensive (which IMHO it shouldn't be considering the lack of new features) I might consider upgrading, too.
As for whether it's Intel-only, I'd say there's quite a good chance. By the time it comes out, almost three years will have passed since the first 64-bit Intel Macs were put on the market. Snow Leopard could be Apple's way of keeping the customers with older Macs happy since they're not missing out on much with "normal" Leopard, while gently pushing towards the day when those machines are obsolete--probably about two years after Snow Leopard comes out.