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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2006-08-04
Have to agree with the general sentiment that it's a good thing.
OSX is beautiful on the desktop, however it's not so great underneath. The raw performance is laggardly compared to other platforms. Things like the filesystem and the kernel are not highly regarded.
I just hope as part of this effort they provide a nice stable core for third party developers. I'm keen to see a (non X11) OpenJDK port as well as more development tools and languages.
As for new features, I'm not entirely fussed. A better performing core with a better filesystem would probably lure the cash out of me.
Pity that I have a 32bit Core Duo though. That would kill my enthusiasm. I will most likely buy another mac, but probably not in that timeframe.