Apple has already announced the successor to Leopard, called Snow Leopard, during the WWDC not too long ago. They explained that Snow Leopard would not focus on user-visible features, but instead would deliver performance improvements and resource footprint reductions. One of the measures Apple has taken is the size reduction of application bundles, which has resulted in dramatic weight loss for a lot of applications. AppleInsider has found out what exactly Apple has been doing to lose that much weight.
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There are going to be a lot more changes other then slimming down apps.
Most of the slimming of apps are the fact that it seems Snow Leopard is going to be Intel only anyway.
But there are a lot more underling changed being made to security, and almost all the underlying technology.
I think that 129 is a little pricy though.
Member since:2005-07-07
This release is nothing more than OS optimizations that should have been done at the time Leopard was released, or at some point along the life cycle. It's hardly a major rev that requires a $129 expenditure from even the most zealous of fanboys.
So use Linux if you have an aversion to paying for software. Or just stick with the version you are currently using if it works?
All software upgrades are incremental. That's the nature of *any* product development. You get one huge revolutionary upgrade once every so often, and then the subsequent upgrades are all incremental evolutionary ones. Look at cars (lol, another car analogy). All Fords should be free, since everything they're bringing out should have been in the original model T anyway.
Member since:2008-06-28
"This release is nothing more than OS optimizations that should have been done at the time Leopard was released, or at some point along the life cycle. It's hardly a major rev that requires a $129 expenditure from even the most zealous of fanboys."
I am glad Apple figured this one out. I've been using Xslimmer, deleting useless font families, adding the Liberation font family and performing other minor things which annoy me.
"So use Linux if you have an aversion to paying for software. Or just stick with the version you are currently using if it works?
I use open or free more-often-than-not and pay a programmer when their software is excellent. Either way, I am contributing to both to free choice and a free market.
Good lord the Microsoft animation on this page is annoying as hell.
Edited 2008-06-28 17:36 UTC
Member since:2006-10-10
Ok, then explain to me what technology is so new in 10.6 that warrants the pricetag? They're deleting fonts, drivers, and removing backwards compatibility with PPC. I'd say that makes a nice 10.5.6, but not 10.6. Maybe they've got some other newfangled software tech up their sleeves....who knows. All I'm saying is the list of "changes" reads like a Windows service pack, as it stands today.
Member since:2005-07-06
Wait, did I miss where Apple released the price of 10.6? I'm not saying they won't charge $129 for it, but it's also possible that they may offer it at a reduced cost to those that already purchased Leopard (maybe those software update coupons will be useful for once). I guess we'll know more at MacWorld in January.
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2006-10-10
You know, for a company that prides itself on "hardware hardware hardware", Apple sure knows how to dip it's collective feet in the software racket. Is Ballmer giving tips to Jobs?
This release is nothing more than OS optimizations that should have been done at the time Leopard was released, or at some point along the life cycle. It's hardly a major rev that requires a $129 expenditure from even the most zealous of fanboys.