Apple Expected to Demo Leopard Successor Next Week

4roddas writes "Reports circulated Wednesday that Apple may demo the next iteration of Mac OS X next week or even release code to developers in preparation for an early-2009 launch. According to an account on Mac enthusiast site TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog), Apple may provide early copies of Mac OS X 10.6 at next week's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which opens Monday and runs through next Friday in San Francisco. Mac OS X 10.6 will run on Intel-based hardware only, said TUAW, and so will mark the ditching of support for the older PowerPC processor-equipped Macs. Apple announced it would shift to Intel processors three years ago, and unveiled the first systems in January 2006; most analysts have said that move is largely behind the reason for Apple's renewed success selling personal computers. It has never disclosed how long it would support the PowerPC with OS upgrades, however. Ars Technica also weighed in Wednesday on Mac OS X 10.6; its sources pegged with OS with the code name 'Snow Leopard.'"

Hmm

[somersault]

Apple are still only on X? They've got a long way to go before they catch up with X11!

Dude... After Leopard?

[BadAnalogyGuy]

The drummer only has one arm!

Re:Dude... After Leopard?

[hostyle]

Wrong leopard dude. You must be def.

Re:Hmm

[ShieldW0lf]

Apparently, they may be going to Y. They may even go to Z. And, according to a non-authoritative source, they may even bypass Y and Z and go to AA.

In other news, it may rain tomorrow. Or, it may not. And I may be having sex with your sister. But then, maybe I'm not.

That's it... I'm going into journalism. This is just way too easy!

Re:Hmm

[somersault]

Have fun with the clap!

Only kidding. My sisters are actually men though. Seriously. Even the married one.

No, I'm New Here

[New Here]

No, I'm New Here

Re:Apple may or may not do something next week

[Anonymous Coward]

Any company that not only gets Unix[like] onto the desktop of NORMAL people, but also makes it look cool matters.

I didn't know pretentious teenagers were "normal people."

Re:Apple may or may not do something next week

[telbij]

I didn't know pretentious teenagers were "normal people."

I know you were trying to be funny, but think about that for a sec...

Re:Apple may or may not do something next week

[somersault]

More that there may or may not be a release of a commercial Unix OS isn't news.

In other news, NASA may or may not decide to demo a Death Star next week.

What cat is this one?

[killeena]

What cat is this one going to be, Ocelot? Domestic Shorthair? Mau?

A dying breed:

[BForrester]

I question the foresight of naming the new release after an endangered, almost extinct species.

I'll wait for OS X 10.7, codename "dodo" or 10.8, "brontasaurus."

Re:No, I'm New Here

[dintech]

Wow, -1 Funny. You've invented anti-funny which I think that can trigger outbursts of straight-faced ness. That's quite an achievement.

Re:OS Code Names

[Anonymous Coward]

I dunno, why don't people call XP SP2 Windows 5.1? Vista Windows 6? Why do many (most?) articles refer to Ubuntu releases by name rather than version number?

Just like Ubuntu goes alphabetically, everyone knows that a Tiger can kick a Puma's ass, and that a Leopard will rip a Tigers neck open as it attacks from a tree.

Re:How many cat names do they have?

[stoofa]

The next version of the OS will be 'tiddles' followed by 'Fluffy' and then 'Mrs. Furry Paws.'

After that, they'll be moving over to partner pet names so expect Jobs to be announcing the great performance and features of 'Sprookums,' 'Melonpie' and 'Shnickety-huggle-buns.'

Re:Hmm

[somersault]

Actually now that I read my sig it does sound stupid, maybe I should say 'adds up to', but I was trying to make it more like the Ultimate Question

Re:Why would you have to re-buy?

[Lumpy]

Because if apple releases a new OS you HAVE TO UPGRADE!

OMG! you would be the joke at all the apple parties.. "Dan in IT, he's still running 10.4 can you believe it?"

"Oh I know no wonder he's not married, come on 10.4? what is he thinking!"

Buy new hardware and upgrade, it's how not to make a Apple etiquette mistake.

NOTE: I use and Love apple hardware, I just make fun on the nuts that think they have to have the new shiney.

Re:Not a surprise

[Anonymous Coward]

(and this is an emac, no easy task)

I bet it would be much simpler in vi...

Re:Release Date and other inferred info

[morgan_greywolf]

And the next release will be named "Black Panther", which will have a race condition bug.

Re:Not a surprise

[KDR_11k]

I think they'll go with Maus [wikipedia.org], the logical followup after Panther [wikipedia.org], Tiger [wikipedia.org] and Leopard [wikipedia.org].

Re:Effectively Kill CPU Upgrade Market

[Anonymous Coward]

who in their right mind would order a (PowerPC) CPU card upgrade

I think you can leave it at that

Re:Not a surprise

[zeet]

Perhaps it crashed because transcoding lossy formats is a stupid thing to do?

Just saying.

Re:Apple may or may not do something next week

[dishpig]

I was a windows and IE loving Web Developer

OMG, a unicorn!

Re:No, I'm New Here

[AioKits]

Does a stream of anti-funny fall up or down?

Re:May be more true than you think.

[noewun]

in other words, people who buy apple for quality may be a dying breed.

Careful: linking to a Slashdot post to prove a point in a Slashdot point can create an area of infinite anecdotal density and lead to the formation of a Stupidularity!

Re:OS Code Names

[cleatsupkeep]

> Puma Leopard Snow Leopard Tiger Bear Lion Shark Killer Whale Man

I can't wait to run an OS named "Killer"!

I'm looking forward to Whale Man.

Re:Apple may or may not do something next week

[FesterDaFelcher]

Does that make me pretentious?

No, but it definitely doesn't make you a teenager.

Re:Not a surprise

[Thumper_SVX]

But... but... the Maus would only have one button!!!

Re:Gentoo?

[toddestan]

Aha! maybe that's why Gentoo isn't overly popular... 2008.0_beta2 just isn't that sexy.

I heard they are compiling a list of names right now.