The new version of Mac OS X, 10.6, will be known as Snow Leopard. Snow. Leopard.
Or at least that’s what Ars Technica seems convinced of. They also say it’ll be launched at Macworld 2009 in January, and will be Intel-only.
Previous speculation says that 10.6 seeds’ll be released to developers next week at the WWDC, in preparation for its release next year. As for changes, apparently it’ll be basically the same, except that it’ll be faster and more stable, rather than have anything really new or innovative. The report says this is because speed and stability are bigger concerns now that Apple’s firmly entrenched in smaller and more mobile gadgets that need these elements more than anything.
PowerPC users are expectedly crushed by this news. Our sympathies.
[UPDATE: Typo! As a bunch of readers immediately noted, I wrote the version wrong (10.5.6). Dunno what got into me - maybe because i was sneaking in this post as I was in a sales meeting. Heh. Serves me right! Fixed it already. Thanks, eagle-eyed MacADoodlers! You know who you are!]
June 11th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Since the world is coming to an end shortly, it really doesn’t matter whether this cat is going to run on Intel or powerpc, or both. Personally, I await 2012 with open arms - the day the Earth will be totally destroyed by an asteroid and barrage of meteors.
June 8th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
if this is just a simple update then to leopard and still not include PPC Macs it’s not really a big deal. Although I still don’t think it will be the case.
If and when they release the next updated and feature rich OS X that doesn’t support PPCs then that’s the time i’ll cry. As for now, i’m not hurting.
- 15″ Al Powerbook owner
June 7th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
boooo — hisssss
(from a user who has both Intel and PCC machines and who wants them BOTH updated)