Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) Due in 1st Quarter of 2009?

When Apple first previewed Snow Leopard at the Worldwide Developers Conference 2008, they simply stated that Snow Leopard would ship "in about a year" from the announcement. A Q1 release would deliver it earlier than most had expected and makes it conceivable that we could see a demo or announcement at Macworld San Francisco 2009.
Apple has said that they would be focusing on both quality and performance in Snow Leopard. In particular, Apple has made it clear that there will be efforts to improve support for multi-core processors and GPU processing. These improvements will help developers more efficiently use these capabilities that already ship in Macs.
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(View all)It may not be cheap. It may not run on PPC processor machines. Like Leopard, it might be fragile on release. It may mess with your apps and your setup, it may be disappointing to many and it may just be late.
OK, we've got that out of the way. ;)
Don't get me wrong though, I'd love to see 10.6 released Q1 '09.
I can wait, but I'll be in line at the nearest Apple Store on day one to get a copy (family pack).
LanPhantom
Basically the same OS but better, faster, and more secure?! Wow, what a great departure from the way our friends do it in Redmond.
I can wait, but I'll be in line at the nearest Apple Store on day one to get a copy (family pack).
LanPhantom
Far from it. Apple has decided that adding OS level features at the same time as adding major UI features is the fastest way to a trainwreck of an operating system and is taking it one step at a time.
Besides, I think that increased performance and that oh so wonderful Exchange support are more than enough for me. I'd like to ditch Entourage like a hot potato!
Basically the same OS but better, faster, and more secure?! Wow, what a great departure from the way our friends do it in Redmond.
I can wait, but I'll be in line at the nearest Apple Store on day one to get a copy (family pack).
LanPhantom
Actually that's inaccurate as M$ is pretty much doing the same thing with Windows 7. Its unfair to say what you said IMHO. And I have 4 Macs BTW so yeah I'm an OS X fanboy.
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