“I’ve been alluding to this for a few months now, but let me repeat: The Mac is poised for innovation over the next few years on a scale that we haven’t experienced since the initial move to OS X in the previous decade. After five years of focusing on new categories like the iPod and the iPhone while gradually improving its Mac product line, the company has now freed up the resources to strengthen its core and highest-revenue business: Macs. And at the same time, new technologies are emerging to take the Mac to the next level,” Pete Mortensen writes for Cult of Mac.
Mortensen covers reasons why the Mac is poised for innovation:
• The Future of the iPod and iPhone Are Incremental Improvements
• The Architecture of Computing is Changing Dramatically
• Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Fully 64-Bit, Grand Central, Open CL
• The Entire Mac Line is Due For a Face Lift
• The iPod and the iPhone Have Put the Mac Back in the Spotlight
• Consumers Want New Macs
Full article here.
they should redo the mac pro, its kinda big
The article says Macs are poised for major innovations and yet the article makes no mention what any of them might be.
I like my huge mac pro it looks nice I also have a G5 I love the tall towers more room for air, RAM and harddrives.
@whatever, I suggest getting an IBM 360 enclosure , then put your G5 inside it. Really big!
Hard drives??? The future belongs to SSD. First, they’ll replace hard drives, then over time, they’ll be integrated into the motherboard. Think innovation.
@Anthonyoo7:
Try looking up the ZFS file system. That’s just one item on the list.
My Mac Pro has 4 hard drives for 2.5 TB of easily accessible storage.
He’s spot on. And he’s smart not to make predictions, but I’m not as smart so here’s a couple of predictions for 2009/2010 computer releases:
• Striped SSD’s for blinding-fast data recall from storage.
• A Tablet Laptop
• Much thinner laptops across the board
this article says absolutely nothing
Been “hearing” and “reading” about full resolution independence for years. Either Apple can’t or won’t make this a reality. So much for Apple innovation.
Sorry ha ha ha, but the ha ha ha is on you, Apple has never promised resolution independence, even if it has been speculated upon.
But, just ask yourself why Microsoft, Nokia, HP, Dell etc etc etc can’t even see the tail lights of the Apple innovation juggernaut…??
@ Macaday:
I thought resolution independence was to be included in Leopard early on but was then modified or axed during development.
“The future belongs to SSD. First, they’ll replace hard drives, then over time, they’ll be integrated into the motherboard”
I hadn’t thought about that. While this makes less sense for a MacPro -hard drives are regularly replaced- think about the air! Who’s for a 1/4 inch thick computer! WOW!
I want a Brushed Aluminum macbook! and a brushed aluminum Mini!!!
Snow Leopard is going to more for the Mac Pro than any other computer in the Mac line. Once the OS is multi-core and GPU optimised and application calls make use of us, the Mac Pro (and possibly the X-Serve) should fly for CPU-intensive and RAM-intensive workstation-level applications.
Look for Mac Pro demonstrations in the Keynote in SF in Jan 2009.
How about some major optimization for power efficiency! If I could have the processing power of my Mac Pro but it only uses the electricity of a 20w light bulb, that would be awesome!
Wow! That article was really informative, and really insightful. I mean, I would never have known that Macs were going to jump up a quantum leap as a result of all this stuff if it wasn’t for this article! And never before have I seen all this information pointing to the future of Macs compiled into one place. Thanks, MDN, for writing this article for me! I have so much hard info to act on as a result of reading this article.
The “Next BIG thing”
You know… The reason Apple is turning our focus towards Snow Leopard is that they have actually begun work on the next “major thing”.
All the OS X “feature people” are now working hard on the next (multi touch) OS that will soon be introduced as the (“Lion”) king of all OS´s
With Apple´s history of secracy we all know they can´t say that the next big transition is allready under way.
Somehow they need to disguize the progress and find a way to prepare the next multi-touch hardware and software wave to be compatteble.
This thing takes time and therefore all major software programmers at Apple is now hard at work to make this happen.
Therfore the” feature-less” Snow leopard and the early info from Apple about its presence. – Because it will take a lot of work and time… They are preparing us not to get impatient and dissapointed with the speed of new “things” coming from Apple.
I do think we will see Snow Leopard as a reallity, but behind the scenes they will soon have it´s succseser ready – “Lion”
I could be wrong…
hopefully the mini update will finally come
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@Ha,ha,ha
“I have nothing of substance to say.
I just like to post because it makes me feel important.”
Nuff said.
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@MacLovin
I thought the Mac mini was already partly brushed aluminium.
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This article is saying just what I was saying ages ago (before MacWorld).
Snow leopard will see the light of day its a stop gap upgrade before multi touch os x and new macs and displays which will use multi touch 20 24 30 hd imacs with larger hd displays for mac pro ,mac mini and apple tv intergrated into one both gone from line up multi touch tablet ,multi gester track pad in macbook/pro line up 7 inch multi touch pda with iphone specs but no voice calling samller less spec iphone plus 4g iphone last two using new cpu from apple new desgin center all supported with the data center bought a few years viop on iphones inc ichat video conference mvno within 5 years bye bye atnt o2 everyone thanks for your help tv and film new to air for a set fee per month or pay as you go well it might work then again look at commodore with the amiga up up and then away they went
The Guinness record for run-on sentences.
Macaday,
Click the following links, my ignorant fanboi.
http://developer.apple.com/releasenotes/GraphicsImaging/RN-ResolutionIndependentUI/
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/06/10/24/resolution_independence_in_leopard_confirmed_by_apple.html
http://www.eunisan.com/whatever/appleemail.htm
Well, its been two years now and still nothing to deliver. Looks like the great innovator has hit a brick wall – hard and head first, kinda like you. However, being a fanboi, you probably didn’t notice.
“I want a Brushed Aluminum macbook! and a brushed aluminum Mini!!!”
Relax, Hipster. We’ll tell you when it’s ready.
The major “Innovation” is the abandonment of progress in the PC market, except as a hardware supplier and the re-focusing of the OS towards portable devices.
Why else do you think you are getting No New Features in the desktop version? Just like the initial delay in Leopard shipping, the teams are busy elsewhere.
The article is telling us to think bigger…
I think the concept of computing will change. Rather than having modules upon modules to connect with each other, we’re probably looking at an OS that is able to write programs for your needs.
ie, iGoogle and cloud computing. Imagine being able to create your own cloud computing unit in your own home, and just have a display and keyboard/mouse to connect to it. And the computer is capable of calculating the limitations of that device…
“we’re probably looking at an OS that is able to write programs for your needs.”
You’re right, because Snow Job Leopard is also going to ship with a domestic robot and a flying car in the box. Those are the secret new features.
bioness,
I’d be happy with an OS that isn’t glacially slow, can download PDFs easily, doesn’t have disappearing scroll bars in Safari, and has moveable text boxes.
I hope that Apple will eliminate current bugs and problems, and not simply promise some ambiguous features in the indefinite future.