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Dec 18, 08 - 12:09 pm Comment from: loopy_nj

I'm sure everyone is also waiting for the announcement of the price for Snow Leopard. Since Apple has been promoting Snow Leopard as a release with few new features (even though there will be many), it will be interesting to see how they price it and what the reaction will be to that price.

Dec 18, 08 - 12:12 pm Comment from: Metryq

In honor of the Mac anniversary, and as a nod to the first Apple, the price will be set at $6.66.

Dec 18, 08 - 12:15 pm Comment from: Randian

No matter what the price is, the overwhelming majority of Apple's users will be irate. If it's free, the stockholders will crap their pants. If it's more than $1.99, app store customers will soil themselves. It really doesn't take a rocket surgeon to recognize the future of the Apple milieu on the blogosphere: Someone will hate anything and everything (firewire, matte screens, copy/paste, ad infinitum) with every fiber of his being.

Dec 18, 08 - 12:24 pm Comment from: MCCFR

Randian…

Missed our happy pill this morning then

Dec 18, 08 - 12:26 pm Comment from: ron

$129.

Ron nailed it!

Dec 18, 08 - 12:34 pm Comment from: British Mac Head

£79

*Priceless*

Dec 18, 08 - 12:36 pm Comment from: CheekyGit

http://www.silentkeynote.com/

I predict it will go down in price, but only slightly. $100 even.

Even if it stays the same, it's still a far better deal at $129 than anything MS ever made or sold.

$79.00 ???

For once, nobody posts about snapiness...

I feel happy, even if precisely today it could have been a good opportunity !

ZFS. Oh yeah!

Well lets hope it has lots of fine features and is as powerful as it already made out to be.

Hopefully, Apple will not abandon Firewire support either in the name of progress or as part of the less is more philosophy.

An Apple computer without Firewire is like a Christmas tree without lights.

@Metryq

I must disagree wholeheartedly. Underlying the Mac introductory commercial was a protest against what would become Pentium math ,,, Apple was reasserting that 2 + 2 = 4.

Therefore, Snow Leopard will sell for $4.

On the otherhand, Windows 7 will sell for $5. The truth out of Redmond is whatever they want it to be.

MDN MW: charge. Or how I'll buy my copy when it comes out.

By the way, that was not a comment on British Mac Head's comment. Just my wishful speculation for Dollar pricing.

Dec 18, 08 - 12:48 pm Comment from: Jamie

I cannot wait for Snow Leopard...

Dec 18, 08 - 12:52 pm Comment from: Jubei

He's a nice guy, but he presents just like all those other suites out there. He can't help it, thats just how he is. He needs to put emotion or soul into his presentations.

Meanwhile in other news, Microsoft is still trying to figure out what to add to Windows 7 to allow it to compete with Tiger.

I sure hope Phil hasn't lost any weight. People might freak out.

"Meanwhile in other news, Microsoft is still trying to figure out what to add to Windows 7 to allow it to compete with Tiger."

Snow Monkey?

http://www.markhemmings.com/MarkWebsite/snowmonkeys/images/Japanese_Snow_Monkey.jpg

Because they'd have to copy the name mostly, too ... and, of course, in honor of Microsoft's chief asset:

http://www.xonio.com/ii/173617860_259a1cb4ff.jpg

I predict Snow Leopardo will be either $79 or $99 buckaroos.
Feature Less/Speed More

Dec 18, 08 - 02:03 pm Comment from: Chas

@MacMental

Shurely shome mishtake?

You mean "Microsoft is still trying to figure out what to add to Windows 7 to allow it to compete with Cheetah."

=:~)

Hopefully, it will allow my computers to recognize Samsung printers, which they have been rather iffy about since upgrading from Tiger to Leopard.

Still keep a Mac Tiger in the office, just in case!

How about a bundle, iLife 09 (or iWork 09) with Snow Leopard, $129. The later lets Apple take a kick at office and increase it's market share in that segment.

Dec 18, 08 - 02:52 pm Comment from: Lilochris

I wonder what Processors Snow Leopard will support. Last I heard it only supported Core 2 Duo Macs made in 2008.

I Have a Late 2006 2.0Ghz Core 2 Duo iMac & it will suck if it doesn't get supported.

Would be nice if PPC gets supported. If the purpose of Snow Leopard is to squeezed out more an Intel Core 2's juice & get some from the GPU then more should get squeezed out a G4.

25th Anniversary, so how about $25?

Don't you Know ! Snow Leopard will be even Snappier

It should be FREE! Very few new features so they are basically fixing their code to run faster and take up less space. That's called a Service Pack and that shouldn't cost a dime. M$ doesn't charge for their crappy Service Packs and Apple shouldn't either. Apple makes a superior product and I love both of my Macs but I don't like the idea of paying a company to fix poorly written or bloated code. Just my opinion.

Quote MDN : "The first technology, Grand Central, is designed to make better use of the Intel processors that sit inside the current range of Macs."
I easely can imagine that there are much more CPUs in the pipeline than "only" Intel one's...

...and @Skabeetle
It woudn't that good of an OS, if it was that much "bloated code"! Please, mesure your words and don't make too crappy comparisons with M$'s dirt!

There's nothing wrong with Apple codes. OS X Leopard already rapes anything Windows can ever do. Apple is charging you to go a step further.

Dec 18, 08 - 05:13 pm Comment from: walk away Bill just walk away

@Randian

........... rocket surgeon ??????????????

Dec 18, 08 - 08:46 pm Comment from: Andy

I wonder if Phil will appear on stage in a mock turtleneck, jeans and sneakers? And no, I hope he hasn't lost weight, either; he just wouldn't be Phil without some.

I do hope Steve appears though, on iChat or something. They should put up a 'Steve Status' slide again, too, showing current mood, GPS location, heartrate, speed, currently playing music track... (in other words, mock the morbid crowd).