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Jun 04, 08 - 03:14 pm Comment from: rsbell

They have officially run out of types of cats...

Jun 04, 08 - 03:18 pm Comment from: Wealthy Industrialite

Leopard to Snow Leopard pretty much implies that this is a release with not many new features.

Sell those PPC Macs now.

Jun 04, 08 - 03:21 pm Comment from: ChrissyOne

{ahem}

Time to ditch the cats and go for planets or constellations. So, this will only be a lighter, leaner and faster Tiger/Leopard? I doubt it.

The faster the pace, the more the hiccups.

Cupertino: We're running out of cool cat names.

I think "Snow Leopard" is a cool name, so there!

It'll run cooler. I guess that {ahem} means that C1 was on the nose.

Maybe we are being snowed

whoopdi doo

what about the name "Sylvester"?

Jun 04, 08 - 03:27 pm Comment from: Jubei

Cool. It will remove legacy, run faster and meaner on the INTEL based Macs. Time to upgrade folks.

Jun 04, 08 - 03:28 pm Comment from: Ampar

Re: Snow Leopard
" . . . means that C1 was on the nose."


Or up the nose.

Jun 04, 08 - 03:29 pm Comment from: Chas

FYI, Apple have trademarked Lion, Cougar and Lynx.

Snow Leopard makes sense if it's designed to fine-tune performance on Intel - it is, after all, the future of the architecture.

=:~)

Jun 04, 08 - 03:29 pm Comment from: Ampar

That's some mean looking pussy.

Jun 04, 08 - 03:29 pm Comment from: kirkgray

What?!? No Persian or Maine Coon?

or Mac OS X Siamese.

why would they want to trash their own second-hand market?

it's one of the selling points of a Mac that they retain value.

I can't see that they would shit on people who bought a Mac as late as 2006?

Jun 04, 08 - 03:33 pm Comment from: JAYGEE

So it's a slight update, like Vista was? *shudders*

Hope it doesn't become Mac OS X's Vista!

Jun 04, 08 - 03:33 pm Comment from: January 24, 1984

jeddog: My sentiments exactly!

Jun 04, 08 - 03:33 pm Comment from: fastmemory

Let's hope the name is not symbolic. The Snow Leopard is probably the most critically endangered medium to big cat in the world, can not roar, and is rarely seen by humans.

Please, no retarded Ubuntu-like names, Apple.
"Snow Leopard" is cutting it pretty close...

Jun 04, 08 - 03:37 pm Comment from: Demon

I think someone is giving a good Snow Jobs, But that's about it.

Jun 04, 08 - 03:38 pm Comment from: Connor MacBook

On the contrary, Wealthy Industrialite, no new features is an excuse to hang on to my G4 just that little bit longer. I'll get seven years' use out of it yet!

Jun 04, 08 - 03:40 pm Comment from: Metryq

@ Gosh
"why would they want to trash their own second-hand market?"

How is this trashing the second-hand market? If there are no major features added, just refinement for the Intels, then why would PPC owners feel left out? I have many older Macs doing useful work, and they're all running different OSes -- I don't feel any resentment that they can't all run Leopard. You said it yourself,

"it's one of the selling points of a Mac that they retain value."

Jun 04, 08 - 03:40 pm Comment from: DLMeyer

I still don't see it. They introduced Leopard late and with fewer than the expected number of features. All, I believe, they claimed they would have (take THAT, "Longhorn") but nothing of the "secret features" they claimed to be holding back. And, Leopard was a bit rough in the early versions. When they say "no new features", are they actually saying "just the stuff we tried to get into Leopard but didn't manage to"? Will they be restoring my ability to link to my NAS? Oh, wait, Dual G5, I've been dumped!
I need a job, one which will earn me about $3,000 under the table. Any suggestions?

@Gosh

Do you have any data to back up your statement. I have never seen Apple use "retain value" as a selling point.

Apple won't support PPC architecture forever. There becomes a point where supporting it hinders the majority of users as well as Apple.

@DLMeyer
try hooking...a few, totally degrading, make you cry in the fetal position, want to take a shower, need to go to church, nights and that $3k will be all yours.

Jun 04, 08 - 03:48 pm Comment from: ken1w

This sounds like one of those fake leaks Apple uses to find the source.

January 2009 is too soon. And why did Apple bother to make Leopard "universal" (same system bootable on PowerPC or Intel) if it was going to abandon PowerPC so soon? They would have kept the builds separate between PowerPC and Intel, like they had with Tiger.

Jun 04, 08 - 03:53 pm Comment from: Connor MacBook

DLMeyer, Leopard wasn't missing any features. It's just that Steve overhyped the "top secret" ones (CoverFlow, QuickLook, Stacks).

Where is Wesley Willis when you need him? LOL

Jun 04, 08 - 03:55 pm Comment from: ChrissyOne

@ Anger Monkey

They threw him outa church!!!
They threw him outa church!!!
They threw him outa church!!!

I truly hope Snow Leopard will have support for at least one (or all) of the following:

- Remote graphical login (a la XDM in the X11 world) (similar to Screen sharing, but with your own login screen, without the current user's screen at the remote workstation being taken over, or that user even noticing. I believe most of the machinery is already in place and with workstations becoming more powerful and having memory to burn, this should become workable

- True Single Signon for small home networks. Again, most of the necessary server functions are already there and OSX Server isn't really necessary. It would be a nice stepping stone for IT managers who intend to implement OSX Server at work.

- Remote home directories

What does Wesley Willis have to do with this? And by the way, he's dead :-(

Jun 04, 08 - 04:02 pm Comment from: ChrissyOne

@ Tom Green

I used to see him outside the MacDonalds at 6th and Virginia with his keyboard yelling at strangers (or just the air). I miss the big lug.

Jun 04, 08 - 04:03 pm Comment from: mtngoatjoe

Cougar, lion, bobcat, lynx, ocelot, and serval. It seems Apple can make it all the way to 10.12 without too much trouble.

Ya I miss him too, he was like Dr Gonzo, too crazy for mass production.
@ Tom Green: What he has to do with Snow Leopard is that he mentioned them in a song...
http://www.lyricstime.com/wesley-willis-suck-a-cheetah-s-dick-lyrics.html

Jun 04, 08 - 04:09 pm Comment from: ChrissyOne

Do they pay to you f*#k that bear?

Jun 04, 08 - 04:09 pm Comment from: Ampar

The Chicken Cow says makes sure Apple is out screwing up.

Explorers have discovered a new species of cat in a remote region, they're calling it Vista

Thank you ChrissyOne for being an informed individual. I salute you

Jun 04, 08 - 04:16 pm Comment from: John Gee

JAYGEE...

don't think it's gonna be like Vista.

Jun 04, 08 - 04:16 pm Comment from: ericdano

Hmm, same as 10.5, but performance is waaaay better? Doesn't seem very Apple to release an OS X with just that being the main feature. There would have to be some other things as well.....

Jun 04, 08 - 04:24 pm Comment from: TenaciousDNA

Snow Leopard will be the white-bread version of Leopard that will run (and be pre-installed) on low end Dells and Acers.

Jun 04, 08 - 04:27 pm Comment from: Willie G

@ Chrissy One,

Rock and roll Mac Downools!

Seriously though, I can't understand where the logic behind this lies. Why use a whole new release platform to do nothing but piss off and alienate a large percentage of your installed user base.


Something about this rumor is seriously off.

That kinda sucks for some people who bought dual or quad core G5s that are still plenty powerful enough to take on later iterations of OS X.

The last place I worked bought about 5 G5 iMacs just a couple of months before Apple announced they'd be transitioning to Intel. Those machines are just a couple of years old, maybe 3 years tops. That's a hard pill to swallow.

I'm down to just one G4 Quicksilver tower in my little fleet of Macs. I haven't upgraded it to 10.5 yet from 10.4, but man if it doesn't run Tiger like a champ.

I really thought it'd be 10.8 or so before they'd ditch PPC. I don't like it . . .

Jun 04, 08 - 04:36 pm Comment from: Maginary

I'm calling BS on this one. Just because I can and if I'm wrong oh well!

If this truly does get released, I think it will only serve to confuse those who are not in the loop on all things Apple. On the other hand, I trust Apple because of past experiences, so perhaps we're assuming too much on the whisper of the wind.

I have two ppc machines that have served me well up till now (though I'm quickly running out of space on my pb's hd). I am looking forward to updating to a new iMac soon so I can start working with video I'm capturing with my new Canon HG10. I was a bit hasty in purchasing the camera without looking into the AVCHD issue ahead of time. I'm kind of surprised that the ppc macs "can't handle it."

Jun 04, 08 - 04:40 pm Comment from: TowerTone

In other news, Microsoft announced that Windows 7, code named 'Snow Job', will be released without any intel....

Jun 04, 08 - 04:42 pm Comment from: MaLvado

If rumors turn out true-

PowerPC people shouldn't complain. Nothing changes for you. You can continue on with your G5s or lower. By the time 10.6 does go live, you will be on a 3.5 year old system.

Bear it for a few months after and on your 4th year of ownership it's time to upgrade anyways.

Jun 04, 08 - 04:44 pm Comment from: Grigori

They should start naming them after the Great Apes; let's start with Bonobo.

"Mac OS X Snow Leopard - your Mac's gonna freeze!" No, wait, forget about that slogan...

If this is true, 10.6 could really be just a minor update to Leopard - the name symbolizes that well. Kind of like a polished Leopard for Intel only. AND if that IS the case, I hope the update is free or at least a lot cheaper than Leopard.

Guess I won't be upgrading to Snow Leopard.

I'll have to wait for 10.7, "SaberTooth", the OS which takes down Windows 7 once and for all!

(I'll also have a MacBookAir by then!)