Apple 'Back to Mac' Event Hints at OS X 'Lion'
Apple has just sent out invitations for a Mac event scheduled to take place on October 20.
Apple has just sent out press invites for its next event and though the lion on the invitation implies we can expect the event to revolve around OS X, it hasn't stopped the rumors about new hardware.
Top of the list is a new MacBook Air. Talk of a new model has been doing the rounds for a while and the super-skinny laptop has been in limited supply over the last couple of weeks. Rumor has it the new model will tout a smaller, 11.6-inch display and Intel's Core i-series ultra-low voltage processors.
If we're to believe everything the rumor mill churns out, a Verizon iPhone could also be on the agenda. However, considering AT&T's exclusivity agreement doesn't expire until 2012 and the fact that Apple traditionally launches phones in June, this seems about as likely as an appearance by Steve Ballmer. We can't imagine Apple would announce a Verizon iPhone and not give the device its own dedicated event complete with cryptic invitation. Still, Steve Jobs is known for his, "One more thing …" finales at press events.
The event is going down this day next week at 10 a.m. PT so be sure to tune in for the full scoop!
- Soon Mac Users Can Sync Windows Phones Too
- Google Improves Map Images Using ''Kite View''
- iPhone 4 Glass Breaking 82% More Than on 3GS
- FCC Cracking Down on Cellphone ''Bill Shock''
- LG Launching World's Largest 3D TV
- Google Will Gladly Help Fight Piracy... for a Fee
- Blizzard Banning SC2 Single-Player Cheaters Too?
- Porsche Car Chase Ensues Because of PlayStation
- Best Buy Getting Electric Car Charging Stations
- Sony Reveals Google TV New Product Line-up
- Approved: Apple's 'Anti-Sexting' Software Patent
- Deleted Facebook Pics Still There 16 Months Later
- Coral Reef Light: Style + Savings
- Pedal Monorail System Under Construction
- Apple, Verizon Working Together on Data Network
- Star Wars: Force Unleashed II - Darth Vader Fight
- Microsoft DNS Hijacked by Spammers
- Opera Mobile Hardware Accelerated for Android
- Video Chat May Come To Android Gingerbread
Can't wait!
HA, I laugh at the typical suspense propaganda from Apple.
+1 for OS X 'Lion' (innovation is always good thing... for the most part >_
It would take a new Desktop based off Sandybridge Core i7 processors with AMD HD 6000 series graphics with only a couple hundred dollar mark up, instead of the usual $500-1000 to get me interested in a Mac.
Sadly that will never happen.
**this time next week.
There are no German Tanks called "Lion", WTF!?
Maybe the Mac court will get lucky and only get a Samsung A4 processor. After all, it's all they need.
It would be nice if Apple had "Official Partners" that could sell "Official Hackintosh", offering a budget clone-Apple, instead of being so territorial. More luv, less grudge. ;-)
it's only worth a damn if there's no drm restrictions and can play games as well as everything else windows can do, until then linux has it beat.
it's only worth a damn if there's no drm restrictions and can play games as well as everything else windows can do, until then linux has it beat.
There's an Apple Mac Pro VS PC Hackintosh build comparison: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index. [...] mitstart=5 Only problem is, updating is so risky, it's a waste of time if you intend to build it for work (unless you don't update). If Apple provides their own motherboards to an Official Hackintosh Partner, they can still control who can use their OSX & maybe offer an "inferior" OSX to them & sell even more Mac stuff, keyboards, mice, PC enclosures, monitors, etc..
Tigers... lions... Leopards... is there a feline we haven't used yet?
Tigers... lions... Leopards... is there a feline we haven't used yet?
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it's only worth a damn if there's no drm restrictions and can play games as well as everything else windows can do, until then linux has it beat.
But Linux can not play games and everything else that windows can do while also having a significantly worse setup then OSX for simple things like installing software on your own. OSX is a closed experience but is a very good one, while Linux is an open experience but rather poor. Windows 7 being the best of both!
But Linux can not play games and everything else that windows can do while also having a significantly worse setup then OSX for simple things like installing software on your own. OSX is a closed experience but is a very good one, while Linux is an open experience but rather poor. Windows 7 being the best of both!
Apart from playing certain games what exactly is it that linux can't do that windows can?
Installing software on linux is a piece of cake, and what makes linux a poor experience? because there are a lot of people that much prefer the linux experience than windows or mac
OSX Puma, OSX tomcat, OSX Alleycat...
There are no German Tanks called "Lion", WTF!?
I don't think that Apple's naming scheme is based on German Panzers of World War II.It would be interesting though.
How about domestic cats...OSX Longhair, OSX Shorthair...s...
I don't think that Apple's naming scheme is based on German Panzers of World War II.It would be interesting though.
You're right, Leopard is post WWII ;-) As for Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard, & Lynx. They're all German WWII & post WWII German Panzer.
Tigers... lions... Leopards... is there a feline we haven't used yet?
yeah, my cougar wife.
better performance than crapples felines...
Meh
You're right, Leopard is post WWII ;-) As for Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard, & Lynx. They're all German WWII & post WWII German Panzer.
Correlation, not causation methinks.
Correlation, not causation methinks.
Regardless of if you're right or correlation proves causation. Why change a tradition if it's already there? They were not all WWII Panzer, so why keep whipping The Germans? They still make "good" tanks & they're not "evil" anymore. ;-)
Apart from playing certain games what exactly is it that linux can't do that windows can?Installing software on linux is a piece of cake, and what makes linux a poor experience? because there are a lot of people that much prefer the linux experience than windows or mac
I forgot the "well as" part from the previous post I was referring too. So to clarify Linux does not do gaming as well as Windows.
After installing and running Ubuntu 10.10 for the last few days alongside Windows 7 I do find it to not be anywhere as nice to use. From having to figure out the text commands to properly get my motherboards optical output working; or having to figure out the text commands to get the latest AMD drivers installed so I can use CCC and get the hdmi scaling fixed on my secondary display. It was all very time consuming and not readily apparent and easily done. Getting software from the software download center was easy, but then installing software not from the download center often had me going into the command line. Time and time again I was having to go to read me files and learn code to get things to work. I have never ever had to do that on Windows XP or later, or on OSX. And I think that severely degrades the experience. I also just feel that the Linux distros I have tried simply lack the polish of Windows 7 or OSX, they feel very much like XP to me yet without XP's software compatibility and with more dependence on the command line.
And I absolutely hate those jiggling windows when you turn up the graphical settings in Ubuntu, ugh. When I use Linux I feel like its telling me to screw off because I dont want to learn the command line short cuts and I am not satisfied with whatever it automatically chooses.
Apart from playing certain games what exactly is it that linux can't do that windows can?Installing software on linux is a piece of cake, and what makes linux a poor experience? because there are a lot of people that much prefer the linux experience than windows or mac
Linux cannot run any of the engineering software I use. That makes it completely useless to me as a developer.
I forgot the "well as" part from the previous post I was referring too. So to clarify Linux does not do gaming as well as Windows.After installing and running Ubuntu 10.10 for the last few days alongside Windows 7 I do find it to not be anywhere as nice to use....... it automatically chooses.
thats because its FREE. ypu DONT have to spend a single penny on it. you want to get things for free, and you crib about quality?
just pay for windows/os x and then for an antivirus and then pay for every software you use, and then DONT complain..
I forgot the "well as" part from the previous post I was referring too. So to clarify Linux does not do gaming as well as Windows.After installing and running Ubuntu 10.10 for the last few days alongside Windows 7 I do find it to not be anywhere as nice to use. From having to figure out the text commands to properly get my motherboards optical output working; or having to figure out the text commands to get the latest AMD drivers installed so I can use CCC and get the hdmi scaling fixed on my secondary display. It was all very time consuming and not readily apparent and easily done. Getting software from the software download center was easy, but then installing software not from the download center often had me going into the command line. Time and time again I was having to go to read me files and learn code to get things to work. I have never ever had to do that on Windows XP or later, or on OSX. And I think that severely degrades the experience. I also just feel that the Linux distros I have tried simply lack the polish of Windows 7 or OSX, they feel very much like XP to me yet without XP's software compatibility and with more dependence on the command line. And I absolutely hate those jiggling windows when you turn up the graphical settings in Ubuntu, ugh. When I use Linux I feel like its telling me to screw off because I dont want to learn the command line short cuts and I am not satisfied with whatever it automatically chooses.
Linux isn't ubuntu though, there are plenty of other distro's out there that might give you better results and plenty of other choice's with regards to window managers and desktop environment's etc...
It sounds like most of your issues is down to general unfamiliarity with the OS, i could say similar things about my experience windows 7, i still had to download drivers for my sound card, touchpad and AMD graphics card not to mention get an antivirus program setup, where in linux all those things worked out of the box, and i still found windows 7 to be slow and lacking in customization options, with linux i have almost limitless customization options to choose from.
You could run a 10GB linux dual boot along side windows to experiment with, you might end up finding something you like.
Linux cannot run any of the engineering software I use. That makes it completely useless to me as a developer.
I'm talking about tasks and such that linux can't do, not specific pieces of software it can run, as there is software in linux that won't run on windows either.
just pay for windows/os x and then for an antivirus and then pay for every software you use, and then DONT complain
Firefox, Chromium etc... are free so its not always a case of you get what you pay for.
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Wouldn't that be OS 11 or OSXI?
Linux isn't ubuntu though, there are plenty of other distro's out there that might give you better results and plenty of other choice's with regards to window managers and desktop environment's etc... It sounds like most of your issues is down to general unfamiliarity with the OS, i could say similar things about my experience windows 7, i still had to download drivers for my sound card, touchpad and AMD graphics card not to mention get an antivirus program setup, where in linux all those things worked out of the box, and i still found windows 7 to be slow and lacking in customization options, with linux i have almost limitless customization options to choose from. You could run a 10GB linux dual boot along side windows to experiment with, you might end up finding something you like.
I will admit that Linux, or well Ubuntu did not require a driver install for basic functionality; which is often the case with Windows.
Yet since I need more advanced functionality, I had to go find new drivers anyway, and doing so and installing and getting them working properly was significantly more annoying then for Windows, which is usually just, click, click, click, click, click, click, click restart. Never had this issue on a Mac but then again the hardware is so tightly controlled how can they.
With the Anti Virus. I am guessing you think you need to have one with Windows, and you think you do not with Linux because well no one really takes the time to write malware for Linux. I have never run anti virus; and I have never had an issue; but then I also never download unknown files from random people. Ill grant that if you are the type to torrent a bunch of flies from random sources that you have a significantly reduced chance of getting malware with Linux, but also OSX.
As for Speed, I really can not tell the difference in the OS. Though the only shared app I use in both is Chrome. On my desktop both Ubuntu and 7 seems snappy and responsive, and page loads appear almost instant.
For customization I am guessing you mean things like changing out the GUI, and other stuff that is going to involve a fair bit of complication and time to get it working, and for me I would rather not mess with it. The appearance customization in Ubuntu did not appear to me to be any different then what software like Window Blinds offers.
I do currently have a 50gig partition with Ubuntu on it, but I have not really found any reason to boot into it after the novelty wore off. So maybe it is time to try another Distro.
Wouldn't that be OS 11 or OSXI?
After I realized that I thought up this response.
OSX 11 = 10.11
For all you know it could be just OX
LOL.... the OS OX
Hard working, work horse and powerful like the lion.....
I'm not an apple user but they sure do come up with cool names....
Makes a lot of sense to name a OS after an animal, soon killing the OS named after an endangered species is going to be a crime.....