Apple posts Snow Leopard website

totally would pay to upgrade if...
zfs was the default file system
and...
OpenCL really is integrated well so when i encode lets say all my old mp3's over to aac, or convert my mini dv to a usable format, it's 4 times as fast.
(side note, there was an open source linux app in trial that did exactly what OpenCL is doing, wonder if it is related)
otherwise...
an incremental price of $69 ($99 for family) is what i'd pay at best, or my next $129 ($199) will have to wait for 10.7.

I'm not a developer but I'm guessing that one of the main things that Apple will be stressing, besides having developers clean up their own code, is RESOLUTION INDEPENDENCE ("RI"). Get your apps setup for this now because it will be turned on by default in Snow Leopard.

I have no inside knowledge but this would definitely be a great time to have developers do this as RI is already built into Leopard and is mostly waiting for most main developers to implement it into their Apps.

While I am excited for this, something has been bothering me since the keynote yesterday...

Grand Central is the Google service of a lifetime phone # and voicemail for the homeless/jobless/etc, if I'm not mistaken. Maybe it's different enough because the Google one doesn't use a space between the two words. Maybe the board needs to have a meeting. It seems Steve and Eric need to talk.

They're running out of big cats!

After seeing Snow Leopard, I'm kind of surprised they didn't have a
Ghost Tiger as well, and maybe a mountain lion or a Pink Panther.

Anyway, I'm interested in Quicktime X, even though my company will have to buy all new QT Pro licenses. grrr. What do they mean by all modern codecs, Does that include (eek) WMV? I don't like WMV but that doesn't mean I don't have to use it sometimes. In fact, some of our clients expect WMV files from us all the time.

Oh, and will it be pronounced Quicktime Ex or Quicktime Ten? :-)
(I actually don't care how it's pronounced, but i know the Ex vs Ten discussion comes up occasionally on some other sites)

What about iSCSI? There isn't a single solution out there for Mac OS X to provide iSCSI Target functionality. It's a royal pain in the ass, and it should be available in the OS as standard. I'm debating whether to re-install my Mac Mini with Linux at the moment to get me out of a hole and I shouldn't have to do that. Either that or I go and buy a new system to install Linux on.

Whatever happened to Apple?!? Since when is a Microsoft feature at the top of an Apple product's feature list!?!

It doesn't seem to have enough new features/improvements for me. It doesn't sound much like a major update the way Leopard was for Tiger, for example.

From Their Website:
"Since 2001, Mac OS X has delivered more than a thousand innovative new features. With Snow Leopard, the next major version of the world’s most advanced operating system, Mac OS X changes more than its spots, it changes focus. Taking a break from adding new features, Snow Leopard — scheduled to ship in about a year — builds on Leopard’s enormous innovations by delivering a new generation of core software technologies that will streamline Mac OS X, enhance its performance, and set new standards for quality. Snow Leopard dramatically reduces the footprint of Mac OS X, making it even more efficient for users, and giving them back valuable hard drive space for their music and photos."


English Translation:
"We fucked up with leopard.. Allow us to take 130 more of your precious dollars and will give you a version of Leopard that works. Hell, we won't even change the name!"

I might actually be more excited for this than I was for leopard. New features are great (and I really appreciate leopard's ones after using them a few months, I miss them on other platforms) but a major tune-up would be fantastic. Leopard already runs nice and fast for me but faster is always better :D Go apple, shed that shinier but slower aura and make it snappy.

vincent,

exchange support for address book, mail, iCal will be in 10.5.4 shipping in a few weeks (3-4 at a guess.)

lee