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MacNN: Snow Leopard could ship 1Q 2009

by Robert Palmer Nov 19th 2008 at 12:00PM

Snow Leopard could ship as early as January, according to comments made by the director of Apple's Unix Technology Group.

Jordan Hubbard said at the Large Installation System Administration conference last week that Mac OS X 10.6 will ship in the first quarter of 2009, according to MacNN.

This primes the Macworld Expo rumor pump: Scheduled for January 5, Steve could debut new quad-core iMacs in addition to showing off this new version of the operating system.

This is not to be confused with Mac OS X 10.5.6, a minor update, which could be available as soon as Friday.



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Mia

A little off of topic, but I have a PowerBook G4 that I bought when the first Mac Book Pro came out. I would like to upgrade the OS to the Snow Leopard, but was wondering if I should just buy a new mac altogether? If I upgrade the OS and dont buy a new mac, will I lose all of my data/applications?

Also, if I buy a new mac with the new OS already installed, will I just be able to transport my current hard drive to the new computer so I wont lose files?

December 07 2008 at 12:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Maggy

there is a video on the apple website that demonstrates the upgrade process. u will not lose any of ur files and once the upgrade is complete all ur existing files will be right where u left them.

if u buy a new mac all together, if u take ur old laptop with u to an apple store the apple genius will transfer all ur files on to ur new laptop for free.

December 17 2008 at 7:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
imatt

may be splitting hairs, but isn't it "Q1" not "1Q"?

And for God's sake PLEASE get rid of that horrid ad that takes over the whole window when you navigate away/click a read link or go to previous stories. And to top it off, it's broken now and just makes it go black with no way to escape it. Hasn't Weblogs learned from trying that shit on Engadget earlier this year? Those kinds of ads are AWFUL!

November 20 2008 at 12:19 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Ariel

imatt, it IS Q1. That means 1st quarter. Confusing, I know.

And uh... ever try Firefox with Adblock Plus?

November 20 2008 at 12:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
imatt

wow... thanks Ariel for opening my eyes to a whole new way to browse!

November 20 2008 at 10:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sir. Poopy Pants

My guess is a demo of the main new technologies (Grand Central, OpenCL, 64-bit kernel, 64-bit Finder, etc...) at Macworld and a release at WWDC or soon after.

November 19 2008 at 5:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Patriks7

Perfect timing :p I will be getting my unibody MBP in february next year, so I won't have to transition from Leopard to the Snow one :p

November 19 2008 at 4:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
wicktron

I think it gets announced @ MacWorld, gets released around WWDC. Think of it as a pre-emptive strike vs Windows 7.

November 19 2008 at 2:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Ariel

Who knows. They released Jaguar as a preemptive strike against Vista, but Vista was delayed, so they released Tiger to combat Vista. However, Vista was delayed so much longer after Tiger's release they had to do Leopard. :P

November 20 2008 at 12:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Frank Tinsley

I could see it coming that soon. Haven't they been using it at Apple HQ for a while now? And it's really just a big bug fix so what I'm half expecting is that it'll be either free or at a much reduced price.

November 19 2008 at 2:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Ariel

franktinsley, this is most certainly NOT just a bug fix. The under-the-hood improvements are enormous, and there are STILL a handful of really useful new features.

November 20 2008 at 12:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Fernando

Already? Wow.

November 19 2008 at 12:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Devon

More like WWDC at the earliest.

November 19 2008 at 12:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ghostshadow

I doubt they'll release another version of OS X this soon. I don't see it happening. They might announce it during Macworld, but I don't see it being released this soon.

November 19 2008 at 12:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brian

Yummy... as a new switcher (nearly a year now) I love my mac so anything new will be fab.

November 19 2008 at 12:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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