“When Apple senior vice-president Phil Schiller gets up on stage at next month’s Macworld, a couple of weeks ahead of the Macintosh computer’s 25th anniversary, he will have the opportunity to alter the direction of computing,” Chris Edwards reports for The Guardian.
“Apple and its partners have been privately dropping hints to developers that its upcoming release of its Mac OS X operating system, dubbed Snow Leopard, will ship earlier than expected – and it will debut two new technologies that promise to speed up software without demanding any changes to the hardware,” Edwards reports.
“The first technology, Grand Central, is designed to make better use of the Intel processors that sit inside the current range of Macs. The other, OpenCL, could have a more dramatic effect on performance for some programs as it will tap into the power of graphics processors (GPUs) that now goes to waste,” Edwards reports.
“Although Apple is expected to show off Snow Leopard at Macworld, the software is very unlikely to be in consumers’ hands until at least a month later – and more likely two or three months later,” Edwards reports.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
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.
In honor of the Mac anniversary, and as a nod to the first Apple, the price will be set at $6.66.
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.
Randian…
Missed our happy pill this morning then
” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”grin” style=”border:0;” />
$129.
Ron nailed it!
£79
*Priceless*
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.
I cannot wait for Snow Leopard…
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?
Because they’d have to copy the name mostly, too … and, of course, in honor of Microsoft’s chief asset:
I predict Snow Leopardo will be either $79 or $99 buckaroos.
Feature Less/Speed More
@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.