“If you think Apple’s been slow with Mac innovation you are not alone,” Mark Reschke writes for T-GAAP. “Outside of last years MacBook release, the entire lineup of Macs is well beyond aged, smelling less like a rose and more like limburger cheese.”
“Given Apple’s overall history, the company has methodically moved from aggressive innovator under Steve Jobs, to caretaker under Tim Cook. Thankfully, Apple’s press invitation to their June 13, worldwide developers conference gives new meaning to the word hope,” Reschke writes. “Surprisingly, the messages hidden within the invitation do not appear all that cryptic, so here is to breaking down what is hidden within the Terminal-esque media overture.”
“Apple appears ready to take the wraps off all-new Mac hardware at WWDC, and with it a new OS X, soon to be renamed macOS to match the other operating systems in Apple’s line up,” Reschke writes. “Prepare for Apple to usher in macOS written for their new desktop class A10 Macs.”
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MacDailyNews Take: iOS devices and OS X Macs inevitably are going to grow closer over time, not just in hardware, but in software, too:
Think code convergence (more so than today) with UI modifications per device. A unified underlying codebase for Intel, Apple A-series, and, in Apple’s labs, likely other chips, too (just in case). This would allow for a single App Store for Mac, iPhone, and iPad users that features a mix of apps: Some that are touch-only, some that are Mac-only, and some that are universal (can run on both traditional notebooks and desktops as well as on multi-touch computers like iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and – pretty please, Apple – Apple TV). Don’t be surprised to see Apple A-series-powered Macs, either. — MacDailyNews Take, January 9, 2014
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