![]() ![]() ![]() "We don't comment on future products," insists Apple Europe's Director of Corporate Communications Alan Hely. So what does that mean in real-world terms? In a nutshell, what will Snow Leopard do for Mac users? Inevitably, Apple isn't telling. I'm happy to have no new features if it means better stability." "I don't feel wanting for anything in the existing OS. ![]() Daniel Jalkut, owner of Red Sweater Software and a former Apple engineer, says "I think it's a great idea to focus on stability over features, and doing so is probably indicative of Apple's feeling that it has reached a comfortable point in the development of OS X.įor the first few years, the OS was in many ways catching up with what Mac OS 9 offered users." Kevin Ford of Mac telephony specialist Parliant agrees. "In our continued effort to deliver the best user experience, we hit the pause button on new features to focus on perfecting the world's most advanced operating system."ĭespite the odd gripe, reaction to this move has been overwhelmingly positive. "We've delivered more than a thousand new features to OS X in just seven years, and Snow Leopard lays the foundation for thousands more," explained Bertrand Serlet, Apple's Senior Vice President of Software Engineering. Dubbed OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, the new operating system, which is expected in the second half of 2009, offers improved speed and performance rather than adding anything new. At the Worldwide Developers Conference in June 2008, Jobs announced the follow-up to Leopard. ![]()
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