1) Apple replaces the MacMini with a new product that will serve a similar purpose and market segment, much like the iPod Nano replaced the iPod Mini (no MacNano jokes please )
2) Leopard features an enhanced BootCamp that will allow for easier emulation of Windows programs within OS X. The requirement that the user purchase and install a copy of Windows will still apply.
3) Finder will no longer be the centre of OS X. It will be replaced by a version of Spotlight on steroids. The Finder will still be available, but it will not be running by default.
4) The iMac loses its chin and will allow users to swap hard drives as they do RAM. They won't be able to open up the back as they did with the very first iMac.
5) Leopard includes a graphical version of MacPorts that can also be used as a repository for open source .app programs.
6) Apple open sources its version of Java. Now that Sun's version is open sourced and Apple's Java 6.0 is over 6 month behind Sun's, Apple has to do this. Also, since Apple's devs are also working on the iPhone and Apple TV, they no longer have the resources to maintain a separate version of Java on their own. It will not open source the native Aqua code that's used by Swing, only the Java classes that access that native code.
7) Bonjour takes a prominent role in Leopard, as well as the AppleTV and the iPhone (this is inspired from roughlydrafted.com, so I can't take full credit for this prediction).
8) Now that all first party apps (Finder, Safari, iTunes) have had their themes unified, Apple will replace the Mac look n' feel with something radically different from Aqua, far more significant than the change to brushed metal from pinstripes and just as significant as the move to OS X itself.
12 Days . PS Ireland, glad you enjoyed the widget skin. Time Difference stuff is handy in iCal, turn on time zone support and I can keep track of PremiereLeague (next season, I guess ) and French Open and stuff. Which reminds me. Time for WWDC to go into my iCal.
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Also I like your icon, heh... pun... get it....?
16 Days 6 Hours. AAPL Back up past $113.
1) Apple replaces the MacMini with a new product that will serve a similar purpose and market segment, much like the iPod Nano replaced the iPod Mini (no MacNano jokes please
2) Leopard features an enhanced BootCamp that will allow for easier emulation of Windows programs within OS X. The requirement that the user purchase and install a copy of Windows will still apply.
3) Finder will no longer be the centre of OS X. It will be replaced by a version of Spotlight on steroids. The Finder will still be available, but it will not be running by default.
4) The iMac loses its chin and will allow users to swap hard drives as they do RAM. They won't be able to open up the back as they did with the very first iMac.
5) Leopard includes a graphical version of MacPorts that can also be used as a repository for open source .app programs.
6) Apple open sources its version of Java. Now that Sun's version is open sourced and Apple's Java 6.0 is over 6 month behind Sun's, Apple has to do this. Also, since Apple's devs are also working on the iPhone and Apple TV, they no longer have the resources to maintain a separate version of Java on their own. It will not open source the native Aqua code that's used by Swing, only the Java classes that access that native code.
7) Bonjour takes a prominent role in Leopard, as well as the AppleTV and the iPhone (this is inspired from roughlydrafted.com, so I can't take full credit for this prediction).
8) Now that all first party apps (Finder, Safari, iTunes) have had their themes unified, Apple will replace the Mac look n' feel with something radically different from Aqua, far more significant than the change to brushed metal from pinstripes and just as significant as the move to OS X itself.
Use this PNG to replace the Front.png
Cheers big ears!
PS, I had a feeling there'd be a time diff. Apple should work on making that automatic.
June 10th & 11th will be looooong weekends anyway
13 Days to Go, after long weekend
June 10th & 11th will be looooong weekends anyway
Ah you'll survive.
13 Days 12 Hours
(yes it's time to include the hours in the countdown now!!!)
PC version for poor guys who are using PC in office like me
Hmm... 1AM my local time, da keynote. Ah, not too bad...
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2:00 am here; nothing like pulling an all-nighter for the cause.
Will be on chat from half-an hour before the keynote. Anybody doing live coverage?
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2:00 am here; nothing like pulling an all-nighter for the cause.
Will be on chat from half-an hour before the keynote. Anybody doing live coverage?
Cool. Appleinsider chat room on AOL/AIM.
The usual suspects will be giving live coverage. Nice if we had some real insiders from AI Forums.
12 days and 52 mintues to go, key note starts at June 11th, Monday, 10 AM, PST.