[QUOTE=GregAlexander;1315965]Yes millions will upgrade anyway. And Apple must be working on making the new system not just stable and ready for the future - but able to use all the old stuff without a hitch. I just don't know enough to say whether that's possible. Apple can rewrite drivers for all their own hardware so that's fine - do peripheral drivers need rewrites? Are there things that can not be made compatible no matter how much effort?[quote]
This is a problem MS has had with their 64 nit version. a completely 64 bit OS needs 64 bit drivers. But MS needed to make those drives (I forget the term) "confirmed" for security purposes, so like apps getting into the new app store, MS has to check them out first. Anyway, there were lots of problems. Hopefully, Apple's model will be better than that. It's great not being first.
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So yeah millions will upgrade - but will Apple released it at WWDC and talk up all the great underlying technologies for developers while deliberately warning off consumers? It's not going to stop people like us wanting to have a go, and telling regular users not to buy it will just get more headlines about Apple.
I think Apple will do what they always do, try to prevent more than a few things from breaking. I don't see how they can allow major apps like CS4, Office, their own pro apps, etc. to break again. It's way too soon after the last time.
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They could easily offer a choice of 10.5 or 10.6 on new computers too. Hell I don't know what they'll end up doing, just what they've said so far sounds like they're playing it like the Intel transition (which means that yes they are saying how good it'll be, but they're also aware of problems and want to make it smooth).
I don't see it as being required. There's a lot of talk about this "breaking" apps by those who apparently don't know what's going on. I just don't see it happening.
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If Microsoft had made Vista look and feel identical to XP and told people it was their platform for the future but that average users should hold of because it was SO GOOD that it broke compatibility with lots of apps... they would have got vastly different press and interest. (And sold millions anyway). And a year later they could have pushed a new interface and features.
MS hs problems that Apple doesn't have right now.
I've been wondering why Apple is refusing to push into enterprise and government with the Mac, they way they seem to be interested in doing with the iPhone platform.
My thoughts are that Apple doesn't want to do that until 10.6 is out. It's different enough that very likely while "standard" apps won't be affected much, the very specialized, and OS dependent business apps that most large companies write for themselves, could be. Also, features in the 10.6 regarding multiple cores will move the OS into bigger servers, and otherwise more powerful machines. Business has not been very receptive to Apple's servers because there is no upgrade path. That's important to them, and until this, the OS hasn't been very multicore friendly.
After 10.6, I really do believe that Apple will push more in that direction.
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This is a problem MS has had with their 64 nit version. a completely 64 bit OS needs 64 bit drivers. But MS needed to make those drives (I forget the term) "confirmed" for security purposes, so like apps getting into the new app store, MS has to check them out first. Anyway, there were lots of problems. Hopefully, Apple's model will be better than that. It's great not being first.
So yeah millions will upgrade - but will Apple released it at WWDC and talk up all the great underlying technologies for developers while deliberately warning off consumers? It's not going to stop people like us wanting to have a go, and telling regular users not to buy it will just get more headlines about Apple.
I think Apple will do what they always do, try to prevent more than a few things from breaking. I don't see how they can allow major apps like CS4, Office, their own pro apps, etc. to break again. It's way too soon after the last time.
They could easily offer a choice of 10.5 or 10.6 on new computers too. Hell I don't know what they'll end up doing, just what they've said so far sounds like they're playing it like the Intel transition (which means that yes they are saying how good it'll be, but they're also aware of problems and want to make it smooth).
I don't see it as being required. There's a lot of talk about this "breaking" apps by those who apparently don't know what's going on. I just don't see it happening.
If Microsoft had made Vista look and feel identical to XP and told people it was their platform for the future but that average users should hold of because it was SO GOOD that it broke compatibility with lots of apps... they would have got vastly different press and interest. (And sold millions anyway). And a year later they could have pushed a new interface and features.
MS hs problems that Apple doesn't have right now.
I've been wondering why Apple is refusing to push into enterprise and government with the Mac, they way they seem to be interested in doing with the iPhone platform.
My thoughts are that Apple doesn't want to do that until 10.6 is out. It's different enough that very likely while "standard" apps won't be affected much, the very specialized, and OS dependent business apps that most large companies write for themselves, could be. Also, features in the 10.6 regarding multiple cores will move the OS into bigger servers, and otherwise more powerful machines. Business has not been very receptive to Apple's servers because there is no upgrade path. That's important to them, and until this, the OS hasn't been very multicore friendly.
After 10.6, I really do believe that Apple will push more in that direction.
So for those of us waiting to buy new Macbooks this October, will we see the benefits of later upgrading to Snow Leopard on our hardware?
Yes, all Macs with Core 2 Duo (or later) CPUs will benefit from Snow Leopard.