so after hearing steve talk about things 'we cant show you right now' does anyone think we will see something of a surprise? would be nice to have some new feature that will blow the socks off everything ..maybe they've been keeping something in the closet?
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No word on iDisk/FTP speedups, though. Apple's iDisk is hands down the slowest implementation of WebDAV ever, at least in OS X < 10.5...
so after hearing steve talk about things 'we cant show you right now' does anyone think we will see something of a surprise? would be nice to have some new feature that will blow the socks off everything ..maybe they've been keeping something in the closet?
The reference to "Top Secret Features" was at WWDC 2006!!!!!!!! At WWDC 2007, Apple unveiled said "Top Secret Features!"
ARG! This is literally the 923rd time this has been brought up.
The reference to "Top Secret Features" was at WWDC 2006!!!!!!!! At WWDC 2007, Apple unveiled said "Top Secret Features!"
ARG! This is literally the 923rd time this has been brought up.
I agree one hundred percent.
The surprise should be that we developed from single cell creatures and should be grateful that in such short period of the history of the Universe that we have an OS of any description to play with.
Then again maybe others aren't Darwinists like me and believe that Steve Jobs is some kind of God that can perform all sorts of OS miracles.
The surprise should be that we developed from single cell creatures and should be grateful that in such short period of the history of the Universe that we have an OS of any description to play with.
And with the current trend of world affairs, we will soon be back to single cell creatures and OS 9!!
This is Apple's first OS release which I could care less about and will likely install only once 10.5.1 or 10.5.2 will be released.
Ordering my new 24" 2.8Ghz iMac tomorrow!
Kill blue Aqua, please Steve
Given that Leopard is entirely under-whelming, anything actually NEW would be welcome...
This is Apple's first OS release which I could care less about and will likely install only once 10.5.1 or 10.5.2 will be released.
Which OS X version did you *really* care about and why? How did it make you feel?
For 10.0, because it was the first "final" version (although it turned out incomplete and sluggish).
For 10.1 for speed and bugfixes.
For 10.2 for speed, bugfixes and Quartz Extreme.
For 10.3 for speed, bugfixes and not so much the Brushed Metal Finder.
After that it kinda toned down for me.
The soon-to-be-revealed secret feature is that every copy of OS X Leopard comes with a pony!!!
Coincidentally your username is very close to a specific breed of pony.
One feature that was secret until today is AutoFS is coming to a Mac near you. By leveraging this next-gen file system mounter, and it's threaded code, no more Finder freezes when doing network mounting operations (FTP, iDisk, etc).
No word on iDisk/FTP speedups, though. Apple's iDisk is hands down the slowest implementation of WebDAV ever, at least in OS X < 10.5...
It's a new TCP/IP stack, new kernel with a different scheduler and SSH is current, WebDav is current.
AutoFS will make you less abrasive.
Was my post abrasive? If so, my apologies.
Having used many other WebDav implementations besides iDisk, I can say without hesitation that iDisk is brutally slow. So is FTP in the Finder.
These aren't related to TCP/IP stack, kernel, scheduler, etc. It's the WebDav implemetation, combined with a poorly threaded Finder. iDisk access is thus quite slow, AND locks up the Finder whilst loading a folder's contents. Same for FTP. If your mileage varies, do tell.
so after hearing steve talk about things 'we cant show you right now' does anyone think we will see something of a surprise? would be nice to have some new feature that will blow the socks off everything ..maybe they've been keeping something in the closet?
He showed off what he wasn't showing on the first demo in the second demo. The features were mostly revealed, but the real secrets are in the details at Apples site. Everything you didn't know you can now find out.
Which OS X version did you *really* care about and why? How did it make you feel?
PB was having me bouncing off the walls... I yearned MacOS X so much I was ecstatic for a week.
10.0 was like a late beta... it was so damn slow
10.1 I loved and was extremely excited about since it was significantly better
I'd say 10.3 was the last version that I told myself I HAVE to have this and have to have it NOW and was lovin' it for a long time.
10.4 doesn't have anything truly extraordinary... and 10.5 is really nothing new.
I wish they'd resolve ETERNAL problems like Finder FTP kernel panics, make the green button on every window actually do something LOGICAL and streamlined (I've lost count of how many times I have to explain to anyone that the green button is... well.. useless), one-click Folder/Directory sharing (like Windows has had since... 10 years?), or how about having the "Applications" shortcut and "Documents" folder already on the Dock (again, how many people do you know that didnt even know there were other applications other than the ones on the Dock? Or use the Desktop as the Documents folder?). Heck, why not have a Right Click and Move function like Windows too?
Bah...