Comments on: The Next “Big Cat” is on the Prowl

By: Timo Zimmermann

Timo Zimmermann — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:39:00 +0000

I am looking forward to one thing: ZFS – I hope the statement “for servers” is false and we will see it in every version.

Beside that a stable and fast system is always good.

If they change the codebase dramatical to make porting to the iPhone easier – sounds like a good idea – can only be a bad thing if they don't offer upgrades for iPhone and iPhone 3G users.

Price? Who cares if you get a faster and more stable system?

By: Justin Dickinson

Justin Dickinson — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:42:20 +0000

This all sounds great. It might not be exciting for a current, casual Mac user but it's these kinds of increases that, when they're on your first Mac out of the box, start to really make a difference. I'm all for more frequent upgrades.

I can't get behind the name though. It sounds too silly. I'm still holding out for Mac OS Ocelot!

By: Ryan Townsend

Ryan Townsend — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:12:14 +0000

I am really looking forward to this one actually. It will really be the nail in Vista's coffin if it runs even marginally better than Leopard, and I'd pay whatever the cost if it improves my experience, I think a lot of people get caught up on the cost, but when you use a Mac for 4+ hours a day you've really got to look at the time benefit of being able to do more work, and generally feel better about your work because you're on a nicer machine too.

I'd love to see a corporate MobileMe on the server release, with the same integration of MobileMe in iPhones and Leopard, because that is the one thing I will probably dislike about using exchange: no nice web applications, no file uploads etc.

Snow Leopard makes a lot of sense, because it's related to Leopard, but slightly different, so it shows that this is more of a maintenance release.

Not sure about Quicktime competing with Flash, but in terms of the video world, definitely.