Many websites and most of Mac specialists thought Snow Leopard would have been released on first quarter of 2009, but still nothing…

The next generation of OS X should be the key event of the upcoming WWDC 09 (june 08-12);  as a result, 2 operating systems for this amazing World Wide Developers Connection: Mac OS 10.6 and iPhone OS 3.0!
A number of changes have been confirmed though, such as a:

1. Rewritten Cocoa-based finder,
2. HFS+ file compression,
3. Improved support for Microsoft Exchange in Mail, iCal and Address Book,
4. QuickTime X which will feature optimized support for modern codecs (it is rumored that all of QT Pro features will be available for free),
5. OpenCL (Open Computing Language) will allow developers to more easily code applications to take advantage of the GPU for non-graphics computing purposes,
6. Grand Central: a parallel-programming technology that aims to take greater advantage of modern multi-core CPUs, included in all current Macs,
7. Support for up to a theoretical 16 terabytes of RAM by further developing 64-bit kernel technologies,
8. A smaller hard drive and RAM footprint and faster installation times, under 15 minutes versus over an hour for Mac OS X v10.5,
9. Stacks will receive an update, allowing users to drill-down into the contents of subfolders within the stacks interface,
   
10. A 64-bit kernel which provides a complete 64-bit environment for applications, along with 32-bit support for older Macs. This completes a long-running attempt by Apple to completely unify their products in 64-bit capabilities, dating back to Apple’s original adoption of the PowerPC in 1994, which anticipated 64-bit CPUs using the same architecture. With the PowerPC G5 Apple incrementally built 64-bit support into OS X starting with Mac OS X v10.3 “Panther” in 2003
11. The next version of BootCamp is said to have an easier way to share files between your Windows and Mac partition, making it easier to work on both operating systems.

Possibly quad-core iMacs to come…

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