Tue Aug 8 08:29:17 CEST 2006

WWDC 2006 started

... with keynote from Steve Jobs and other Apple managers. I was a bit disappointed by announcements in his presentation. I expected the announcement of Core 2 Duo upgraded MacBook Pro line :-(

The online Apple store was closed during the presentation, and it was a bit slow after it was opened again ;-) Mac Pro was announced (fastest Mac ever ;-). It can be configured - e.g. 16GB of memory will cost you the same as two fully equipped MacBook Pros ;-)

Leopard will support 64bit applications (together with 32bit apps) and virtual desktops (finally!), Time Machine (versioning filesystem?), Boot Camp and TODO items in Mail. Will be available early next year.

To sum up: I only appreciate virtual desktops, because I already use them for about 10 years already...

Kernel sources for Mac OS X also for Intel machines...

Much more interesting news is that VMWare announced development of OS X version of their products. And as Microsoft announced they won't port Virtual PC to Mac OS X, they probably expect VMWare to use the same politics about Player as on other systems. What about Parallels? ;-) It will be interesting to watch the battle...

Posted by Pavel | Permanent link | File under: Mac OS X