Is OS X 10.6 coming next week?

By on Jun 4, 2008 at 6:56 AM
Rumor June 4, 2008

We admit, this seems a bit unlikely, but TUAW is reporting that the next iteration of Apple’s OS X operating system could debut as early as next week. According to the site, Apple is preparing to seed developers with an early version of the new OS. 10.6 will reportedly focus “solely on security and stability”, with little to no emphasis placed on groundbreaking new features. The early seeding would apparently place 10.6 on track for a January ’09 public launch, concurrent with Apple’s annual Macworld Expo. This will be Apple’s first Intel-only operating system, placing another nail in the PowerPC coffin.

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  • mac-symbian lvr

    Macrumors says this is going to be named “lynx”

  • Brandon

    So there’s no point in getting it if that’s all it is, then.

  • Randy

    hoping that they throw in ZFS boot support. If it happens I will most certainly cave and buy an apple.

  • nick

    somehow I just don’t see this one happening just yet… but then again 10.5 has been out since October… and its typically 1.5-2 years between releases… so this could be on the typical schedule… that said… I have a feeling the big release will be more iPhone junk and the SDK for it, also maybe more web-related stuff, I heard .Mac was down, maybe prepping for new stuff, iPhone friendly web apps developer tools? I’m too lazy to really guess… I just watch/read the news afterwards.

  • Galvatron

    get ubuntu http://www.ubuntu.com will ron amd or intel based comp including the crapintosh and it’s free stable and secure it’s gui based just the way you crapple fanboys love it

  • Onyx

    Pfff….

  • Onyx

    BTW, I us Mac OS X because its a superior OS with a lot of power and ease of use, not because I’m some “fanboy” (derogatory) who likes “crapple” or the “crapintosh” (sophmoric play on words). I’ve use Ubuntu… it isn’t ready for primetime. The things Linux geeks get wrong is that their OS is designed for Linux users not for the common user, video editors, small business (like mine), photographers, musicians, etc.

  • Dtest54

    very well put Onyx.

    I can see them seeding the early build but not making a big announcement. And I would be interested in the ZFS boot as well Randy.

  • Fara

    I’m glad this isn’t for PPC. Leopard is slow as it is on a 1,5GHz G4. This would probably crawl.

  • caos

    Another relase??

    Will this be a free upgrade for Leopard users?

  • Galvatron

    oh ther are porfessionals that us linux beleive me i know quite a few

    an you fanboys are blind to the fact that OSX is a rehash version of linux apple broke the keral that why osx is so unstable
    you havn’t tried fedora or gentoo have you ive seen hiend video systems run on on it stopplt letting apll pull the woll of your sheepish eyse it’s the same OS

  • Dtest5477

    Gal, you continue with the linux story about OSX but its not true. If you do not know the difference between UNIX / FreeBSD and Linux then you are as dumb as you sound.

    and thats an F on spelling and an F on content on that post.

  • Galvatron

    frack off detest your the only one who really seems to care abut what I say. the degrading stuff is rather amusing so why arn’t you a left wing hollywood film critic?

  • Evilhomer

    Galvatron shows just how big of an idiot he is with every post. He feels the need to comment on everything and he’s usually always wrong. He rarely even manages to piece together a coherent sentence.

    It isn’t just Apple users who appreciate a good GUI. Most people, even the real geeks (which you are not) don’t want to type out a freaking command line just to load or eject a CD Rom drive. You think that because you can mount a disc drive with a command line makes you some kind of hacker? You are most likely a Script Kiddie. (Google it so you’ll know what I mean)

    That being said, why do you just STFU for a change? Detest isn’t the only one here hatin’ your ass…

  • impaler

    Nonsense. The only update we MIGHT see is 10.5.4, to coincide (perhaps) with this update to .mac.

  • Galvatron

    evil homer your a mack fan boy and a lamer at that btw most linux distros have a gui iterface thes days you ever heard of this thing called xwindows server?

  • caos

    Galvatron has obviously never used a Mac.. Maybe an old one donated to his elementary school.

  • Evilhomer

    Galvatron: I know all about Linux and it’s various GUI’s. I was responding to your statement that Mac users only liked pretty GUI’s. I was pointing out that it isn’t only Mac users that like to use GUI’s. Try and keep up…

    Also, what kind of alias is “Galvatron” for a little girl?

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