For the record:- (hoping this is not a duplicate) Laurent S. | Message-Id: <p06240800c4736ffc5d45@[66.209.99.217]> | Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 16:41:20 -0700 | From: MacTech News Moderator <MacTech-News@...> | Subject: [MTNews] Apple Previews Mac OS X Snow Leopard to Developers | Sender: <MacTechNews@...> | | | Apple Previews Mac OS X Snow Leopard to Developers | | SAN FRANCISCO--June 9, 2008--Apple today previewed Mac OS X | Snow Leopard, which builds on the incredible success of OS X | Leopard and is the next major version of the world's most | advanced operating system. Rather than focusing primarily on | new features, Snow Leopard will enhance the performance of | OS X, set a new standard for quality and lay the foundation | for future OS X innovation. Snow Leopard is optimized for | multi-core processors, taps into the vast computing power of | graphic processing units (GPUs), enables breakthrough | amounts of RAM and features a new, modern media platform | with QuickTime X. Snow Leopard includes out-of-the-box | support for Microsoft Exchange 2007 and is scheduled to ship | in about a year. | | "We have delivered more than a thousand new features to OS X | in just seven years and Snow Leopard lays the foundation for | thousands more," said Bertrand Serlet, Apple's senior vice | president of Software Engineering. "In our continued effort | to deliver the best user experience, we hit the pause button | on new features to focus on perfecting the world's most | advanced operating system." | | Snow Leopard delivers unrivaled support for multi-core | processors with a new technology code-named "Grand Central," | making it easy for developers to create programs that take | full advantage of the power of multi-core Macs. Snow Leopard | further extends support for modern hardware with Open | Computing Language (OpenCL), which lets any application tap | into the vast gigaflops of GPU computing power previously | available only to graphics applications. OpenCL is based on | the C programming language and has been proposed as an open | standard. Furthering OS X's lead in 64-bit technology, Snow | Leopard raises the software limit on system memory up to a | theoretical 16TB of RAM. | | Using media technology pioneered in OS X iPhone, Snow | Leopard introduces QuickTime X, which optimizes support for | modern audio and video formats resulting in extremely | efficient media playback. Snow Leopard also includes Safari | with the fastest implementation of JavaScript ever, | increasing performance by 53 percent, making Web 2.0 | applications feel more responsive.* | | For the first time, OS X includes native support for | Microsoft Exchange 2007 in OS X applications Mail, iCal and | Address Book, making it even easier to integrate Macs into | organizations of any size. | | *Performance will vary based on system configuration, | network connection and other factors. Benchmark based on the | SunSpider JavaScript Performance test on an iMac 2.8 GHz | Intel Core 2 Duo system running Mac OS X Snow Leopard, with | 2GB of RAM. | |... | | News may be propagated freely, but please attribute your | source as MacTech Magazine, <http://www.mactech.com>.