Blade Watch

http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/17751/

“If Snow Leopard is all about a bedrock for the future of computing, why do so many people still call for their legacy hardware to be supported?” Seamus Byrne asks for APC Magazine.

“The focus of Snow Leopard is on core upgrades, not shiny new features. A bedrock focused update that delivers a streamlined, enhanced OS X. Stability. Efficiency. A ‘new generation of core technologies,’” Byrne writes. “All this is about raising the floor on the entire system. Multi-core optimisation, support for 16TB RAM (yes, Terabytes), and a language to allow developers to tap the power of the graphics processor are just a few of the key upgrades. But you can’t lift the floor and let people walk around where the floor used to be all at the same time.”

It will be interesting to see what the next version of the Apple operating system brings in terms of functionality as well as the systems that remain in support. We need to manage the need for extra functionality without locking out potential user groups, potential markets, though I wonder how long we will see the Power PC support last. An interesting read, do check it out.

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