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08/03/2006, 3:35pm, EDT
Thursday, August 3rd
Apple to debut 64-bit OS X, Mac Pro?
A seemingly authentic photo of an Apple banner created for the WWDC has surfaced, lending support to theories that Apple will unveil a successor to its Power Mac G5 systems at the forthcoming conference. The photo strongly hints toward a new version of Mac OS X running natively on 64-bit Intel processors, according to Electronista. Intel chose to create its new Core 2 Duo processors using a 64-bit architecture, and the company quietly began shipping those chips formerly known as "Merom" and "Conroe" in July. Rumors abound that Apple will use the new 64-bit processors in newer generations of Intel-based Macs moving forward, and that the forthcoming "Mac Pro" will make use of the new chips boasting 64-bit processing capability. Apple confirmed in mid-April that it would tout the next iteration of Mac OS X, codenamed "Leopard," at the WWDC conference taking place in San Francisco from August 7-11th.
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wasn't OSX a 64-bit OS already???
Where is that in the photo? I must have missed it. ;-)
Also, 64-bit processing would benefit people working with huge data sets, but it wouldn't do anything for consumers, apart for possibly slowing down existing apps, because they now have to deal with much larger numbers.
Mail, Safari, Photoshop, iMovie, etc do not benefit from 64-bit processing, even if consumers think they should.
The rest of the WWDC banner says:
"Welcome to WWDC: You've picked the right platform," and interestingly, has photos of iPod, Macs and server stuff all mixed together.
Another photo of the poster is up at RoughlyDrafted Magazine along with a list of WWDC predictions:
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Home/216DACC1-F488-4EB6-8965-ADECFC743998.html
Second, there are no new icons for new features, but all the main technologies introduced last year are shown. I do not know if that is what the leapard disk for OSX will look like, but 1) it looks similar to Tiger to me, and 2) if not TIger, could easily be faked.
Third, Apple would have sent the take down letter already.