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Fuzzy Logic OS X “Snow Leopard” proves real, after all: previewed at WWDC
Fuzzy Logic OS X “Snow Leopard” proves real, after all: previewed at WWDC | OS X “Snow Leopard” proves real, after all: previewed at WWDC |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Tuesday, 10 June 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 3 Well, despite the fact that Apple says it isn’t “primarily focusing on new features”, new features there most definitely are. Hey, it wouldn’t be a new OS release without them!Featured Whitepaper
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In addition, and rather startlingly, Apple promises that Snow Leopard will also include “out-of-the-box support for Microsoft Exchange 2007”. Apple says that “native support” is included “for Microsoft Exchange 2007 in OS X applications Mail, iCal and Address Book” for the “first time”, thus “making it even easier to integrate Macs into organisations of any size.” Wow! Apple realises that if you can’t beat ‘em when it comes to replacing Windows PCs outright in the enterprise, why not join ‘em? Or at least... join ‘em just enough to make it much less difficult for a Mac to live in business environments. It certainly makes you wonder why Apple didn’t think of it earlier... but hey, better late than never! It also mimics the fact that the iPhone 2.0 software will synchronise with Microsoft Exchange through ActiveSync. Clearly, Apple has been thinking about this for a long time. Bertrand Serlet, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering said that: “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. 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.” Apple then delivered some additional information on what those new features specifically are. I’ll simply quote what they say: The press release indicates that: “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.” It continues: “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.” Please continue to page 3. |
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