ac OS X version 10.6 “Snow Leopard” is Apple's next major version of the Mac OS X operating system. It was announced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs at WWDC on June 9, 2008. It is scheduled to ship "about a year" from the announcement.[1]
The new system will not focus on major new features, but rather on improving performance, efficiency and reducing its overall footprint.[1] Leaked screenshots from a developer preview seeded to developers on June 10, 2008[2] show the system labeled as "Version 10.6."[3] The images also show that the DP will only install on a Macintosh computer using an Intel processor.[4]
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- Full support for Microsoft Exchange 2007 will be included natively in Address Book, Mail, and iCal.[5]
- 64-bit kernel technology to allow up to a theoretical 16TB RAM.[5]
- Grand Central: a parallel-programming technology[6] by Apple that aims to have the OS take full advantage of multi-core CPUs.[5]
- QuickTime X which will feature optimized support for modern codecs.[5]
- OpenCL (Open Computing Language): allowing developers to code applications to use the GPU for non-graphics purposes.[5]
The next version of Mac OS X Server will include all of these features and other server-related features, such as ZFS support.[7]
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