Why Buy 10.2 Now?

spitty27

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I was reading at SpyMac.com and i saw something that caught my attention. Pinot. Or should i say another update to the Mac OS supposed to be released at Macworld SF 2003.

Quote:

"Pinot to house Junkyard
14 08 02 | 09:35 PM (@191) | BY THE DIRECTOR

In early July, Apple applied for a trademark for Junkyard. Rumors circulating suggest Junkyard may be the name of a hardware recycling initiative handled by a third-party company. According to one tip, Junkyard won't have anything do with old hardware: it's simply a feature in the next major revision of OS X, codenamed Pinot.

Purportedly, Junkyard is "Apple's version of a simple file recovery utility" that is similar in many respects to Norton Utilities' UnErase.

"With Junkyard enabled, all items emptied from the trash will be recoverable via the Junkyard application," claims the tipster.

Pinot Ñ and consequently Junkyard Ñ is expected to be announced at Macworld San Francisco (MWSF) in January 2003. Update 1am: Due to conflicting reports, availability is being further investigated.



Pinot Ñ and consequently Junkyard Ñ is expected to be announced at Macworld San Francisco

Junkyard is said to already be in final stages of development.

Although further Pinot information is scarce, it is expected that it will be the first revision to fully embrace Apple's .Mac initiative and, according to eWeek, its release may correspond with Apple's long-debated decision to prevent the booting of OS 9 on future Macs.

"A tweak to new models in its Macintosh line of desktop and portable computers will prevent booting into Mac OS 9... leaving the Unix-based Mac OS X as the sole operating system," says eWeek."


http://www.spymac.com
 
If you want to wait for 10.3, go ahead. Just remember that this comes from Spymac, and they did say they have gotten some conflicting reports on release dates. MWSF 2003 is still a few months away, and A LOT can change between now and then. Personally, I would (and am :)) getting 10.2, as 10.3 could be one of those special update things.

On a side note: Why "Pinot"? Did they run out of Big Cat's. Apple's used the following:

Cheetah: Mac OS X 10.0
Puma: Mac OS X 10.1
Jaguar: Mac OS X 10.2

Where's Leopard and Lion? I mean, "Pinot" is fine as a codename, but it seems like a switch, unless "Pinot" is a name for another Big Cat I don't know about.

Enough of me ranting...
 
What do you mean by why buy 10.2 now? Do you mean wait another 5 months for an update?

10.2 is THE significant update to OSX. Pinot may not be as significant in speed increases etc.

That JunkYard thing seems a nice idea though:D
 
Oops, you beat me to it rhale1... Pinot is a wine. Bit of a rubbish title though...
 
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