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Hoping for new 15" Retina MBP with Haswell and updated GPU. Price reduction would be great, but I'm not counting on it.

I'm ready to sell my 13" rMBP immediately and will buy the new 15" Day One.
 
OS X 10.9, which is internally codenamed “Cabernet,” will focus on various “power-user” enhancements and take core features from iOS, according to our sources. Unlike operating system updates such as OS X Leopard and OS X Lion, OS X 10.9 will likely not be an overhauled approach to how the operating system feels and functions.

The new operating system includes major enhancements to the Finder application such as tags and tabbed browsing modes. Those additions are notable as many pro-users have relied on third-party solutions and hacks to enable these features. Additionally, the new operating system will include a new Safari web browser with a redesigned backend for improved page loading, speed, and efficiency…

The ability to keep a different “Space” or full-screen app open on a different monitor (in multiple monitor setups) is another important power-user feature coming in 10.9. This feature was forecasted by Apple Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi last year.

According to our sources, OS X 10.9 will see some user-interface changes, but the changes will not be a drastic ones.
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http://9to5mac.com/2013/04/29/apple...-user-features-more-from-ios-later-this-year/
 
An Apple OS update with a focus on power user features? Never thought I'd read that after 10.7

Although, to be fair, a working multi monitor setup with fullscreen apps is way overdue and it's inclusion isn't something I would call a "power user" feature so much as just fixing a feature that's straight up broken on multiple screens.
 
Greyface said:
contradiction in terms?
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Well its in regard to
Apple has been testing a new multi-tasking system for OS X that is similar to the quick-app-switcher function on iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches. The multitasking feature will be functional for applications in the background, according to this person. Additionally, Apple could use app-pausing technologies from iOS to pause background application processes in OS X. This is significant as full performance could be given to foreground apps, which could help optimize battery life on Apple’s notebook computers.
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giga said:
They'll add both. Siri and maps will probably be the iOS features in addition to the finder and spaces enhancements.
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pizzaroll said:
"and"
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LCfiner said:
An Apple OS update with a focus on power user features? Never thought I'd read that after 10.7

Although, to be fair, a working multi monitor setup with fullscreen apps is way overdue and it's inclusion isn't something I would call a "power user" feature so much as just fixing a feature that's straight up broken on multiple screens.
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Okay, okay. They'll do both.

Spaces enhancement would be the most interesting from a power-user perspective but I feel the feature is a year or two too late given the adoption of retina display macbooks and iPads easily serving as sidebar displays (highlighted by that new Panic app)... Power users are the only ones who use multiple monitors. Microsoft is heading the same direction too. I consider Mac OS X third party apps to still be much better designed than Windows desktop apps but the information rich display apps, the type you'd stick on a second monitor, are actually to be found in the Windows Metro app store these days.

Edit: perhaps the best thing Apple could do for power users would be to deliver new Retina Thunderbolt displays — not just the 24" & 27" varieties but thin-bezeled chain-able 10", 13" & 15" displays
 
Yeah, I expect iOS 7 to get a visual revamp that won't make it into OS X 10.9 - likely not until OS X 10.10 or 11 or whatever they end up calling it.

Makes sense for OS X to get some useful feature updates/fixes, an improved Finder, and Siri. Maps... eh, if they build it in as an SDK then that's sensible, but I don't see a need or purpose for a standalone "Maps" app in OS X.

They're saying not to expect major UI changes, but I still wouldn't be surprised to see the Calendar, Contacts, and Notes apps getting some visual changes, at least.

Also, abandoning cat names for wine names, it seems. Interesting.
 
Apple’s last two operating systems shipped in the summer, which suggests it is likely that 10.9 will also see a summer release. OS X 10.9 was originally scheduled to be previewed earlier this year, but Apple decided to introduce the operating system alongside iOS 7 at the upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference. Recent rumors have indicated that Apple moved resources away from OS X 10.9 development in order to focus on iOS 7. This likely contributed to Apple moving back the next OS X’s debut.
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I can't see them releasing the first Preview in June and then releasing the final 10.9.0 in the summer (if mid/late Sept is Summer). October seems more likely.
 
giga said:
OS X has had internal codenames based on different wines for a while now. Lion was Barolo. Merlot and Pinot were used in the past too.
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Yep. Silly if you thought they actually used the big cat names internally - wouldn't be much of a code name if it were that obvious!
 
More from 9to5mac, iOS 7:

iOS 7 is codenamed “Innsbruck,” according to three people familiar with the OS. The interface changes include an all-new icon set for Apple’s native apps in addition to newly designed tool bars, tab bars, and other fundamental interface features across the system. iOS devices running the next-generation software reportedly have polarizing filters to decrease viewing angles of on-lookers.


In addition to losing the complex interface design characteristics from earlier versions of iOS, Apple has been discussing and testing ways to add more ‘glance-able’ information and system options panels, like Notification Center, to the software. While it is still uncertain if Apple will end up including such new functionality in iOS 7, or how the Company will implement the potential addition, one of the early ideas was to implement the new panels via swipes from the left and right side of an iOS device’s display. This would be similar to the gesture on Apple’s Mac trackpads for accessing Notification Center in Mountain Lion, but what, specifically, the iOS gesture could access is uncertain.
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http://9to5mac.com/2013/04/29/jony-ive-paints-a-fresh-yet-familiar-look-for-ios-7/
 
The new interface is said to be “very, very flat,” according to one source. Another person said that the interface loses all signs of gloss, shine, and skeumorphism seen across current and past versions of iOS. Another source framed the new OS as having a level of “flatness” approaching recent releases of Microsoft’s Windows Phone “Metro” UI.

iOS 7 is codenamed “Innsbruck,” according to three people familiar with the OS. The interface changes include an all-new icon set for Apple’s native apps in addition to newly designed tool bars, tab bars, and other fundamental interface features across the system. iOS devices running the next-generation software reportedly have polarizing filters to decrease viewing angles of on-lookers
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Dat Ive.
 
Another person said that the interface loses all signs of gloss, shine, and skeumorphism seen across current and past versions of iOS
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About fucking time. Gloss and shine was always the worst looking part of iOS since 1.0. Skeumorphism was okay, until Forstall went all Forstall with it.

I also hope they do something significant with the iPad UI. Make it a better computing device and not just a 10" app launcher.
 
Tobor said:
I'm prepared to be impressed.
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I dunno. I getting a feeling at all those complaining that iOS is getting stale would also complain when things are changed drastically. If things are changing so much though, I can't imagine how tense it must have been between Ive and Forstall all those years with Ive fuming inside about how his designs are ruined by skeuomorphism.

Surely they must change it on OS X as well and a unified design identity; the gloss has been there even longer (since imac and aqua?)
 
Timbuktu said:
I dunno. I getting a feeling at all those complaining that iOS is getting stale would also complain when things are changed drastically. If things are changing so much though, I can't imagine how tense it must have been between Ive and Forstall all those years wi Ive fuming about how his designs are ruined by skeuomorphism.
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I'm a little torn, in that iOS is my favorite OS. It works well, does what I want, and I never have to fight with it. I also still like the general look of it. It's like an old shoe, well worn but extremely comfortable. Any kind of drastic change worries me.

That said, if I can't trust Ive to make good changes, who can I trust? If I had to pick anyone alive to overhaul the chrome and finish and tie it in with the hardware, it would be him.
 
Timbuktu said:
I dunno. I getting a feeling at all those complaining that iOS is getting stale would also complain when things are changed drastically. If things are changing so much though, I can't imagine how tense it must have been between Ive and Forstall Jobs all those years with Ive fuming inside about how his designs are ruined by skeuomorphism.

Surely they must change it on OS X as well and a unified design identity; the gloss has been there even longer (since imac and aqua?)
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Ive and Jobs. Steve Jobs was the principal force behind skeuomorphism and Forstall merely continued his legacy.

While iOS 7 does look different, its core apps and system fundamentals (like the Lock and Home screens) mostly operate in a similar fashion to how they do today.
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In addition to losing the complex interface design characteristics from earlier versions of iOS, Apple has been discussing and testing ways to add more ‘glance-able’ information and system options panels, like Notification Center, to the software. While it is still uncertain if Apple will end up including such new functionality in iOS 7, or how the Company will implement the potential addition, one of the early ideas was to implement the new panels via swipes from the left and right side of an iOS device’s display. This would be similar to the gesture on Apple’s Mac trackpads for accessing Notification Center in Mountain Lion, but what, specifically, the iOS gesture could access is uncertain.
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A new icon set and flatter navigation bars does nothing for me. I've been using flatter icon themes on (jailbroken) iOS for years and it's just window dressing. 'Glance-able' information is more important and is the first exciting news I've heard for iOS7 so far.
 
giga said:
It was there all along. The wwdc logo are the ios 7 icons stacked on top of each other.
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You really think so? Do those colours fit with the 'flat' comment floating around? On that note, can someone describe what would make a UI flat? (really don't know).
 
While iOS 7 does look different, its core apps and system fundamentals (like the Lock and Home screens) mostly operate in a similar fashion to how they do today.
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While I'm sure there's probably more to it than that, my expectation has long been that iOS7 will be somewhat of a stopgap for a truly revised iOS8. That quote certainly seems to point that way.
 
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