WWDC '08

By osirisX
in Apple (macOS)

 Share

Recommended Posts

Grand Master

The_Decryptor Veteran

Posted
  • Veteran
Posted
...

But OS X wasn't as popular back then. X hadn't come out had it? OS X is now rock solid and has an extremely awesome UI and user experience that could easily beat Windows. If they do open it up to the PC, I think it could easily succeed compared to OS 9.

OS X didn't exist back then.

What happened was that competitors could build a system for less than an Apple computer. The money Apple made from the OS license was a lot less than what they made from computers, and they ended up losing money.

Grand Master

Hurmoth

Posted
Posted
OS X didn't exist back then.

What happened was that competitors could build a system for less than an Apple computer. The money Apple made from the OS license was a lot less than what they made from computers, and they ended up losing money.

That would be logical, especially considering they didn't have a large market back then.

I think they could overcome that though with some specific changes. Such as, let's say if they were to license the product to Dell, they require Dell to give them kickbacks on the hardware. Michael Dell has already stated publicly that he'd be interested in selling OS X on his hardware. And I think Dell would do a partnership with Apple if they could sell more systems and beat HP.

Grand Master

Chicane-UK Veteran

Posted
  • Veteran
Posted

I think is OSX came out for all machines, loyal Apple supporters would be seriously upset. And Apple have always been loyal to their core fanbase - I just can't see them crapping on them like that!

Veteran

Unto Darkness

Posted
Posted
just something that came to my mind:

osx for non-apple hardware, like... building bridges to once unreachable landmarks like yeah, having osx on non-apple hardware.. ;)

Wouldn't that be great?

If you ask me, I don't think Apple is going to release the iPhone today... That would be a bummer....

Grand Master

Hurmoth

Posted
Posted
Wouldn't that be great?

If you ask me, I don't think Apple is going to release the iPhone today... That would be a bummer....

Of course they're not going to release it today. AT&T has blocked out June 15-July 15. It will be released then. But it will, most likely, be announced today though.

Production Ramp Up?

Barrons has heard that the Foxxconn, Apple's iPhone manufacturer, has only shipped "several thousand" of the new iPhone and don't expect to ramp production up until the middle of the month. This would suggest an actual launch date closer to the reported AT&T blockout dates (June 15-July 15th).
Mentor

mattrobs

Posted
Posted
AT&T is not allowing anyone to take vacation during that time to help with the increased support volume.

Makes plenty of sense. Otherwise no one would be there for the WWDC ("And it's out ... now. Hey, where is everybody?"). And they'll also get nice Apple Store lines for the media.

Grand Master

Cara Veteran

Posted
  • Veteran
Posted

BREAKING NEWS ABOUT WWDC!!!!!!!

Directly from the office of Steve Jobs... Rumors are now circulating the Apple Campus that for todays 'Landmark' event, Steve Jobs is going to be presenting to the audience wearing a black turtleneck, jeans, and tennis shoes!

Just wanted to share!

Grand Master

Rudy

Posted
Posted
BREAKING NEWS ABOUT WWDC!!!!!!!

Directly from the office of Steve Jobs... Rumors are now circulating the Apple Campus that for todays 'Landmark' event, Steve Jobs is going to be presenting to the audience wearing a black turtleneck, jeans, and tennis shoes!

Just wanted to share!

i'll believe it when i see it....until then it's just a rumor

Enthusiast

Smethead

Posted
Posted
BREAKING NEWS ABOUT WWDC!!!!!!!

Directly from the office of Steve Jobs... Rumors are now circulating the Apple Campus that for todays 'Landmark' event, Steve Jobs is going to be presenting to the audience wearing a black turtleneck, jeans, and tennis shoes!

Just wanted to share!

Haha always the same :p

This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Posts

    • Pale Moon 34.3.1

      By Copernic · Posted

      Pale Moon 34.3.1 by Razvan Serea Pale Moon is an Open Source, Goanna-based web browser available for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Android, focusing on efficiency and ease of use. Make sure to get the most out of your browser! Pale Moon offers you a browsing experience in a browser completely built from its own, independently developed source that has been forked off from Firefox/Mozilla code, with carefully selected features and optimizations to improve the browsers speed, resource use, stability and user experience, while offering full customization and a growing collection of extensions and themes to make the browser truly your own. Features: Optimized for modern processors Based on proprietary optimized layout engine (Goanna) Safe: forked from mature Mozilla code and regularly updated Secure: Additional security features and security-aware development Supported by our user community, and fully non-profit Familiar, efficient, fully customizable interface Support for full themes: total freedom over any elements design Support for easily-created lightweight themes (skins) Smooth and speedy page drawing and script processing Increased stability: experience fewer browser crashes Support for many Firefox extensions Support for a growing number of Pale Moon exclusive extensions Extensive and growing support for HTML5 and CSS3 Many customization and configuration options Pale Moon 34.3.1 changelog: Pale Moon will now exclude local resources from CSP checks, aligning it with the rest of CSP handling. Fixed an issue where the devtools JSON viewer would, in some cases, make erroneous requests to remote servers. Updated libpng to 1.6.58+apng. Updated NSS to 3.90.12 (UXP), addressing multiple security issues. Fixed several intermittent and rare crashes. Security issues addressed: CVE-2026-12318 (CWE-125), CVE-2026-12322, CVE-2026-12292 (DiD), and multiple other issues that did not have a CVE designation at the time of patching. Download: Pale Moon (64-bit) | Portable 64-bit | ~40.0 MB (Freeware) Download: Pale Moon (32-bit) | Portable 32-bit Links: Pale Moon Homepage | Add-ons | Themes | Extensions | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware
    • Windows 11 is now five years old

      By MtnDewCodeRedFreak · Posted

      Onwards to Windows 12 then lol.
    • ABSTRACT//AWESOME//WALLPAPERS - made by me!

      By bogo24dk · Posted

      Nice
    • I restored the default settings to Secure Boot. Big mistake

      By Taliseian · Posted

      There is a long thread (128pgs and counting) that I've been following over at ElevenForums that has a method for updating Secure Boot even if there is no BIOS upgrade. I've used this method and had zero issues. NOTE:  I do not take any responsibility if this or any other Secure Boot method bricks your system -- YMMV!  Read carefully before using!
    • AMD releases hotfix for driver install issues on Windows 10 PCs

      By noobient · Posted

      Yes, yes, YES, thank you AMD. Now display audio, night light, cleartype, etc, all work again.

  • Recent Achievements

    • Grand Master
      Jaybonaut went up a rank
      Grand Master
    • One Year In
      Philsl earned a badge
      One Year In
    • Dedicated
      Scoobystu earned a badge
      Dedicated
    • First Post
      Tom Schmidt earned a badge
      First Post
    • One Month Later
      D0nn13 earned a badge
      One Month Later

  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      425
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      177
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      124
    4. 4
      Michael Scrip
      77
    5. 5
      Xenon
      76
    Show More

  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!