Filed under: OS X
Apple 'Back to the Mac' media event on October 20
The word is out: Apple is hosting a media event on Wednesday, October 20th. The invitation features a a big cat -- looks like a lion to us, which means if you had "Mac OS X 10.7 Lion" in the betting pool, congratulations -- peeking out from behind a metallic Apple logo and the phrase, "Back to the Mac." We're going to don our Carnac outfit and predict that Apple will be talking about the next iteration of Mac OS X.
Of course, we'll have full coverage. See you then.
![TUAW [Cafepress]](https://web.archive.org/web/20101016225944im_/http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.tuaw.com/media/tuaw-cafepress-promo.png)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
tim said 11:36AM on 10-13-2010
Of course they are going to do this on the 20th. How did I know? Because I am going down to Portland (from Seattle) on the 17th to get a bunch of new equipment. So of course they would be announcing a bunch of new things less than a week later. Thanks for thinking of me, Apple ;-)
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Ed said 11:37AM on 10-13-2010
I reckon most of us had guessed Lion hadn't we? They've done most of the significant other big cats.
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David Hamilton said 11:44AM on 10-13-2010
I was expecting them to be using 'Garfield'
Drakhul said 11:57AM on 10-13-2010
OSX 10.7 Garfield... ROFL
JustAnnuthaDewd said 11:58AM on 10-13-2010
If Microsoft was the one using a feline codename for Windows, then "Garfield" would be appropriate for how bloated it is.
puhsitch said 12:57PM on 10-13-2010
That would actually help with the transition to their next line of presidential code names. OS 10.8 will be "Chester A. Arthur"
mabhatter said 1:11PM on 10-13-2010
I was holding out for LOL Cat!
jorn said 2:38PM on 10-13-2010
Done http://twitpic.com/2xbty8
jepaz said 11:38AM on 10-13-2010
Pretty exciting. What's next after Lion...Mountain Lion?
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ndciii said 11:46AM on 10-13-2010
OS 11 (the introduction of multitouch)
No more cats :(
brian said 11:49AM on 10-13-2010
No. It'll be Snow Lion. :-)
Hey, when does the pool for naming 10.8 start?
Raghu said 11:52AM on 10-13-2010
Snow Lion?
HandyMac said 12:05PM on 10-13-2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_lion
Then again, maybe not. Can't risk offending the Chinese.
Randy said 12:08PM on 10-13-2010
No cougar?
Spandau said 11:38AM on 10-13-2010
That background so reminds me of the new Magic Trackpad.
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feDe said 11:40AM on 10-13-2010
YESSSSSSS
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Marco said 1:21PM on 10-13-2010
Fede Soria is that you?
alan said 11:47AM on 10-13-2010
Does the promo image herald some sort of 3D-type UI?
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feDe said 12:15PM on 10-13-2010
True!
SubGenius said 4:12PM on 10-13-2010
No but there will be an AppStore for the Mac OS and a new version of iLife.