{"id":1543,"date":"2010-07-16T10:28:08","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T15:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ironwil.net\/blog\/?p=1543"},"modified":"2010-07-16T10:28:08","modified_gmt":"2010-07-16T15:28:08","slug":"os-x-does-it-have-a-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ironwil.net\/cs\/2010\/07\/os-x-does-it-have-a-future\/","title":{"rendered":"OS X, Does it Have a Future?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent episode of MacBreak Weekly [203: That’s Our Lenny]<\/a> the guys discussed if OS X has a future with Apple.\u00a0 I believe that Alex Lindsey gave OS X 5 years before it goes out the window.\u00a0 He theorized that Apple will move into consumer products and minimize or depart from desktop computers.\u00a0 I have to agree & disagree.<\/p>\n

I don’t think that Apple will move off OS X unless it is to another desktop OS [11?].\u00a0 I don’t think that they will move to iOS for their “Trucks” either, how else would people program for Apple products [pro & consumer]?\u00a0 I think that if they move to a touch based OS for “OS 11” then we will see programming change to a modular and visual interface and the keyboard will still be needed for some functions.\u00a0 The only way the keyboard could be minimized is if a Star Trek like voice command is implemented.<\/p>\n

What I think will happen is Apple will develop it’s Siri acquisition to build a more robust voice command interface and then over time move it into the desktop computer while beefing up the touch interface.\u00a0 I also think that the home desktop will turn into a media server that will be connected via Wi-Fi to the TV, stereo, and hand-held devices [iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches].\u00a0 We will use the Knowledge Navigator<\/a> [hand-held device] to interface with the home server and it will do the heavy lifting and data crunching.\u00a0 It will store and back-up all the data from our devices and allow for the transfer of songs, movies, and other data back and forth via Wi-Fi.\u00a0 Yes, this will work with the iPod Nano and Classic too!<\/p>\n

The future of Apple is the Federation.\u00a0 No really, the future is going\u00a0 to be both trucks and cars, the desktop or work horse machine and the hand-held device.\u00a0 The number of desktop machines will diminish because a family will own one & then they will all have hand-held devices.\u00a0 The delivery of media will continue to be in two places the TV and the hand-held.\u00a0 We will see the ability to move from one device to another and the media will follow seamlessly.<\/p>\n

Ahhh, the future, please come now!!!<\/p>\n

iron wil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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