Imagine the future, what happens to Mac OS X in ten years?

2011 is the 10 anniversary of Mac OS X, the 10 anniversary of the ipod, the 10 anniversary of itunes and the 10 anniversary of the Apple retail store. Apple also released icloud, IAD and Siri in 2011, so what will the Mac OS X, the cornerstone of Apple devices, do in the next decade? Let's analyze it together.

Mac OS X next decade: Core operating systems and network technology fusion

Jobs launched the first edition of Mac OS X 10.0 in March 2001, saying Apple will use Mac OS X platforms for the next 15 years. Mr. Jobs may have said that the next company was 15 years in 2001.


Ten years ago, Apple wanted to use sophisticated technology to develop NeXTSTEP's UNIX core potential, which relied on open-source projects such as Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. Apple wants to compete with Microsoft's Windows NT with Mac OS X. However, over the past decade, Apple has become a major provider of UNIX workstations, leading the development of UNIX.

Apple currently has an open generic UNIX print system under Cups,linux and UNIX systems, and will age the GNU C compiler (originally by Richard Stallman's Unix toolset, released in 1987 as a core of free development, changed the LLVM/CLANG/LLDB development tool that called its next generation. Because Mac and iOS devices share the same Xcode development tools. Combined with these technologies, Apple's deployment of technology will receive widespread attention.

Apple also led the Open-source browser rendering engine WebKit development, which left the internet with Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight to support open HTML5 standards. Apple shares its own canvas 2D HTML5 graphics technology and other related CSS, JavaScript technology.

Apple also vigorously promotes OpenGL and OpenGL ES Technology, developing OPENCL technologies that can perform complex tasks on multiple core processors. Apple also supports the Khronos group's Collada 3D format, which could appear in Apple's iOS system in the future.

Although the user interface for Mac OS X Lion is becoming more concise, the system kernel is still complex, and Mac OS X uses GCD technology to better leverage multi-core processors and new storage technologies, such as solid-state drives. Apple also removes outdated system APIs, such as the carbon architecture. Mac OS X Lion only focuses on the 64 cocoa architecture.

Profit is the main driver of development

in the next decade, Apple will continue to lead the development of web standards, and the integration of operating system technology into the larger UNIX community, may be much faster than before because Apple in the technology world has a different position. Pita The company will continue to drive the operating system and software development technology, because most of Apple's hardware devices bring huge profits to the company. Apple's PC shipments may overtake HP next year, and Apple's current smartphone and music player business is bigger than Nokia, Samsung and Sony.


In addition to sales, Apple earns far more than any revenue and profit from the various hardware manufacturers that compete with the device's sales. In addition, Apple is one of the few companies that has developed its own software platform, giving Apple the unique ability to plan for its future. HP's Palm's webOS, Nokia's Symbian and RIM's BlackBerry failures make Apple more unique in this regard.

Ease of Use transition

Apple will continue to simplify the complexity of the computer, such as traditional file systems, Apple wants to replace this feature with cloud-based services. Features such as the App Store, ICloud, network recovery, and itunes Match have brought new revolutions to software offerings and storage, which have reduced reliance on traditional media.
 
Over the past 10 years, Apple has developed multi-touch technologies that have greatly improved the ease of use of mobile devices, and future Apple Siri may dominate the new revolution, a natural voice that is more revolutionary than traditional mouse and keyboard operations. In the future, Apple may also enter new markets, such as Apple HDTV, which has been rumored recently.

(Editor: Lu Guang)