OS X to add significant new features

OS X has added enhanced features to the next release due this summer.

OS X Leopard

Windows 7 has been in the news too much in recent times – at least think the Apple guys. Not wanting Windows’ new serve to be an ace, the new OS X packs well for a sizeable return. Steve Jobs announced the next version of OS X, code-named “Snow Leopard”, at Apple's developers conference in July of 2008, during which he announced that this OS will focus more on under-the-hood optimization than on innovation. As more and more details leak, the new OS X appears to have quite an enhancement over the existing one. For example, TGDaily reports that Snow Leopard “will sport geolocation features via its CoreLocation API (which is actually borrowed from the iPhone OS) in addition to the multi-touch API that exposes multi-touch gestures found on newer MacBooks to third-party programs”.

The new OS X will provide QuickTime Pro features free of charge. Apparently Apple decided to go for a single release that contains all Pro features -- including full-screen playback, basic audio and video editing and recording, as well as advanced sharing, exporting and saving features – says TGDaily.

AppleInsider has reported another interesting upgrade – the Snow Leopard will load printer drivers on demand. This should reduce the hard disk space used by the OS.