Mac OS X 10.6 at WWDC?

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Today the rumor mills were abuzz with the rumor that Mac OS X 10.6 would be unveiled at WWDC next week. The rumor has it that it's named Snow Leopard which is a slick name, if it's true, and they also say that it's an infrastructural release - no new features visible to the user other than the removal of PowerPC support and therefore better optimization of the Intel-only release.

While I suppose it's possible that Steve will talk about OS X, I have to wonder where these guys get all this stuff. If you look at what Steve is supposed to talk about at the keynote it's pretty significant:

  • iPhone 3G
  • New .Mac
  • Updates to MacBook Pro
  • Mac OS X 10.6

I mean it's possible, but that's a pretty full plate given that some of these things have taken the majority of a keynote all on their own. Sure, a lot of them can be brushed over a bit, but to have all this in one talk seems like a bit of a stretch. I'll certainly be listening, however.