Every year at WWDC, Apple showcases their latest products for the benefit of developers. Due to the hype it commands, it went from being a simple developer’s showcase to a global event. Steve Jobs’ presentations are still held at a very high pedestal, especially his now revered Columbo-esque “oh, and one more thing” revelations. Last year, we discussed the release of the OS X Mavericks, 10.9 and later covered it in depth. OS X 10.10, originally codenamed “Syrah”, has been subject to speculation since Mavericks was set to release. The 11th version of OS X was finally unveiled at WWDC 2014, it is named Mac OS Yosemite, continuing the naming convention based on places in California.
This year’s WWDC was a showcase for software, hardware wasn’t a large part of the equation. Last year’s release of Mavericks was designed to help optimize the next generation of Macs, so there was not much in terms of UI overhauling, just logical functional upgrades. Mavericks has had a 50% install rate, which is a colossal number next to Windows 8′s 14%. Mavericks has been around for a year while Windows has had a considerable head start. This rapid adoption rate suggests that newer versions will happily be adopted.