Apple could produce a Mac OS X cloud version. It’s been granted a long-standing patent for “administering and maintaining a network-booted operating system” basically giving it the building blocks for a cloud-based OS X. The patent was filed back in July 2006 and is an addition to a patent application originally filed in October 1999. But though the patent is over 10 years old, it’s really relevant to today with Apple prepping a huge data centre and Chrome OS now on the scene…
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News Tags: Apple, Cloud computing, Google Chrome OS, mac os x, Mac OS X Lion
The latest Apple patents put the tech and legal preparation in place for at least some elements of a future Mac OS X release to feature major cloud elements. Could this be something we see in Mac OS X Lion? Probably not but you never know with Apple. Click the headline and head to the comment to let us know: what do you want Apple to add in Mac OS X Lion? Are more cloud services on your list?
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