A few days ago someone spotted an upcoming book in Amazon’s database for an unreleased version of Aperture due out next year labelled “Aperture X”. This immediately began speculation that the next version of Aperture would be called “Aperture X” rather than the obvious “Aperture 3″. Then, today Hardmac.com had a story claiming that a source has confirmed to them that it will indeed be called Aperture X and that it is being named as such to bring it into “alignment” with OS X’s naming. They also suggest that the date on the Amazon listing is fake and that it will be changed once the product is released.
In my opinion all of this (apart from the actual book) is nonsense. First of all there’s the name. The use of the letter “x” is standard practice when you don’t know the number you want to use or you don’t want to reveal that number. I’ve spoken to a few writers and they all confirm that this is standard practice. Then there’s the claim that the name change is to bring Aperture into “alignment” with OS X. This also makes no sense what so ever. Aperture has never existed as an OS 9 programme, and OS X has used the X in its name since it’s first version years ago. There’s nothing to align? It doesn’t make any sense. People are seeing two and two and coming up with 10. (or X) Quicktime was called Quicktime X because Apple were jumping it to version 10.0. Somehow I doubt that Aperture is going to jump from version 2 to 10.
Then there’s the date thing. Why would you fake the date but keep the far more revealing name intact? Like I said, it makes no sense. On top of all this Apple has come out and flatly stated that their “Holiday Lineup is Set” and that there will be no more major new releases this year, which pretty much throws water on the “by the end of november or the end of the year claim”. I bring all of this up because, as is typical in the mac web, lots of sites have jumped on this rumour and continue to spread it despite the evidence (and simple logic) to the contrary. I want to see a new version of Aperture as much as the next person, but I highly doubt we’re going to see it this year, and it almost certainly won’t be called Aperture X.
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“Alignment” would be if the iLife/iWork next versions (currently “09″) are called “X”. I don’t care, I just want an update!
I thought “Aperture X” sounded totally stupid until somebody pointed out to me that the “X” could stand for 2010. Think about it “iLife X,” “iWork X,” “Aperture X,” etc.
The X is not meant for version 10 nor is it for year 2010… When they talk about “alignment”, they mean full Snow Leopard support, i think that we will see the X name for all products that will support SL technology, starting with QTX, Aperture X rather sooner than later, iLife and iWork X probably around WWDC, and iTunes X by september 2010.
Just my own 2cts… but i know i’m right on ! lol