Mac OS X "Snow Leopard"

Today brought the first rumors about the next version of Mac OS X, rumored to be called "Snow Leopard" and presumably to be numbered 10.6.

The gist is that it's going to be a refinement release, focusing on making Mac OS X more stable, efficient, and secure, without adding major new features.

I love the sound of this. It represents what a lot of OS fans have always dreamed of in an OS release- the opportunity to have their system tuned and sculpted and refined into an even more perfect tool, without the addition of bloat or cruft.

We'll know more next week at WWDC.