Apple has always been notoriously secretive about its upcoming products and long-term road maps. This is one of the main reasons Apple does not have a strong presence in the corporate segment, where some moves are planned based on vendor's roadmaps two, even three years down the road.

"People always complain that Apple doesn't give systems admins or systems architects enough of a roadmap of where our technologies are going," the vendor's Asia-Pacific head of developer relations, Craig Bradley, told an audience of third-party developers.

Despite Apple's secrecy, there is one place where Apple does lift the veil and shows a bit of what lies behind, and that place is the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), held annually.
This year, the WWDC is scheduled for August, and Apple is going to be showing off the new version of Leopard, the latest version of OS X.

"This is where we do speak about these technologies. We'll be setting the foundations for our next operating system, which is going to take us through the next couple of years."

Indeed, Leopard promises to make a new step forward, and Apple is also expected to show off the new pro line of Macs, that will replace the PowerMac G5 line.