“Back to the Mac” Apple Event on October 20th; New OS X on the Way?

Apple has just sent out the above picture to journalists along with an invite to a Mac-centric event, to be held on October 20th. Lest you think that all they focus on nowadays is iPads, iPhones, iPods, and what have you, the event, titled “Back to the Mac,” seems to tease a new version of Apple’s OS X operating system. (Lion?) Tech reporter Omar Gallaga tweets that the invitation mentions “a sneak peek of the next major version of Mac OS X.”

The last update, Snow Leopard (OS X version 10.6) was released on August 28th, 2009; the previous version, Leopard (OS X version 10.5) was released on October 26, 2007. The first four versions of OS X (including the clunky, incomplete 10.0, Cheetah) were released a year or less than a year apart, but the past three have been released two years apart each, so we aren’t exactly ‘due’ for a new OS X. That “sneak peek” could just be that; then again, more could be in store. We’ll find out soon enough.

(h/t Techland)