I don't think anyone here has implied that yet. Just speculation on how it looks iOSsey and how the old video will be missed. You're taking the mick out of something no-one has said.
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So, There is an OS X Lion "Welcome" Animation
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I don't think anyone here has implied that yet. Just speculation on how it looks iOSsey and how the old video will be missed. You're taking the mick out of something no-one has said.
What hath Jobs wrought?
Apple's new minimalist welcome video will usher in an exciting new paradigm and undoubtedly change the way we design and build welcome videos in the forthcoming post welcome video era!
Apple's new minimalist welcome video will usher in an exciting new paradigm and undoubtedly change the way we design and build welcome videos in the forthcoming post welcome video era!
Exactly. Who ******* cares about some hokey piece of drivel that only took time away from setting up a machine?
What you have to "set up" a Mac? Geee everything I bought one I just turned it on got the welcome video and that's it, it worked. No need to fiddle with anything.
Setting up Window's boxes on the other hand . . . .
Amen, brother..Amen..
I think it's a pretty slow news day when the masses begin to worry that there is no Welcome animation video in the new version of OSX.
Find something spectacular to write about, MacRumors, and we will read it..
In the meantime, don't flood our pages with this kind of crap.
I think it's a pretty slow news day when the masses begin to worry that there is no Welcome animation video in the new version of OSX.
Find something spectacular to write about, MacRumors, and we will read it..
In the meantime, don't flood our pages with this kind of crap.
. . . . is just a case of turning it on and answering a user based few questions. Just like OS X.
No Animation with clean installation
Hi.
I did a clean installation with a DVD burned with the inner dmg of Lion GM and didn't have this animation, so don't know where it comes from, but I can assure you that it doesn't appear on a clean installation.
Hi.
I did a clean installation with a DVD burned with the inner dmg of Lion GM and didn't have this animation, so don't know where it comes from, but I can assure you that it doesn't appear on a clean installation.
I welcome the minimized welcome video. Anyone who has done any sort of mac repair service I'm sure agrees. Every hard drive replacement (a dozen or more a day typically) has been accompanied by a disk re-image and a replay of this song for the last 4 years.
I hear that song in my sleep.
I hear that song in my sleep.
Both take time to "set up" in the sense that no operating system could be configured perfectly and have the right programs included to meet a user's needs - it's simply not possible.
The video was one of those touches that showed Apple cared about its user experience, although I do think it should have been skippable.
You see that welcome "video" if you were to burn the Mac OS X Lion image onto a DVD and boot from the DVD (which takes forever to boot from the DVD)
It seems like from booting from the DVD image you are in some recovery mode utility which you can reinstall Lion, Restore from Time Machine, and run some utilities.
It seems like from booting from the DVD image you are in some recovery mode utility which you can reinstall Lion, Restore from Time Machine, and run some utilities.
Because Apple caters to IT guys. Right. I think the average consumer appreciated the video, I know I did. I really liked the video in fact, even though I've had to reinstall Mac OS multiple times in the past. It gave me such a thrill when I started up my first Mac. Might sound a bit strange, but hey... What can I say.
Because Apple caters to IT guys. Right. I think the average consumer appreciated the video, I know I did. I really liked the video in fact, even though I've had to reinstall Mac OS multiple times in the past. It gave me such a thrill when I started up my first Mac. Might sound a bit strange, but hey... What can I say.
I hear that.
Whe installing Leopard on my hackintosh, it started to play the music but became responsive after that. Had to reboot as single user and install graphics drivers, never saw the video.
When installing Snow Leopard on my hackintosh, it played the video without audio (no intelHDA). Never got to see the video with audio.
So getting to install Snow Leopard when I got my macbook was pretty special
You may or may not see this depending on the computer you're installing Lion on.
I did a couple of clean installs, the video did not appear on my MacBook Pro, but was there on my iMac.
I'm guessing it may be graphics card/CPU dependant.
I did a couple of clean installs, the video did not appear on my MacBook Pro, but was there on my iMac.
I'm guessing it may be graphics card/CPU dependant.
Yeh, I used to build Windows XP machines that would update and reboot at least 10 times. Multiply that by a lab of 16 machines building at any one time. i hear the Windows XP logon sound in my sleep - way more annoying.
At least the old video was catchy and upbeat.
And since we're all doing sarcasm and this is a forum - can I add that Hitler would have made a welcome video. Job done.
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I'm sorry if this sounds fatuous, but are you suggesting Apple reduced the entire Lion OS to a infinitesimally small size and then created a 3.9 gigabyte animated Welcome on a grey background in full cinema quality HD?
Sounds like an Apple thing to do. Fair enough.
I like the title of this post. Macrumors saw the video so theyre just like "well this is awkward..."