That's true. Although MacRumors.com is not the first to bring the rumors, it has high quality articles. It is definitely my favorite Mac-related rumors website and the first one I check, BTW.
I agree they are not the first to bring the rumours. And in my opinion the quality varies from very bad to quite good. But it is still one of the first rumours websites I check up always.
I rather pay 129 or whatever for quality os x like SL than dysfunctional ML.
Dysfunctional or operator error. I've only had one issue in Lion or ML. Quicktime 7 won't play .midi music files at a proper volume level. Always too way too low. Annoying for me but that's it. Apart from that I like ML a lot.
No... "We _Don't_ All Think This".
Fortunately there are a few of us who have managed to remain free thinking individuals. Avoiding Apple's desire to suck in all people, programming them to avoid thinking and simply embrace the Apple mantra.
Well MS is merging the portable and desktop OS's too. So it's not only Apple. I agree not everyone thinks like this. People can live with the heads in the sand. But this merge is what the future is looking like from today's viewpoint.
As long as they keep the ability for us to create content. That's my biggest issue with iOS at the moment and one thing OS X facilitates much better.
I think the big issue here is a keyboard/mouse/whatever is a better input device for creating content then your finger on a touch screen is. But I have to agree. losing the ability to create content would be a death blow.
YET MORE iOS CRAP into OS X?
What about a totally revamped Finder, a better/more capable file system, overdue customization options, improved built-in codec support, better GPU drivers, an innovative/revolutionary UI paradigm, ANYTHING TRULY INNOVATIVE OR LONG-AWAITED?
Damned, if you are that short of ideas at least buy XtraFinder or resurrect some System 8 features! At least OS X Jaguar made me smile - on the other hand, Lion and ML are just the epitome of OS boredom.
Memo to Apple: Forstall is OUT! Does Apple need Serlet and Tevanian back just to get out of that stupid iOSification sameness?
If this is all they can do, I am definitely going to consider another platform - Commodore, Apple //, anything...this is just pathetic.
iOS features brought to OS X is not the devil as some people think. I think both OS's have a lot to learn from each other. Jaguar was only good cause it was the first truly usable version of OS X. For me personally I much preferred Panther and Leopard.
Also if you ask people what their most wanted feature or fix to OS X would be, I'm sure most people would not say better file system or better cpu/gpu optimisation etc etc. The people who care about all of that in the minute detail are in the minority. Most people just want to get to their content fast. And enjoy creating more content. That's why the iMac was invented in the first place. 5 mins from box to the internet. ie accessing your content (on or off line) fast.
"What about a totally revamped Finder, a better/more capable file system, overdue customization options, improved built-in codec support, better GPU drivers, an innovative/revolutionary UI paradigm, ANYTHING TRULY INNOVATIVE OR LONG-AWAITED?"
I am repeating this what you said, simply because everything you said there is evolutionary and not revolutionary. All of that stuff would be great to have, but it's just improving on what we already have. Long awaited? Sure. Truly innovative and revolutionary? No. The things you don't even know exist but tomorrow didn't know how you ever lived with out is the revolutionary stuff. Does not have to be hardware. Time Machine fits this for me.
Is Apple capable of something new and innovative in the near future? Only time will tell.
I've never owned an iOS device but I'm ok with the good parts from each OS going to the other. So I disagree with your view that both OS's should be totally separate entities.
