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Apple Releases First Developer Preview of OS X Mountain Lion, Public Launch in Late Summer
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thats a valid point and I agree but this release also brings new features. Also with a yearly release cycle it may go free of charge like iOS - but I'm not holding my breath on that one LOL
This "gatekeeper" aka Sandboxing could be a blessing in disguise.
Might mean less kernel panics due to software. If an app crashes it won't affect the kernel as much.
Might mean less kernel panics due to software. If an app crashes it won't affect the kernel as much.
So Snow Leopard is to Leopard as Mountain Lion is to Lion.
This I like a lot. These update heavy and feature light OS releases are very nice. I think ML is being released so fast because either:
They feel Lion needed it
or
They are working on OS10.9/OS11 and realise they won't be ready for a while so they are making a quicker 10.8 to cover people till the next feature heavy release is out.
This I like a lot. These update heavy and feature light OS releases are very nice. I think ML is being released so fast because either:
They feel Lion needed it
or
They are working on OS10.9/OS11 and realise they won't be ready for a while so they are making a quicker 10.8 to cover people till the next feature heavy release is out.
So, if 10.1 was "Puma" and a puma and mountain lion are in fact different names for the same animal, maybe this means 10.8 is a bookend and the last of OS X?
Seems "Growl" will be removed from my mac then
its gonna work for all the apps? I would not say so, at least not from the very beginning.
iOS is so sophisticated that you barely realise it's there.
That's real UI sophistication IMHO.
That's real UI sophistication IMHO.
I completely disagree. Notebooks, desktops and servers are different beasts than mobile gadgets and those devices use completely different interaction models for good reasons. My computers do not have a touch interface nor do they have an on screen keyboard. They also have much larger screens and perform completely different tasks than a mobile gadget. Trying to force the same user interface onto them not only does not make any sense, it's counter-productive and simply idiotic to even think about it. That's why Unity for Ubuntu Desktop Linux is a stupid idea and why people already hate Windows 8's Metro interface. The developers should leave the tablet interfaces on tablets. That's where they make sense. On a regular computer, no.
As I have mentioned in one of my previous posts the default setting is not to allow everything, but to allow applications from the App Store and from signed developers.
Jailbreak for Macs?
Don't update? Nobody forces anyone to update. They'd like you to update, make it appealing with low prices, but still no forced update.
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I would say they are just doing their regular job....what you mentioned will become true when it will be about to release 10.9, and they would take some time to release 11.0 which would be the major release I think.
True. There are far too many bugs in Lion, some of which I can easily replicate (to the shocking amazement of a Genius at my last Apple Store visit who had a rather snotty perspective on the "awesomeness of Lion", as he put it). This is in stark contrast with IT mac specialists in my work environment of whom I have shared many a discussion with and have thought of Lion as the 'Vista of Apple'. In fact, they are delaying the release of an upgrade of our institution-based VPN.app for Lion while continuing to maintain upgrades for Snow Leopard. None of the mac computers in our institution have been upgraded to Lion OS.
Instead of releasing upgrades for Lion OS, Apple's move to release a new OS for the sake of three new apps will only create concerns of more bugs and issues in the new OS. This move of Apple appears to be more of a rash one, if you ask me. If their intent was to generate revenue, I would have been more comfortable paying for those apps specifically (either individually or as an 'iLive' suite like the iLife/iWork) than paying for a likely more buggy new OS.
Exactly. They're turning Macs into oversized iPads. I hate it. Since it looks like this trend will continue, I may very well move to Linux.
The tag line says it all.
As an adult that really tries to use his mac in an adult business environment it's getting harder and harder to do folks.
I dont feel like any of these UI and personal use type features are de-professionalizing the machine or OS.
You need to get close to the OS? Fire up a terminal session.
You want a non-GUI-ish app/data interface? Install Quicksilver.
I never feel like anything done in terms of OS visual embellishment (or personal features that are run-as-you-need) effect the use of my machine in an adult environment. Im using my machine with major Federal clients, used it as a VC presentation last week, with all our clinical analytic clients.
Heck, so many of the Windows machines I see on desktops have silly wallpapers, OS aesthetic tweaks, etc., and I dont think those users are any more or less professional based on how their OS looks.
As long as my OS allows me to generate professional results, whether its authoring a document, or developing applications, Im fine with it. If it has some extra features that let me send text messages to my wife and make a note we need milk, thats great too!
Just my $0.02