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Mac OS X Lion Almost Ready?
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Forward to the Future!
You can like or dislike anything you want. And if you have specific needs as a geek that Lion doesn't satisfy then that's OK.
But Lion has some nice user interface features - when you pair Lion with a Magic Trackpad, you can move through your data and work area in a different manner than you do now. Pre-Lion you're using a mouse and clicking things to do what you want and get where you want.
In Lion/Trackpad, you can swipe, multi-swipe, tap, and multi-tap to move to where you want and do what you want to do. That's what they mean by "iOS features".
It's no where near as drastic as the move from the command line to the graphical user interface, but Lion has a new way of doing things. There will be some "my-way-works-fine-I-don't-want-to-three-finger-swipe-that's-ridiculous-get-off-my-lawn" reactions.
It may be that these iOS features are not for you. But you owe it to yourself, and the generations of future children yet unborn, to give it a try.
since I'm a little bit of a geek iOS features perhaps aren't that interesting for me
the only thing i find interesting till now is the save feature, which constantly saves files
You can like or dislike anything you want. And if you have specific needs as a geek that Lion doesn't satisfy then that's OK.
But Lion has some nice user interface features - when you pair Lion with a Magic Trackpad, you can move through your data and work area in a different manner than you do now. Pre-Lion you're using a mouse and clicking things to do what you want and get where you want.
In Lion/Trackpad, you can swipe, multi-swipe, tap, and multi-tap to move to where you want and do what you want to do. That's what they mean by "iOS features".
It's no where near as drastic as the move from the command line to the graphical user interface, but Lion has a new way of doing things. There will be some "my-way-works-fine-I-don't-want-to-three-finger-swipe-that's-ridiculous-get-off-my-lawn" reactions.
It may be that these iOS features are not for you. But you owe it to yourself, and the generations of future children yet unborn, to give it a try.
Tired old argument. Evolve or die.
I remember hearing people say something like this: "The mouse and GUI are useless. The keyboard is much faster. And anyway, I'm a command line expert."
Sure, geeks like you and me are experts with legacy technology. We take the time to learn all the details. We like being experts, and change means we'll need to learn things all over again. But the general public aren't experts, they don't care that they aren't, and they don't care that you are. Get over it.
Like it or not, Lion is just another baby step toward Apple's future. 10 years from now Lion will look as primitive and clumsy as Mac OS X 10.0 "Cheetah" did back in 2001. We'll all wonder why Apple took so long to unify iOS and Mac OS, and we'll all agree that the single-OS-on-all-devices was the right way to go.
The next major release will probably not have a "big cat series" name. The name "Lion" has the ring of finality to it. King of the jungle. Done with cats. I expect the next major Mac OS release, maybe as early as 2013, to be heavily, if not completely, infused with iOS look, feel, and functionality. There will be just one App Store for all Apple devices, from iPod touch to 27" iMac. (And Macs will be running 4- and 8-core ARM CPUs, but that's another post.)
I remember hearing people say something like this: "The mouse and GUI are useless. The keyboard is much faster. And anyway, I'm a command line expert."
Sure, geeks like you and me are experts with legacy technology. We take the time to learn all the details. We like being experts, and change means we'll need to learn things all over again. But the general public aren't experts, they don't care that they aren't, and they don't care that you are. Get over it.
Like it or not, Lion is just another baby step toward Apple's future. 10 years from now Lion will look as primitive and clumsy as Mac OS X 10.0 "Cheetah" did back in 2001. We'll all wonder why Apple took so long to unify iOS and Mac OS, and we'll all agree that the single-OS-on-all-devices was the right way to go.
The next major release will probably not have a "big cat series" name. The name "Lion" has the ring of finality to it. King of the jungle. Done with cats. I expect the next major Mac OS release, maybe as early as 2013, to be heavily, if not completely, infused with iOS look, feel, and functionality. There will be just one App Store for all Apple devices, from iPod touch to 27" iMac. (And Macs will be running 4- and 8-core ARM CPUs, but that's another post.)
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Wow. And the point of your post being? Oh right. There isn't one.
I most certainly hope Macs don't move to ARM Processors. Even though I don't like the fact that Intel's Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge is from Israel, fact stands that Sandy Bridge is currently the best Processor series on the market. ARM would be nothing more than a step backwards.
I think the next release will be a bit later than 2013. They'll go with Mac OS XI and they'll do a total re-vamp of the whole thing from top to bottom. If the Mac OS turns into iOS however, I think I might end up becoming a Windows User. Sure, flame away, but I just don't want to even think about iOS on a Desktop.
Lion implements some iOS Features, in a "Desktop-ish" fashion, yes, but really its mostly just Launchpad. I find the Spell Check thing is actually pretty good, rest meh. If they move beyond stuff like that (Applications and Files move to the Desktop etc) then I'd just stop right there.
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Although I do like some of the new features of Lion and see myself using them, I'm most excited for OpenGL 3.2 and the fact that The Foundry will be able to finally release Mari on Mac OS 
As a user of developer preview 3, this is not a surprise. DP3 has been quite fast, Safari even faster than SL Safari, with a few bugs left here and there.
And people seem to forget that the previews Apple puts out are always behind the ones they are testing in house. So when they post DP3, it's most probably something they compiled a month ago.
I was thinking that DP4 could be a release candidate with the current pace, so I wouldn't be surprised if they actually released it in June.
And people seem to forget that the previews Apple puts out are always behind the ones they are testing in house. So when they post DP3, it's most probably something they compiled a month ago.
I was thinking that DP4 could be a release candidate with the current pace, so I wouldn't be surprised if they actually released it in June.
Take out the anomaly that was the iphone development time and you have every OS has a longer life before the next is released. Or Apple is taking longer to make each version of OS X. So I would fully expect the next OS (10.8 or 11.0) to take at least two years to ship after 10.7 is released.
"Someone can tell me why i can't create new thread"
I was trying to start a new thread talking about "The useless of the "Trackpad's MacBookPro" in new "Snow Leopard" you cannot set up the sensibility to the "Tap To Click One Finger" and you need to discover new tool like "BetterTouchTool" For trying adjust sensibility of the trackpad , but in this case no one software already have this option, cause in this first one "BetterTouchTool" you cannot set up the most common gesture " Tap To Click" in the all trackpad area or "Double Finger Tap" as a result the program can't adjust the sensibility until you tell him to use this "Gestures" but this "Gesture" not avaitable there is only the useless "Tap To Click" in the world, "Tap To Click Corner Left Zone" i mean this program only go for the extreme CORNER area" the last Trackpad area ......you cannot even access easily while moving Cursor of mouse..
The second software is MagicPrefs, but in this case there will be other things wrong, if you click with the "One Finger Tap" you will success.. but if you want to click the second gesture like "Double Finger Tap" For right click .... you will WAIT 5 second until can click it or no suffering auto clicks - bug , random zone clicking ... im new of this forum and im from italy users apologize me all if i "Talk Bad English" can you tell me your opinion
I was trying to start a new thread talking about "The useless of the "Trackpad's MacBookPro" in new "Snow Leopard" you cannot set up the sensibility to the "Tap To Click One Finger" and you need to discover new tool like "BetterTouchTool" For trying adjust sensibility of the trackpad , but in this case no one software already have this option, cause in this first one "BetterTouchTool" you cannot set up the most common gesture " Tap To Click" in the all trackpad area or "Double Finger Tap" as a result the program can't adjust the sensibility until you tell him to use this "Gestures" but this "Gesture" not avaitable there is only the useless "Tap To Click" in the world, "Tap To Click Corner Left Zone" i mean this program only go for the extreme CORNER area" the last Trackpad area ......you cannot even access easily while moving Cursor of mouse..
The second software is MagicPrefs, but in this case there will be other things wrong, if you click with the "One Finger Tap" you will success.. but if you want to click the second gesture like "Double Finger Tap" For right click .... you will WAIT 5 second until can click it or no suffering auto clicks - bug , random zone clicking ... im new of this forum and im from italy users apologize me all if i "Talk Bad English" can you tell me your opinion
You're trying to create a new thread in a forum that doesn't allow it. This question belongs in the MacBook Pro forum, or Mac Basics and Help.
They don't need to "ease the transition". iPad users don't need to be Mac users. Don't dumb down one to accommodate the nerf crowd. Everyone keeps arguing how the iPad is a computer (it's really not), so keep that experience. Leave the full OS alone.
All of this reeks of a Microsoft approach to OS.
- Lion Starter with iOS-only view
- Lion Home for Mac
- Lion Business for Mac
- Lion Professional for Mac
- Lion Ultimate with iOS and non-iOS views
Enough is enough. Two separate OS's should remain separate in every way.
Are you serious? What exactly are they dumbing down in Lion? Are your panties in that much of a bunch because Apple added another optional application launcher?
I've been using Lion as my main OS for about a month. Yes they've taken features from the iPad, but only ones that make sense. Mainly, the use of the trackpad. Scrolling works like it does on the iPad now (moving the content not the scrollbar) and takes a bit to get used to. You scroll through desktops like you do with apps on iPad (which I think you only get if you have a dev account). I pretty much can't use a mouse anymore over a trackpad after a month of using Lion.
Ye but i hope in a quick answer
about my reply... anyway... can u tell what section
Huh? I don't understand...Ye but i hope in a quick answer
Anyway, in response to your original question, support for this is dependent on which MacBook Pro you have. If it's one of the newer ones with the "glass trackpad" (unified trackpad and click button functionality) I simply fail to see why it's not working for you... unless, of course, you have not updated to Snow Leopard, in which case that's understandable - Leopard simply doesn't have enough support.
Yeah I think OS X Lion is designed for trackpad and magic mouse use, but it sucks for people not using any of those, I've got a Razer Lachesis, and you cannot assign mouse shortcuts to use launchpad or go full screen..