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OS X Lion and New MacBook Airs Coming on Wednesday?

iWork

*LTD* said:
Good.

Now, can they throw in a new iWork with that Lion release? Please?
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Apple took '09 out of the title so we would forget how old the software really is. With ?Apple's long history of starting a product then ending it after many people starting using it seemed to be what was happening. First no new iWork '11, then the name change, with the next step no iWork.

Then Apple put iWork on the iPad, then the iPhone & iPod Touch. This sounds good for iWoek, but still no new iWork for the Mac. No wonder the many Mac Users worry about a continuation of the Mac.

Pages & Numbers need a couple more upgrades & updates before they are really ready. Numbers may not be ready for anything other than entry level spreadsheets even after 2 or 3 upgrades/updates. Pages being a little older is farther along on its journey. I know that my wife likes Pages to make her occasion cards with. KeyNote is still the "Key" program as Steve Jobs uses it to give his addresses. Plus it is the Grand Daddy of iWork.
 
Icaras said:
Underwhelming? Quality/feature wise or sale wise? Because I don't think I've ever seen so much hype for any type of OS, Windows included.

If you ask me, I think Lion will be a record setter in OS history.
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My opinion lies somewhere between yours and his. Of course that's only natural, since you two have provided viewpoints covering the two extremes.

Windows (Longhorn) Vista had way more hype than this (hype is not always a good thing) and I'd say Tiger, Windows 7 and Windows 8 were/are also more hyped.

If you're looking for a game changing OS, you're looking for the successor to Lion. I wouldn't call Lion underwhelming, but it's evolutionary, not revolutionary (mostly incorporating ideas from iOS, at least on the surface). Apple releases their operating systems in short succession so the differences between one OS and the next are not usually that large, but there is a steady progression in them and over time, a lot does change. I do expect the next mac OS to break that rule though, it could be one made for use across the entire mac and iOS lineup.
 
SD Card Reader ?

Will this have a SD card reader ? I will only look at devices w/ SD support so we can save/move files or expand storage.
 
My very reliable ubersecret highest level Apple insider sources tell me... nothing, for I have none. Considering previous OS release dates my guess is 07-29-11, last Friday of the month.
 
Okay, I'm waiting to buy my first MacBook Pro/apple PC and I'm not buying it before Lion is released so it comes pre-installed, so COME ON APPLE!!!!! Gimmegimmegimmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
But I'm not obsessed :eek:
 
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I like how I posted a thread about this and then 30 minutes later macrumors posted the article
 
OSX releases have nearly always been on a friday so I would be surprised if we see Lion before this Friday and if it's not this Friday I would expect it to be next Friday.
 
Herbs24 said:
OSX releases have nearly always been on a friday so I would be surprised if we see Lion before this Friday and if it's not this Friday I would expect it to be next Friday.
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Based off history/trend I agree lol. History tends to repeat itself but sometime history is forgotten ;)
 
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Herbs24 said:
OSX releases have nearly always been on a friday so I would be surprised if we see Lion before this Friday and if it's not this Friday I would expect it to be next Friday.
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OS X releases have never been released without a hard copy also so maybe it doesn't have to be a friday
 
Brad L said:
Apple is lame and disrespectful towards its fans. Why not tell us Wednesday if they know it's Wednesday. Do they realize we have lives, jobs, and families to care for?
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If Apple not announcing a release date puts your life, job or family in danger, you have much bigger problems to be concerned with.

Apple not announcing the exact date allows them to ship as soon as they are ready. If they were to give an exact date, they'd make it July 31st out of fears of a last minute delay forcing them to miss their target date. Furthermore, even if it was ready early, they wouldn't release it until the publicly announced date. I'm not sure how that would help you.
 
paradox00 said:
If Apple not announcing a release date puts your life, job or family in danger, you have much bigger problems to be concerned with.

Apple not announcing the exact date allows them to ship as soon as they are ready. If they were to give an exact date, they'd make it July 31st out of fears of a last minute delay forcing them to miss their target date. Furthermore, even if it was ready early, they wouldn't release it until the publicly announced date. I'm not sure how that would help you.
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I was thinking the same thing lol. I have a life, thanks!
 
Icaras said:
Underwhelming? Quality/feature wise or sale wise? Because I don't think I've ever seen so much hype for any type of OS, Windows included.

If you ask me, I think Lion will be a record setter in OS history.
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I love OSX.

In my humble opinion: Lion is Apples Vista.

I have installed it on many machines. All have problem.
 
Much as I shouldn't be excited by these anymore, this one, definitely, probably, most likely, really, like f'real this time, seems like a very sold... possibility. I'm confident in this one... I'll be sure to wake up on time Wednesday!
 
shompa said:
I love OSX.

In my humble opinion: Lion is Apples Vista.

I have installed it on many machines. All have problem.
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hopefully you reported the any/all problems to Apple. SImply complaining on a message board will not fix any issues.
 
TimTheEnchanter said:
I prefer MacRum-n-coke. :cool:

I'm going out on a limb here and predicting Apple will do something this week... that meaning someone within Apple will actually do something.... I know it's a stretch.... it's that or I'm going with the intro of iWalk (finally). :eek:
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You're going out on a limb by anonymously posting an already widely-held viewpoint?
 
Make sense, tomorrow is the quarter call, next day roll the big guns for the next quarter!
 
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