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OS X Lion Not Going to Launch This Week?
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iCal has always shown 17th July — the date iCal was first shown in 2005 at the Macworld Expo.
Egg on the face for all those sites claiming LION was coming today. Next week seems more optimal, given the earnings report and the call for submissions this week for Apps.
I'm assuming we'll get an announcement soon for the August press conference for the new iPhone and whatever else Apple has up its sleeve.
I'm assuming we'll get an announcement soon for the August press conference for the new iPhone and whatever else Apple has up its sleeve.
I hope it doesn't launch....I think the GM needs to be a beta.
I've been using the GM for a week, and it is VERY rough. Quite un-Apple-like with stutters, freezes, unusable Launchpad concept, (try organizing the thing if you have 200 apps....go ahead....we'll wait), a battery monitor that doesn't, and a resume feature that, well, doesn't always resume.
Chrome really doesn't play well with Lion (not that that is Apple's problem), and I feel like I'm in the world of third-party drivers on Win 7....just never know if the next time my system wakes up, the video/wireless/USB/fan controller/trackpad/hard disk driver is going to freeze up the whole thing just 'cause it's Wednesday.
It just feels very unfinished, as though all the different project managers brought all their individual features to the table and the coders put everything in there. The problem seems to be that no one figured out whether the whole thing works as an experience.
Right now, Win 7 is better. (God in heaven, I need a shower for just typing that.)
I've been using the GM for a week, and it is VERY rough. Quite un-Apple-like with stutters, freezes, unusable Launchpad concept, (try organizing the thing if you have 200 apps....go ahead....we'll wait), a battery monitor that doesn't, and a resume feature that, well, doesn't always resume.
Chrome really doesn't play well with Lion (not that that is Apple's problem), and I feel like I'm in the world of third-party drivers on Win 7....just never know if the next time my system wakes up, the video/wireless/USB/fan controller/trackpad/hard disk driver is going to freeze up the whole thing just 'cause it's Wednesday.
It just feels very unfinished, as though all the different project managers brought all their individual features to the table and the coders put everything in there. The problem seems to be that no one figured out whether the whole thing works as an experience.
Right now, Win 7 is better. (God in heaven, I need a shower for just typing that.)
The 2nd screen shows the 26th though.
That's when Server comes out.
This is the image with the most dates:
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New hardware isn't coming out today. Remember the earning's call is next week and it's getting late in the day for a hardware release (which are usually done between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. EST, though on a few rare occasions have been later).
Other sources using the same numerology crap ? Yeah, that one is even less plausible.
*Taps the earning's call button*
It IS coming out this month because that is what Apple said, not because of any numerology crap or any other reasons :
I don't care as much about the hardware - Lion still has some chance of coming today. But then, they would have the sell the current Macbook Airs with Lion? Doesn't make sense.
Are they waiting to launch all of them together or what? What about the overnighted materials?
I agree. I've gone through the feature list a half dozen times and I don't see anything, and I mean anything, on it that would compel to eagerly and impatiently await an upgrade.
The one thing I want -resolution independence - probably never will be implemented by Apple.
New hardware isn't coming out today. Remember the earning's call is next week and it's getting late in the day for a hardware release (which are usually done between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. EST, though on a few rare occasions have been later).
Correct. 9:35 EST.
Other sources using the same numerology crap ? Yeah, that one is even less plausible.
Yup.
*Taps the earning's call button*
Success!
It IS coming out this month because that is what Apple said, not because of any numerology crap or any other reasons :
That's what I meant. July was guaranteed. Derp.
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Basically, Apple's message to us for July 17th(this isn't some ARG):
You get nothing! You lose! Good day sir!
The difference this time is that there are no physical discs due to the Mac App Store. This could change things considerably.
That site is just repeating what MIC gadgets is saying and MIC gadgets is regurgitating the same stories from earlier this week on AI and MR. The only bit of "new news" is that a store in China is getting ready to revamp the store for Lion, which could be based on the "do not open boxes arrive at Apple Stores" rumour from earlier this week.
Round and round we go.
New post: Will M.I.A. OS X LIon On July 26th Along With New MacBooks, Mac Minis?
http://www.cultofmac.com/will-m-i-a-os-x-lion-on-july-26th-along-with-new-macbooks-mac-minis/104682
http://www.cultofmac.com/will-m-i-a-os-x-lion-on-july-26th-along-with-new-macbooks-mac-minis/104682
I really hope that Lion will be released on the 26th of July.
Why? Because that's my birthday
That would be a fantastic birthday present!
Why? Because that's my birthday
That would be a fantastic birthday present!