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vacation blackout july 22-29
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i agree...but why would they need all employees around just for an OS update that will be done via app store---there is no need to go into the store.
To be fair i imagine its more to do with training staff on Mountain Lion so they can demonstrate it in store.
Definitely not. It's more like Leopard -> Snow Leopard. Bug fixes, stability, consolidation, expanding a few features. Lion introduced iCloud. ML gives iCloud a larger role.
Keep hoping. We all are. It's just hard to draw any conclusions from a vacation blackout alone.
Ahh ok so the first cat (single name) is generally the big step and the following cat (double name) is the smaller step. That makes sense, but why the blackout? Comon new iMacs!!!! Knowing my luck it'll be a redesigned Mini and no mention of iMac
I'm not going to get excited. But, I can't see them having a vacation blackout for a spec bumped iMac. Or, for that matter, for a new release of the operating system. Yes, there would be some training to go through, but I guess most of that would be online and they'd be rotating the store staff through it from any day now.
Vacation blackout for a small(er) software update? Hard to believe. My guess is that the iMac's will be updated, with either a spec boost or redesigned a bit.
Where did you get this information?
Vacation Blackout Hints at Late July Release for OS X Mountain Lion
Friday June 22, 2012 12:02 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
At its Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this month, Apple officially announced that OS X Mountain Lion would launch sometime in July through the Mac App Store, carrying a low upgrade price of $19.99 for users of OS X Lion or Snow Leopard. Following the conference keynote, Apple also released a "near-final" version of OS X Mountain Lion to developers for testing purposes.
MacRumors has now heard from several employees at a third-party firm offering technical support for Apple products that their company has imposed a vacation blackout from July 22 through 29, requiring "all hands on deck" in its desktop and portables division to support an unspecified event.
Speculation naturally turns to OS X Mountain Lion as the event in question, although some potential customers may be hoping that new iMac and/or Mac mini hardware could arrive at the same time. Apple scheduled just such a simultaneous hardware/software launch last July, introducing new MacBook Air and Mac mini models alongside OS X Lion.
Ahh ok so the first cat (single name) is generally the big step and the following cat (double name) is the smaller step. That makes sense, but why the blackout? Comon new iMacs!!!! Knowing my luck it'll be a redesigned Mini and no mention of iMac
Your Big Mac is really attractive. I have not had any of these for several years!
Ahhhhhhh, now I remember that one. A third party firm, not Apple stores. Wonder who they support and how large a customer base they have.
Wonder if they know any more than we do?
The vacation blackouts are so extra staff will be on hand to update older stock to the new OS. They certainly won't ship it back to Apple just for that and they won't have enough units on hand with pre-existing ML installs; those will be sold on a as-per-request basis.