Osx Lion

[SoFreshSoClean]

I downloaded this today. It's kinda weird because it feels so different to OSX Snow Leopard, yet strangely familiar because they've taken so many aspects of iOS and copied them.

I really like fullscreen apps, super easy to switch between them using a three finger horizontal swipe, its great for things like Mail and iTunes to just leave open in the background.

Mission Control I 'get', but I'm probably not the target because I rarely have more than a few programs open.

They've also put in 'Natural' Scrolling. It's really weird at first, push up and the page goes down, just like on a phone. You get used to it fairly quickly though, then it feels normal. Pages now have the same 'bounce' as on an iPhone too. Now when you type it also does the same iPhone auto-correct thing where the word pops up and you can click on it.

There's a few other cool things too but I haven't really come across them yet.

Anyways, it's nothing too major, but for $32 I reckon it's a worthwhile upgrade

[bozodos]

hahaha inverting the scrolling is an awesome "feature"

have it installed on our sandbox / admin mac here at work, does not seem different at all, typical of Apple to charge for what is really a service pack.

Also lol @ the mac mini specs (esp the "higher end" one having dedicated video that's worse than the Intel HD graphics, and claims that with 2x SSD's it's faster than an Xserve with SAS disks!! )

[SoFreshSoClean]

Who said anything about Mac mini's?

At least Apple are willing to try things differently, thats why their market is expanding and the PC market is shrinking.

[bozodos]

oh it was part of the release of lion; the refresh of the Mac Mini and MBA.

pc users are hardly going over to OSX in their droves, and differently? half of these features have been in superior operating systems for years, the main trend with Lion I noticed was more of a crossover to an ios style desktop OS.

[Charles89]

Just downloaded mine, gonna install it soon lol

[Charles89]

Just installed it, tried out mission control and launchpad, it seems like the launchpad is a little too sensitive on my laptop, but other than that... What other cool features are there? lol

[.:: GimpS-R34 ::.]

Mission Control.. Launchpad.. Apple want to go into space or something.. Must have a fetish for large cats too..

[oweban]

I've removed Mission Control and Launchpad from my dock, don't want/need them. Never used Expose, anyway.

First thing; switched the scrolling back to normal, and switched Mail back to the right way of displaying emails: problem is, when sorting by date (newest at bottom), in a thread, the newest will still be at the top. WHAT THE f**k GODDAMMIT

all in all, very nice, a few shiny bits I'm happy with. We're not supporting it for any staff at work until at least 10.7.2, so we'll hold out for bugfixes.

[bozodos]

we are already prepping a base image to do further testing; knowing apple it will fix all of snow leopard's bugs and introduce 1000 new ones. Kind of like each itineration of photoshop

[S T A R 3 3]

Hmmm judging by the comments so far, I will wait to dl.

[Damit]

i have seen little bugs compared to slow leopard

most of the major issues i have seen have been issues that were happening in 10.6 that just got worse due to the upgrade such as node issues etc and conflicts with apps trying to change things in the OS that aren't the same and causing issues

most other bugs are just anoyances like doing and extra click on something and things like hot corners not working after using mission control till you use mission control again

[Charles89]

Yeah, I'm not overly impressed with it.. Although I did find out my 2008 Macbook was too old for the multi point touch gestures... So I just invested in a Magic mouse.. Waiting for it to come now

Oh and I probably wouldn't have gotten Lion if I had to pay for it lol

[bozodos]

you bought a "magic" mouse?! *facepalm*

[SoFreshSoClean]

Yeah the gestures etc are probably the best part of the update, I wouldn't have bothered if my Mac hadn't supported them.

[Charles89]

Well I didn't know that my Macbook didn't support it lol, so instead of buying a new laptop, I bought a mouse to enjoy the same features

[Damit]

On my desk at work I have a magic mouse and trackpad and even a mighty mouse but I still use my logitech mouse over them

[Odium]

It's supported on my macbook (core 2 duo)... but I don't have a multi touch trackpad, and the chipset of the wireless is the wrong kind...

So no gestures other than scrolling up and down, no AirDrop... useless "upgrade"...

[DivHunter]

Who said anything about Mac mini's?

At least Apple are willing to try things differently, thats why their market is expanding and the PC market is shrinking.

Sorry bro, Mac has just been Linux you pay for on a PC for quite some time.

I doubt Mac has even recovered to it's 2008 levels yet. Slipped 12% in desktop sales in 2009 and only increased 3% from it's lower level in 2010. With laptops and netbooks Apple is lucky to get 10% - Windows around 70%. Mobile devices? Windows gets slaughtered....but it's not by Apple. It's Symbian and Android.

Interesting that the percentage of people that are gay always sits very close the the percentage of people that use Apple products. Coincidence?

[rad100]

i got my free copy (fully updatable) and i dont mind it.

[SoFreshSoClean]

Sorry bro, Mac has just been Linux you pay for on a PC for quite some time.

I doubt Mac has even recovered to it's 2008 levels yet. Slipped 12% in desktop sales in 2009 and only increased 3% from it's lower level in 2010. With laptops and netbooks Apple is lucky to get 10% - Windows around 70%. Mobile devices? Windows gets slaughtered....but it's not by Apple. It's Symbian and Android.

Interesting that the percentage of people that are gay always sits very close the the percentage of people that use Apple products. Coincidence?

But you just backed up what I said? Mac is increasing, PC is decreasing. I never said they were the majority.