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Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' Developer Preview Available

Posted by timothy on from the ok-I'm-a-little-envious-of-the-features dept.

kwolf22 writes "Today Apple is offering a developer preview of Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) to registered Mac developers. In addition, the Lion product page has been updated with new details. Among the updates is this exciting bit of news: Lion Server is now part of Mac OS X Lion." Adds reader Orome1: the new OS X "features Mission Control, a new view of everything running on your Mac; Launchpad, a new home for all your Mac apps; full screen apps that use the entire Mac display; and new Multi-Touch gestures. Lion also includes the Mac App Store, a place to discover, install and automatically update Mac apps."

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  1. What is the point of OSX server? by h4rr4r · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Without any server hardware to run it on, why is there even a server setup?

    Honestly killing the Xserve and not letting OSX server be installed on another vendors server hardware is brain dead.

    1. Re:What is the point of OSX server? by 0racle · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Home and small business users. You know, those that thought Jobs suggestion to run OS X Server on a Mac Pro or a Mini was just fine.

      Apple has no real interest in the enterprise market.

      --
      "I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
    2. Re:What is the point of OSX server? by SoupIsGoodFood_42 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Why? Time Machine works well, and if the first Mac mini packs up, you and restore on install to the second one.

  2. Full screen apps by markjhood2003 · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Finally! The inability to have a real full screen application was one of the most frustrating aspects of transitioning to Mac OS X. The next most frustrating aspect was all the Apple fans telling me my head was just wired wrong if I missed that ability. Now, we have Apple promoting the full screen capability as a major innovation:

    The app and nothing but the app. On iPad, every app is displayed full screen, with no distractions, and there’s one easy way to get back to all your other apps. Mac OS X Lion does the same for your desktop. You can make a window in an app full screen with one click, switch to another app’s full-screen window with a swipe of the trackpad, and swipe back to the desktop to access your other apps — all without ever leaving the full-screen experience. Systemwide support allows third-party developers to take advantage of full-screen technology to make their apps more immersive, too. So you can concentrate on every detail of your work, or play on a grander scale than ever before.*