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Apple Releases Mac OS X Lion, Updates Air
steffann was one of several readers to note that Apple has released OS X Lion for $30 available only through the Mac App Store. It's a 4 gig download so you better not be in a hurry. Lots of new stuff both cosmetic and functional. But if you're the sort of person who is going to install it today, then you already know what they are! They also updated the Air lineup, dropping the old white MacBooks entirely.
Nah.
There's still value in solid media.
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It's a 4 gig download so you better not be in a hurry.
Yeah it takes a whopping 30 minutes. That's like...forever and stuff.
No direct Lion upgrade for you. You have to purchase Snow Leopard first, just for the privilege to go to Lion.
I brought my first Macbook, a little over 18 months ago, on a student discount, and it's a perfect machine to get people into the cult of Apple. I'd refuse to have a laptop without a multi-touch trackpad - and outside Apple, they seem to be few and far between.
And now I have to pay £849 for an 11.6" model.
I'm a little sad - even if I'm unlikely to be in a position to buy another macbook.
The great thing is that you can download it, put it on a flash drive or burn it to a DVD and install it on all your computers. Apple has its faults but essentially giving Lion away is a nice gesture (Apple's profit margins are certainly high enough to allow Apple to do this). The thing I'm looking forward to is seeing if Lion speeds up my computer; Macs usually run faster after upgrading OS X.
Yeah it takes a whopping 30 minutes.
4 GB/dl * 8000 Mbit/GB * 1 dl/30 min * 1 min/60 s = 18 Mbps. Not everybody has access to an affordable 18 Mbps connection at home. Or were you talking about a 10-minute drive to a local Apple authorized retailer, downloading Lion on a 54 Mbps connection (which incidentally requires 802.11n or wired Ethernet because it's past the practical throughput of g), and driving back?
Furthermore, even if you're willing to let a download run overnight, a lot of areas are still subject to single digit GB per month caps. For example, a 4 GB download would use 4/5 (24 days) of a 5 GB/mo plan.
"But if you're the sort of person who is going to install it today, then you already know what they are!"
I'm not the sort of person who is going to install it today and I would like some actual details in the summary instead of links to a marketing page and a blog post about something unrelated. I do try to keep up to date even with things I have no intention of purchasing; I work in an industry where it is advantageous to do such.
For those who aren't able to psychicly deduce the details about something that just came out, here's the list of new features.
blah blah Apple blah blah blah Android blah blah blah slashdot.
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to pick up an only-slightly-used MacBook Air or Mac Mini on eBay, as some inevitably rush to upgrade...
Which is a bummer, because they removed the optical disk drive from all Mini models. It's a bummer; my uncle is looking to get a new machine, and was looking at a mac mini. Now it's off of his list, because much of his massive media (movies, music, etc.) collection is on DVD or CD, and purchasing an external ODD for any non-portable machine is just silly.
"Can I drag and drop Lion from a net connected machine onto a USB drive and install it on a machine that isn't connected to the internet (eg: one I use for editing)?"
Yes.
"Apple are still fine with the 3 machine install for home use / application seat installed concurrently on both employees home and employer owned machines?"
You can install Lion on as many computers as you want. If you do it via the Mac App Store, I believe you're limited to 10 computers (you'd have to sign in with one account). If you install from flash drive or DVD, there is no limit on how many computers you can install it on (you'd just be skirting/disregarding the EULA if you did more than 10).
I just have simple cable internet and the 4GB download would take about 30 minutes (from past experience with Apple's downloads).
What "areas" have single digit GB caps? That would pretty much be only wireless services. You know what, I probably would not downloaded it over a tethered connection...
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about time for the mini to get a REAL VIDEO CARD!
http://www.apple.com/macmini/features.html#graphics
only one TB port but that ok with HDMI and a HD 6630M in the $800 system.
But why not have a 7200 RPM hdd? the Server comes with dual 500GB 7200 disks? why just have 1 500 7200 HDD in the base systems?
and only 2GB in the $600 system? and $100.00 more to get 4 GB? better off paying $200 more to get a 4GB ram faster CPU and video card with it's own ram.
$150 to go from 500GB to 750GB? You can get a 3TB HDD for $150.
(A) For the people moaning about no physical media, they have also announced that there will be a physical version available on a USB thumb drive next month (gives them time for the first patches!) albeit for a considerable premium ($70 vs. $30 for download).
(B) Also interesting is the new 27" Thunderbolt Display which includes webcam, microphone, a sound system, gigabit Ethernet, Firewire 800 and a thunderbolt daisy-chain port for additional peripherals and monitors - all via a single thunderbolt connection to a Mac (plus a magsafe power output to charge your laptop).
Its still "reassuringly expensive", and only really makes sense as a "if you need to ask the price..." Macbook Pro companion, but it could represent the first example of the sort of things that Thunderbolt can do that USB3 can't.
(Yeah, the USB ports are still only USB2, but Mac users are more likely to have an investment in FW800 while they wait for reasonably-priced Thunderbolt drives).
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the mini is about small size. HDD + SDD is BTO with the new mini and it still has Firewire, HDMI, USB + NOW with TB and a real video card in the $800 system.
too. many. numbers.
Any fool can talk, but it takes a wise man to listen.
What "areas" have single digit GB caps?
Places with no cable TV provider and which are too far away from the nearest DSLAM for DSL service.
That would pretty much be only wireless services.
Exactly: satellite and 3G.
Can I drag and drop Lion from a net connected machine onto a USB drive and install it on a machine that isn't connected to the internet (eg: one I use for editing)?
Yes, follow instructions elsewhere for using the installer to create a bootable USB install device.
Apple are still fine with the 3 machine install for home use / application seat installed concurrently on both employees home and employer owned machines?
Up to five systems, basically tied to the AppleID you used to download Lion (though honestly I'm not sure it checks).
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Apple is phasing out disc drives, everything is going to be distributed over the net/cloud in the future.
I'll wait until Shaved Pussy -- no bugs.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
... US Robotics Sportster Voice 56K modem now.
i've used the optical drive in my mini (2007) about 3 times.
Other people's experience differs. They use the Mac mini as a home theater PC and use the optical drive to play DVD Video discs.
If you need an optical drive, a USB one will work for you to convert your media, or just play that using your existing player.
Somebody with a Mac mini, a cable or satellite box for sports, and a Wii console already connected to the TV might not have another available port on the back of the TV for an upscaling DVD player.
From the Ars review, the license reads:
(i) to download, install, use and run for personal, non-commercial use, one (1) copy of the Apple Software directly on each Apple-branded computer running Mac OS X Snow Leopard or Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server ("Mac Computer") that you own or control;
The installer doesn't check, any system that you "own or control" you have a license for. A company system might be a grey are (you control it but they own it, and also control to some degree) but the installer doesn't check and no-one really cares.
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They also updated the Air lineup, dropping the old white MacBooks entirely.
There was a white macbook air?
Get a web developer
Many months ago, I found a utility that enabled TRIM in Snow Leopard for my Intel SSD. At the time, I was running 10.6.7. Once 10.6.8 update got installed, Apple overwrote the settings so that TRIM got disabled again. I had to re-enable it with the same utility. It's still enabled btw.
I'm going to guess that Apple from a support policy, not technical, will refuse to enable TRIM for all non-Apple branded SSD drives. Perhaps they don't want to be blamed from loss of data and corruption, so they take the side of caution with hardware they don't directly control. So that would be my guess anyways. Can anyone confirm is this is still the case with Lion? If so, will Groth's utility still work?
BTW, here is the direct link to the utility and developer in question. http://www.groths.org/?page_id=322
Life is not for the lazy.
I made the mistake of downloading X-Code the day FCP X was release and it took over 8 hours to download 4 gigs from the app store. I have a fiber, the problem wasn't on my end, Apple just doesn't have enough bandwidth for the peaks.
If an optical drive is so essential then either not buy the Mac Mini or purchase a external DVD drive.
Then I'll include the price of an external DVD drive whenever I quote the price of a Mac mini.
I've seen portable 2.5" ones for under $30 recently.
How can a DVD drive be 2.5" and still enclose the spinning disc? The disc is bigger than that. Can you quote a URL of what you're talking about? Google portable 2.5" dvd drive doesn't return anything relevant on the first page.
We're moving beyond physical media. It can hurt some people in the transition period
For example, people who live in areas with no cable or DSL rely on mailing DVDs around to send anything bigger than half the typical monthly transfer cap of 5 GB on a satellite or 3G plan, or to send video to someone with no home theater PC.
This. It upsets me terribly when I'm gaming and the slur of choice seems to still be 'gay' and 'fag'.
I remember using it myself as a kid in the 80s, and it saddens me that we have entire generations of dumb motherfuckers who can't come up with any new insults. Seriously, this is the best the Xbox generation can do?
Pathetic.
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Its still "reassuringly expensive", and only really makes sense as a "if you need to ask the price..." Macbook Pro companion, but it could represent the first example of the sort of things that Thunderbolt can do that USB3 can't.
It costs $999, which, based on a quick Google price check, is actually toward the low end for this size. There aren't that many out there; Dell's run $975 and up, and NEC's start at $1200. I don't know about DoubleSight; they claim to start just over $800, but I didn't find any reviews on the first pass.
A new Apple product with a competitive price? That annoying noise you hear is the sound of expectations being violated.
So... how well do they (the air) run debian?
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Two major changes on the Mini front, available discreet graphics (at a cost) and no Superdrive.
If you want to use a DVD you have to buy an external drive now or map to a compatible system. Not a great change in my book and a backhand way of saving money on their side.
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Is this the same as the GM release?
This means the least expensive Macbook is the Air, which comes with SSD only, the $999 model has 64 Gb of storage. And you need a Thunderbolt adapter to connect Ethernet and monitor.
If you want more expandability (space for a HDD, DVD drive that can be replaced by a second HDD or SSD, ports) you need the Macbook Pro for $1199 or more.
While Thunderbolt is a nice addition, needing an adapter to do anything is not in favor of the Air. It sucks that the price for a Macbook with specs I can live with has just gone up by $200.
You should probably know then that when kids call someone gay today, it's as meaningless as it was when you were a kid. One of my best friends' dad was gay. My friend never had any problem with people calling things gay or what not because he knew people accepted his dad. Words are words, get over it.
For non commercial use... A company system would be used for commercial uses, and thus wouldn't be valid under these terms.
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The Mini was updated today. They've killed the optical drive on the mini, unless you shell out for an external drive.
and here's another display that looks fabulous, but will only work with the latest Macs (unless someone comes up with a DVI/DisplayPort to Thunderbolt converter so we can at least use the display).
I should be used to Apple going whole hog for new standards every couple of years, but it's still annoying.
We're well into the 21st century now, gay isn't an insult anymore.
Actually, it still is. You're so far outside what could be considered "normal society" that you really aren't one to talk about what is or isn't an insult in any century.
A company system might be a grey are (you control it but they own it, and also control to some degree) but the installer doesn't check and no-one really cares.
Since you'd be prohibited from doing work (commercial use) after installing it, I doubt the company would approve. Unless you plan to argue that you don't actually work, you just surf slashdot so it's okay...
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Just in case a device manufacturer is reading /.:
What we need is a KVM switch that can handle all these display standards. I can hardly find DVI KVM switches, let alone Mini Displayport or Thunderbolt.
Actually, it still is.
Actually, no it is not.
You're so far outside what could be considered "normal society" that you really aren't one to talk about what is or isn't an insult in any century.
The remote South is not considered 'normal society' either.
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
So other than using my mac as an ipod why upgrade?
You are also free to copy that installer package to any number of media devices that you own.
Although you are free to do so, it's not necessary - Opening up the app store on other computers you own will offer the ability to install it there as well (though each one would be a separate download, meaning if you knew what you were doing a copy operation would be better).
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Killing Rosetta means that my purchased version of Microsoft Office doesn't work anymore
on the computer where it used to work fine. Thanks but no thanks for Lion.
Yeah, my 3 year old laptop running 10.6 is ANCIENT. Never again will I buy an apple computer or phone.
Is it just me or do the names for Apple's OS versions, hardware sound a lot like the name for sneakers?
Nike air, Apple, air, etc
Thunderbolt is an ideal port for creating a docking station (as the new Thunderbolt display shows). But a docking station needs to be able to power the Mac as well, so it needs a Magsafe connector, and Apple has been a stick-in-the-mud about licensing that. Come on Apple! Don't shoot yourself and your market in the foot on this!
too. many. numbers.
Too many periods !
I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of killer sig, which this margin is too narrow to contain.
You should know that when 1337 gh3ym4rs call each other 'gay', they mean it pretty much as a synonym of 'lame', which of course is not to say that gay people don't walk properly.
You must be stuck in an office full of women.
and it saddens me that we have entire generations of dumb motherfuckers who can't come up with any new insults.
I know. Them there motherfuckers need to be more creative.
The remote regions of the South may not be 'normal society' (to you anyways), but gay as an insult is alive and well at least nationally in the US. See the guy lamenting the Xbox generation using gay as an insult still.The remote South isn't on XBL or your CS or TF2 server.
In any case, at least in my circle, gay can mean both "homosexual" and "lame." I have gay friends who use it in the same manner. Words change meaning, and the transformation of gay to "homosexual" from "happy" is just one example. Why can't it change again?
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Linux, you magnificent bastard, I read the fucking manual!
about time for the mini to get a REAL VIDEO CARD!
You do understand the intended target market for a Mac Mini is not for high end gaming right? For most consumers, the Intel HD 3000 is adequate.
only one TB port but that ok with HDMI and a HD 6630M in the $800 system.
Again you understand the Mac mini is not intended for professional market right? And how many TB ports does your average consumer need?
But why not have a 7200 RPM hdd? the Server comes with dual 500GB 7200 disks? why just have 1 500 7200 HDD in the base systems?
Again you don't seem to grasp what the Mac mini and server models are intended to do. Yes 7200 would be more powerful but does it really matter for your average consumer. Also the Mac mini uses laptop HDDs due to the smaller form factor because using 5.25" drives is not practical.
and only 2GB in the $600 system? and $100.00 more to get 4 GB? better off paying $200 more to get a 4GB ram faster CPU and video card with it's own ram.
If it's a dealbreaker then don't buy one. And how much RAM does an average consumer need? Do you know for a fact that 2GB on OS X isn't adequate? Also if you want more memory, this an easy upgrade that most customers can do themselves.
$150 to go from 500GB to 750GB? You can get a 3TB HDD for $150.
I was unable to find any 2.5" HDDs that are 3TB. The max capacity is 1GB. So the price for one is infinite or 0 depending on your perspective.
It seems that the entire basis of your complaints is that Apple didn't make the mac mini the midtower desktop that you wanted. It's like complaining the Toyota Prius can't go 0 to 60 in 3 secs and can't carry 8 people. If it's not for you don't buy it.
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
The remote South is not considered 'normal society' either.
Oh nice, both incredibly overly sensitively PC _and_ racist. Classy.
Too many numbers! Too many periods! Making too many problems. And not much mod points to go around! Can't you see this is a thread of confusion?
As pointed out in the Ars Technica review, the installer creates a small (1GB) new partition on your hard drive without destroying any existing data. It then uses this partition to bootstrap the remainder of the install process.
(That's just the sort of approach I took with a Linux system years and years ago, though my reward was a whole weekend spent trying to fix a broken system and finally just erasing the HD).
For a thorough and interesting review see ARS: http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2011/07/mac-os-x-10-7.ars Even I as a non Mac user find the detail Ars always goes into with a new Mac release entertaining.
Three miles from here there is a field full of rape .
What does this tell us?
It tells us that a word can have two meanings.
By "borked", I primarily meant to imply they did a bad job of implementing it. Specifically, if you've got multiple monitors, the way it "works" is to blank all the monitors except one; it "replaces" the already present ability to pull a window full-screen with the ability to... have a window full screen while screwing up your ability to use the rest of your monitor hardware.
This is not even to consider that we had single tasking modal interfaces up until the Amiga in 1985, at which point anyone with even a lick of sense looked at the Amiga's ability to run many apps concurrently in a heterogeneous, multi-resolution/space environment and croaked out "oh, hey, that's how it should be done." No one had looked back since until certain devices (specifically IOS driven devices, Palms, that sort of thing) transitioned to systems that wouldn't multitask worth a darn. Then some cluetard at Apple got a wild hair that because IOS can't multitask, it'd be "great" to move that (cough) "capability" to the desktop. It's stupid-think, and a really good example of it, too. And not just because the ability to run a window full-screen (or over more than one screen) was basically already present in the OS, either. It's a "solution" in search of a non-existent problem that ends up creating new problems because it is implemented poorly.
Modal interfaces for desktops are a step (a very big one) backwards. Desktops need to continue advancing; they are not small systems and they can multitask very well. iPads and family need to continue advancing, and I hope that someday Apple will get the memo and increase the hardware in the hardware that runs IOS until IOS can also truly multitask, with windows, etc. The way it works now is clumsy and worse (trying to manage concurrent IMs, SMSs, a couple of applications and a shell session, for example.) The fact that IOS is modal -- one app at a a time -- is not an "advantage", it's a limitation. The only reason it's acceptable to me is because the hardware is so minimal. The idea of gluing this limitation onto OSX is brain-dead right out of the gate. Aside from the reported issue that they broke multiple monitor support in the process.
I've fallen off your lawn, and I can't get up.
Basically, Apple has gone back to being a hardware company. I wish Microsoft would do this too, most people never upgrade Windows except when they buy a new machine because Microsoft charges an arm and a leg for each upgrade. With Apple there is little excuse not to be running the latest version.
That said, there is one reason not to upgrade to Lion: If you still use PowerPC based applications (like Quicken!), they won't work in Lion. Apple removed the compatibility layer and doesn't even offer a way to install it as an optional package.
I read the internet for the articles.
I find your comment highly offensive against midgets, Sir.
It's like complaining the Toyota Prius can't go 0 to 60 in 3 secs and can't carry 8 people.
I think that the only vehicles that'd fit into those specs are called airplanes. Catapult launched carrier versions, to be specific.
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Get fixed wireless then.
I thought "fixed wireless" was an offering of WiMAX providers such as Clear (now a Sprint company), just with an antenna pointed at a tower instead of moving around. If this is not the case, which providers do you consider reputable and widely available, so that I can look up the plans that they offer?
So between Apple soon offering a USB installer
I was under the understanding that we were referring to the present, not "soon". I apologize for the miscommunication.
any number of places like Starbucks, McDonalds, Barnes and Noble, and a million Mom and Pop places with public WiFi
Just because a restaurant has public Wi-Fi doesn't necessarily mean that it has public AC power jacks for someone to bring in an iMac or Mac mini to download Lion. Nor does it necessarily mean that it has enough throughput to complete the 4 GB download in 30 minutes before the connection times out and needs to be renewed through the captive portal. Does the download software allow a download to be paused and resumed across shutdowns so that the download can be completed in multiple visits?
Or the Apple Store itself which has free WiFi?
It takes a lot longer than "a whopping 30 minutes" to get to an Apple Store.
Well done.
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Rednecks, hillbillies, and bumpkins are not a race. Lack of sophistication is is a choice, not a birth defect.
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... but gay as an insult is alive and well at least nationally in the US...
Right, some people are stuck in the past. The reality is that, despite the existence of shitheads, homosexuality is accepted in this society. You can argue about that if you like, but at the end of the day, somebody calling you gay will not result in having a duel at dawn anymore.
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
At 6' 6", you're all midgets to me.
Linux, you magnificent bastard, I read the fucking manual!
Fag (fg) n.
1. An extremely annoying, inconsiderate person most commonly associated with Harley riders.
2. A loud and obnoxious person who owns or frequently rides a Harley.
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Before that, it was a homosexual.
Before that, it was a bundle of sticks.
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Words change idiot, moron, imbecile are no longer medical terms. N*gger, to me, isn't any black person. It's the black equivalent of white trash. (Though I just use white and black trash).
Since you'd be prohibited from doing work (commercial use) after installing it,
I own my own business. You are saying that after download, I cannot use Lion on my laptop for any business functions...
Come again? I highly doubt your interpretation is one Apple, or any users, would agree with.
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Ha! And so your innocent slip of the tongue exposes you for what you are, agent of K'breel and the Council of Elders! No human born on Earth could even feign surprise at Apple's exorbitant charges for spec upgrades.
You're here to intercept Curiousity, aren't you? Your mission will now be in vain!
I have a laptop they dropped support on this OS that is older than the tower which is supported.
Its a hardware dump-- apple often drops old systems based upon some hardware feature in this case they picked 32bit. Not sure as to why they picked this one-- sometimes it is a bit soon to do it and they have technical cost issues where somebody complained or asked to kill off something -- other times its probably marketing that prompts it. This one seems less like a marketing one and more like some manager bitching to me.
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Or you can take your Mac to an Apple Store (or any place with fast internet)
Not all Macs are purchased at an Apple Store; some are purchased at Best Buy or at independent Apple authorized retailers. And I imagine that not all shops with fast Internet open to the public allow A. plugging in your Mac mini or iMac into AC power (in-store Wi-Fi is intended for laptops and smartphones), or B. downloading multiple gigabytes in one session.
You're a cock lover. But you know I meant that you care about the welfare of chickens.
I guess argument is easier than discussion, mmm?
Or that Ex-Developer's patched carbon version of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. *Sigh*. Looks like I'm down to having an Old Game system running at the house now.
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And a WHOOOOSH! for you too!
Jebus, this place has gone to the dogs.
Linux, you magnificent bastard, I read the fucking manual!
I, for one hate Apple's mouse, I don't know why they feel they needed to be different and not have separate right and left click buttons.
Apple have since day one insisted that everything in their computers be usable with single-button mice. Why? Because of user friendliness towards people who aren't comfortable with computers. This may seem quaint to you and me, but "Which of the two buttons do I click?" is a significant stumbling point for a lot of people. (And it wouldn't seem so quaint if you spent some time with disabled people with limited finger dexterity; some of them can operate a one button mouse, but not a two button mouse!)
So Apple's UI guidelines insist that every application must expose all of its functionality to users with one-button mice, and Apple's shipped one-button mice on their computers for nearly forever. In fact, you could say they've never switched to multi-button mice; they came up with what's effectively a "no button" mouse with software-configured behavior on a per-user basis, so that you and grandma can share the same mouse, but she doesn't have to be confused by multiple buttons just because you want it that way.
Are you adequate?
it "replaces" the already present ability to pull a window full-scree
The green full-screen button that simply expands the window is already there.
I agree that the full-screen mode not making use of the other screens is annoying, I expect we'll see something to make use of the extra space at some point, from Apple or someone else.
Modal interfaces for desktops are a step (a very big one) backwards.
Sorry but I don't see it. It's not like the stop other things from running, and it truly does maximize use of space in a way that nothing else does. I really like having coding documentation open in a full screen space, I jump to that, do some reading, then jump back out into a multi-widnowed space.
Or sometimes when coding, it's nice to focus all editing space on just that and then again jump back to a multi-windowed view.
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I hope with this version the garden wall is a lot higher; I'm tired of the riffraff poking their noses over the wall and complaining about the wall, the garden, the garden's occupants, their own wallet, their holey pants, etcetera
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There is a free download (that isn't exactly working) for those who purchased after June 6, 2011.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/ [apple.com]
Well that was a fucking pointless waste of 30 bucks, only real functional difference is now the mouse scroll wheel is reversed so scrolling up goes down and scrolling down goes up, awesome! Oh and the background is blue instead of purple! Money well spent!
Parallels can fire up Pre-Lion virtual machines, even "Classic" (OS9) images.
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Welcome to the world of Apple's pricing premiums.
And she still doesn't have DSL. So I brought her computer to the library and downloaded all her Windows Updates for free.
So if you're one of those folks who 1) lives in an area not served by broadband, and 2) you have no way to bring any of your computers to where the broadband is... well, yeah, I guess you're screwed. But that does not amount to very many people.
Now you've made me imagine a Toyota Prius being catapulted out of a carrier. Thank you.
Do you know what the target market is for the Mac mini? You obviously don't with blanket statements like this. There's a huge range between non-gamers and high-end gaming. It's not a black and white, yes or no situation like most Americans are used to think these days. There's more than two answers to every question.
Just because someone doesn't have $1200+ to get a Mac doesn't mean he doesn't like to play games. The target is for people who don't want a laptop (too underpowered for the price), don't want a built-in display and can't afford/don't need the power of a Mac Pro.
The cheapest Apple computer which has something better than that crappy intel HD 3000 is either the 15" MacBook Pro at $1850 or the 21.5-inch iMac at $1200. The $800 Mac mini with the Radeon GPU is $800, which is still 33% cheaper than the iMac. All you need to do is keep using the same keyboard, display and mouse that you have now, unless of course like most PC users you're stuck with hardware from the 1990's and your keyboard and mouse are PS/2 and your monitor is VGA.
First, if the monitor in a MacBook or iMac breaks, you lose use of the computer while it's in the repair shop.
Second, for a home theater PC, you don't want a built-in monitor because you'll probably be using a monitor bigger than the one in a 27" iMac. So I'll just treat this as a price hike of the Mac mini to $679.
They want you to use the AppleTV 2 instead and stream media
Not all "media" is passively viewed video. Macs have more games than Apple TV 2, which has no games at all unless Apple plans to add support for apps on Apple TV 2 to iOS 5.
Doesn't answer the rest of your complaints, but being able to BTO with a solid state drive and a regular notebook grade HD probably answers most of the uses in this form factor better than a 7200 rpm drive.
Computer memory is just fancy paper, CPUs just fancy pens with fancy erasers; the 'net is just a fancy backyard fence.
Coffee shop
Often no public AC outlets. I wrote about this in another comment, so I won't repeat the details here.
public library
I've never tried bringing a desktop computer and monitor into a public library to use its Internet connection. Do you think they'd allow it, or would security throw me out?
place of employment
Unknown Mac's unknown MAC is firewalled.
That leaves "friend's house", as long as the friend doesn't also live in cap-ville, or waiting for the general availability of Lion on USB in a few weeks.
It's like complaining the Toyota Prius can't go 0 to 60 in 3 secs and can't carry 8 people.
I think that the only vehicles that'd fit into those specs are called airplanes.
This humble family minivan is claimed to do it in 2.8 seconds, although whether it'd hold 8 people is another matter....
Taking "a few hours" does not constitute a problem.
Unless the public Wi-Fi provider cuts the download after the one-hour session expires. Does Apple's Lion downloader support resuming an incomplete download?
Of these, which is the most likely direction that Apple wants to head?
also OPEN CL is a big NON gameing push for video cards now days as well.
Yes, you only need to download once, then you can put it on a USB stick or a DVD to install on other Macs. Apple doesn't prevent this, you might just need your iTunes account password. But don't necessarily quote me on that till I've tested it out... At the moment I just have the developer GM installed.
-- thinkyhead software and media
I run SMAC on my Mac (hah!) using Wineskin. I'm running the GOG.com version.
The only issue I have is with mouse support in the newer engines - try 1.3.12 or older to get around it.
It won't do it with 8 people in it. Its mass would go up by at least 30%, that's enough to push it over 3 seconds. It's a fairly barebones, lightened-up design, that makes it very sensitive to loading.
A successful API design takes a mixture of software design and pedagogy.
Nor am I aware of a jurisdiction that outlaws desktops. And I don't think you meant that current owners of a Mac mini or iMac should buy a MacBook to get Lion. The net result is that not every Mac that runs Snow Leopard is a MacBook. So right now the Lion preview is A. for Mac owners behind cable, DSL, or FTTH connections and B. for MacBook owners.
Not have access to an Apple Store, or one of the many Apple resellers willing to help you.
If the Apple resellers are in fact willing to help update a 64-bit Intel iMac or Mac mini, then I'll concede.
I disagree with you that most don't use the optical drive. But I agree with you that the omission is not a critical flaw; it just ups the list price to $679.
The point is that 'gay' doesn't always mean 'homosexual.' It's a generic insult. Being called a bitch doesn't mean that the person literally thinks you're a female dog. You must have missed the second half of my post.
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The point is that 'gay' doesn't always mean 'homosexual.'. You must have missed the second half of my post..
You must have missed the post that kicked this all off.
It's a generic insult.
Speaking of missing second halves of posts....
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
The remote South is not considered 'normal society' either.
The entire world does not like gay people. It is only small pockets of PC bum lovers in the USA who think "it's OK to be gay".
Wrong.
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)