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An Early Look At Mac OS X 10.8
adeelarshad82 writes "Earlier today Apple announced their next OS, Mountain Lion. According to an early look, OS X 10.8 does more to integrate social networking and file-synching into a personal computer than any other OS. It tightly integrates with the whole Apple ecosystem that includes iOS devices and the free iCloud sharing service. Moreover Mountain Lion adds a powerful new line of defense against future threats where a malware app is prevented from running even if it is deliberately downloaded to a computer. Even though Apple's clearly got a lot of fine-tuning to do—and possibly a few features to add, there's no doubt that Mountain Lion already looks very fine." Update: 02/16 15:04 GMT by T : New submitter StephenBrannen writes with some more details culled from CNET. The newest OS X has now been released to developers, with an official release date planned for this summer. "Mountain Lion, as it is called, will further blur the lines between iOS and its Mac OS. iOS features that are being ported include: Messages (replacing iChat), Notification Center, Game Center, Notes, and AirPlay mirroring. Also new to Mac OS is the addition of Gatekeeper, which should help prevent malware attacks on Apple products. Not announced is whether Siri will be ported to the Mac."
Isn't Fag out of the lexicon by now?
Yes, there is! Apple is adding a similar option to what Android has had for years to control the source of applications you can install!! LOCK DOWN!! WALLED GARDENS!!! IT'S ARMAGEDDON!!!!
It was only called "new" within the scope of what OS X has done previously. So for OS X, this is new. Must idiots like you always whine about such things in order to go "BUT LOONIX HAD IT FIRST!!!".
Microsoft also waits a tad more than a year between versions, and doesnt charge you for the service packs. Paying $30 per service pack would set MS and Apple at parity in OS pricing.
I see Microsoft charged extra for the brain, and you were too stingy....
Fandroids hate facts.