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."

Comments

Oh Boy!!

[Anonymous Coward]

I hope the fuck up the goddamned scroll again, cuz that was frickin SWEET!

Re:Oh Boy!!

[Megane]

Hey, Napoleon, did you hear that 10.9 is going to be named "Liger"?

Hear that, MSFT?

[Anonymous Coward]

Hear that, Microsoft? You could bundle a years worth of Windows Updates, give it a catty name, and sell it for $30! Wake up and smell the revenue!

Re:Hear that, MSFT?

[Zocalo]

Well, they'd have to change a few things to avoid getting sued by Apple. Maybe go after the dog lovers instead of those who prefer cats? Yes, that could work... You could install "Windows 7 SP Shitzu" and really mean it when you say "My PC's running like a dog" or "Man, this new OS is a PoS". Also, anyone who says "It's the dog's nads" would obviously be a paid shill, so it would clear that up too.

Re:Hear that, MSFT?

[schitso]

OS X 10.8 does more to integrate social networking and file-synching into a personal computer than any other OS I've seen.

You didn't look very hard, did you?

Re:Hear that, MSFT?

[Ihmhi]

give it a catty name

Ooh, how about W7 SP3 "Look at that bitch Chantelle with her new shoes, she think she cute"?

Re:lockdown coming.

[Anonymous Coward]

"Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherf*cking walls around this motherf*cking garden!"

Mountain Lion?

[Quiet_Desperation]

Eh. I was pushing for Lion King.

Re:OMG! OMG!

[Quiet_Desperation]

I will risk saying this without the Anonumous box checked

Look out, we've got a badass over here.

The only hysteria I see is the people going off on rants and/or tossing out homophobic slurs (like Mr. AC above) when there is Apple news. Seriously, any Apple news here or on Ars or Wired has endless "Derp! iFag! iSheep! iHerd! Nothing I don't like should be allowed to exist!" in the comments.

There's thousands of popular things out there I don't care for. I ignore them for the most part.

So Fuck you!

Oh, yeah, no overreaction in your post at all.

Re:OMG! OMG!

[Tharsman]

True Apple Haters know that Apple stuff are not gadgets, they are [insert degrading fashion term for gadgets here]!!! No geek would like [repeat what I said on previous degrading insert, amp it up by preceding it with the word "shitty"]!!!

Re:OMG! OMG!

[Mojo66]

It's so groundbreaking! So visionary! No one else had ever thought to do something like this before!!

You mean like putting a touch interface over Windows 7?

The New Naming Paradigm?

[Lord of the Fries]

So is this the evolution of Apple's "cat" themes? Pick a general cat name for an odd release, followed by a specialized variant for the even number?

10.5 Leopard
10.6 Snow Leopard
10.7 Lion
10.8 Mountain Lion

Will there be a contest for the next set? I'd like to submit

10.9 Kitty
10.10 Hello Kitty