Oh father, who art in Heaven – isn’t Jobs supposed to be thy name? Through the Gates a new OS comes, but whose will will be done, on earth and in heaven?

Apple’s Mac OS X Lion is now available, coming ironically just as I was searching the Mac App Store to see if it was online, with the OS certainly there, but coming up as I type as “temporarily unavailable” – even so, it’s finally here, let the downloading commence!

Coming in July is Apple’s new Mac OS X, numbered 10.7, codenamed Lion and, unlike the “will it be late, Windows 8”, Lion nicely blends OS X and iOS, and will cost just US $29.99 or AUD $31.99.

Microsoft’s newly unveiled Windows 8 demo has showcased the company’s ability to, after a bazillion previous tablet attempts, finally come up with an OS and UI that looks like it might finally marry the tablet and desktop PC worlds into one harmonious union – despite some Apple-like behaviour.

Steve Jobs, who leads Apple and makes the decisions that matter, has clearly decided that the iPad mute-lock switch is simpler and easier when delivered in a consistent manner with his other iOS devices, but does this mean he’s a geek?

Apple’s iOS 4.2.1 has been eagerly downloaded by millions around the world, eager to enjoy the multifunctional benefits the update brings, while rumours of iOS 4.3 arriving in December won’t stop, with jailbreaking hackers also having updated Cydia for 4.2.1 compatibility!

After the original iPad launched some several million years ago, the ultra-long-awaited iOS 4.2 has finally arrived for Apple’s trio of terrific iPlatforms, the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, putting Apple’s iPad even further ahead of its Android tablet competitors!

As the iPad’s iOS 3.2.2 and iOS 4.1 triple or even quadruple witching nears, it is set to usher in a new era of iOS 4.2.1 stability, harmony and iHappiness – or at least, until the iOS 5.0 rumours start! Here’s a special list of new iCommandments that could well be coming when iOS 4.2.1 finally hits Apple’s download servers.

If MobileMe going free for some iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad owners running iOS 4.2.1 is true, it’s a sign that Apple has decided to really ramp things right up in the smartphone wars, matching some competitors and throwing down the gauntlet to others, with who knows what extra iSurprises yet to come?

Every .0 release of a new OS is always fraught with difficulty – bugs, bugs and more bugs needing further point releases to fix, with iOS 4.x users still suffering issues that iOS 4.2 – or is it iOS 4.2.1 – is meant to fix, while hoping Apple gets it right this time!