Apple's ROAR: new Lion worth lionising, no lie - on or off!

Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Tuesday, 07 June 2011 08:56

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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.

If you blend OS X and iOS, do you get OS-Xi, a sexy new OS that seamlessly blends Apple's computing and tablet operating systems into a new whole that is far more than the sum of its parts.

Boasting '250 new features' at Apple's OS X Lion page, including a nifty promotional video as is Apple's style, the new OS makes working with your apps and data a heck of a lot smoother and more focused, using new multitouch gestures and features such as automatic saving and resume to take the pain out of computing as we know it.

Some of the headline new features includes what Apple says are: 'new Multi-Touch gesturess; system-wide support for full screen apps; Mission Control, an innovative view of everything running on your Mac; the Mac App Store, the best place to find and explore great software, built right into the OS; Launchpad, a new home for all your apps; and a completely redesigned Mail app.'

Apple's senior veep of 'Worldwide Product Marketing', Phil Schiller, said in Apple's OS X media release that: 'The Mac has outpaced the PC industry every quarter for five years running and with OS X Lion we plan to keep extending our lead

'The best version of OS X yet, Lion is packed with innovative features such as new Multi-Touch gestures, system-wide support for full screen apps, and Mission Control for instantly accessing everything running on your Mac.'

It's probably easiest to just go and see Apple's own 'What's New' page, including the new video, or to watch the WWDC 2011 Apple keynote when you can to get the full effect of Steve Jobs on stage with his team and bask in Jobs' 'impending new reality' field, while we wait for OS X Lion and iOS 5 to be actually released.

However the new multi-touch gestures and fluid animations rock, blending the best of iPad and iPhone into Mac OS X itself, giving even further long-awaited utility to the beautifully large trackpad on Apple's MacBooks and the extra Magic Trackpad device.  

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