Lion—that’s the new Apple operating system (Leopard, Snow Leopard, Tiger, Jaguar… can you see a pattern yet)? With over 250 brand new things inside some are meh, some are good and some are great! That’s actually a good thing because some OS releases are just a whole bunch of MEH… Windows ME and Vista come to mind. I’m not going to talk too much about it, I've ready discussed some of the coming features here... plus I’ve ripped a bit of info from Apple's PR and pasted it in at the bottom.

What is interesting is that this upgrade is all virtual. There’s no boxes on shelves, in stores this time around; OS X Lion is Apple’s first internet deployed operating system. You buy the update via the Mac App store (that’s the Mac version of your iPhone’s App store, you fool)! Make sure you check your download quota though, ‘cause Lion is 3.5GB in size. Go easy on the torrents for a bit if you wanna avoid being shaped (again).


My view of the Apple store for an hour or so... it actually has nothing to do with Lion, but at least it breaks up all this text!

Perhaps the nicest part about all this (apart from not having to go to a store and interacting with other people) is that the update costs AUD$31.99. That’s only $4 more than what Americans are paying (USD$29.99)… I think that’s pretty good… still not fair, but good!

There’s never been a more compelling reason to upgrade your operating system. Of course I'm going to tell you that—I'm one of those sad asses who feels good when his computer is totally up to date. With online distribution and a good price point, Apple is practically throwing it in your face. It stands to reason too; after a massive year of earnings and after hitting 10% of the PC market recently (that’s up from 2% ten years ago), Apple is on the warpath—their prize is sitting in your lap… yeah, you know what I’m talking about.

Go get it here.

Some of the new features (Apple Australia):
• Resume, which conveniently brings your apps back exactly how you left them when you restart your Mac or quit and relaunch an app;
• Auto Save, which automatically and continuously saves your documents as you work;
• Versions, which automatically records the history of your document as you create it, and gives you an easy way to browse, revert and even copy and paste from previous versions; and
• AirDrop, which finds nearby Macs and automatically sets up a peer-to-peer wireless connection to make transferring files quick and easy.



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