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Title: Review: Apple OS X 10.7 Lion
Post by: Simon on July 20, 2011, 17:26

Eighteen months after Snow Leopard padded onto the scene, Apple’s latest big cat boasts more than 250 new features.

Many are minor tweaks: for example, you can now pause the screensaver slideshow and search the web from Spotlight.  But Lion also brings more significant changes, beginning with improved support for multitouch gestures with animated feedback. It brings more of the flavour of iOS to MacBook users, bouncing the screen when you scroll to the bottom, for example.

Lion finally brings a full-screen application view, too, hitherto a frustrating omission from OS X. Compatible applications can be switched to full-screen with a new maximise button at the top right of the window. To create a distraction-free environment, Lion even auto-hides the menu bar.

Read more: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/software/368803/apple-os-x-10-7-lion

Title: Re: Review: Apple OS X 10.7 Lion
Post by: Rik on July 20, 2011, 17:28

Miaow. :)

Title: Re: Review: Apple OS X 10.7 Lion
Post by: Simon on July 20, 2011, 17:34

Will it be a roaring success?   ;)

Title: Re: Review: Apple OS X 10.7 Lion
Post by: Rik on July 20, 2011, 17:40

:groan:

Title: Re: Review: Apple OS X 10.7 Lion
Post by: Simon on July 20, 2011, 17:44

:ithank:

Title: Re: Review: Apple OS X 10.7 Lion
Post by: sam on July 20, 2011, 18:48

I didn't like their previous upgrade (work machine) but still it'll be a darn site cheaper than any upgrade windows have to offer.

Title: Re: Review: Apple OS X 10.7 Lion
Post by: Simon on July 20, 2011, 19:06

But the machine it goes on isn't. 

Title: Re: Review: Apple OS X 10.7 Lion
Post by: sam on July 20, 2011, 19:23

true, but it can be now. Mac OS X can run on normal machine.

Title: Re: Review: Apple OS X 10.7 Lion
Post by: Simon on July 20, 2011, 19:46

You mean, I could run it on my Windows machine?

Title: Re: Review: Apple OS X 10.7 Lion
Post by: sam on July 20, 2011, 21:20

well it could run on your hardware yes.

Title: Re: Review: Apple OS X 10.7 Lion
Post by: Simon on July 20, 2011, 21:49

I sense a but...  ;D

Title: Re: Review: Apple OS X 10.7 Lion
Post by: Rik on July 21, 2011, 00:29

I sense a butty. ;D

Title: Re: Review: Apple OS X 10.7 Lion
Post by: GillE on July 21, 2011, 02:09

I hope it's not an Apple butty.

I'd have thought there's be problems replacing Snow Leopard because once Leopards pick somewhere to stay, they're very difficult to remove.  After all, a leopard never changes its spots.

And coming back to comestibles, if you have difficulty upgrading the OS does that mean you've eschewed the Apple butty in favour of a Lion bar?

 :crazy:

Title: Re: Review: Apple OS X 10.7 Lion
Post by: Simon on July 21, 2011, 07:21

;D

Title: Re: Review: Apple OS X 10.7 Lion
Post by: sam on July 21, 2011, 07:32

but I've never done it.

Title: Re: Review: Apple OS X 10.7 Lion
Post by: Rik on July 21, 2011, 08:26

You expect us to believe that, Sam?  :devil:

Title: Re: Review: Apple OS X 10.7 Lion
Post by: sam on July 21, 2011, 09:03

yep. what am I more likely to waste my time with? that or linux?

Title: Re: Review: Apple OS X 10.7 Lion
Post by: Rik on July 21, 2011, 09:15

I wasn't thinking of wasting time. ;)

Title: Re: Review: Apple OS X 10.7 Lion
Post by: sam on July 21, 2011, 10:59

 :crazy: