Apple Mac OS X Lion: A Preview of What's to Come

Looks like some really nice forward-thinking improvements to an already slick OS. iOS-nods, Resume, Version/AutoSave and Seamless Multitasking will combine to create a responsive task-focused as-you-were and worry-free computing experience. I think Apple for the most part are getting it done right - useful features nicely integrated that improve the end-users experience rather than just a pretty coat of paint.

FYI, TRIM is currently supported for Apple-sanctioned SSD drives in the latest Snow Lion.

I love OSX now, for me it's basically their dynamic of "it just works" ipod on a huge scale, despite that it's mainly the iATKOS releases that's got me excited.

Apple gives you such monotone selections for hardware, the capitalist method of computer will always be superior to variety suppression on these terms.

You might try looking into Automator, an application included on all Macs. With it you could easily create a little app which would give you a lot of flexibility in renaming your files in batches.

"Graphics designers do not choose OSX. This is a myth. I do 3d animation and graphic design. I use a custom built PC. Most of my colleagues use PC's too. Very rarely do I find people in my industry that use Macs."

Correct statement for 3D animation. There are more software choices for WIN. However for DeskTop publishing, photo editing and other non 3D, Mac is da ****!

very well said. it "USED TO BE" a fact that photoshop ran better on RISC processors, ie motorola CPUS, but that was pre OS9 era where windows was still in 95/2000 and two camps were using different hardwares. adobe's photoshop happened to run better on RISC based processors.

now that both camps use exact same X86 based hardware, with similar UI, and almost identical underlying engine. there really is NO difference, nor advantage on using either. people who still say using Macs, or PC for design graphic work should really have their heads exam-ed, or be reminded how ignorant they sound.

i too work explicitly in the CG, graphics, design industry. i alone used PC's all throughout my school years for all my work since OS9 windows 2000/98. even then, there was nothing i couldn't do on my PC considering the PC i was using was a RISC based AMD athlon processor.

fast forward a decade later, i am still in the graphics industry. it really is all up to what your company's prefer platform is. generally speaking, unless if there's "one" software a company explicityly use that is not available or supported on a particular platform, typically, the choice of OS platform is chosen by the management due to their preference.

i personally use OSX at work, because our email system is setup in a way that works better with OSX's mail and i-cal than it does on my outlook. but 90% of our entire facility pipeline is PC based, as is the case with the majority of the post production visual effects industry. but when i am at home, doing anything else, i prefer PC. that's just because it's what i prefer, or what i am used to. i like both OS's, having used both extensively in the past, i can say they both have their pro's and cons. there're certain things OSX shine, while others windows 7 does better.

@howzz1854
That's really interesting, RISC based athlon's just sounds so right with AMD for some reason.

Your opinion of what is "good news" and mine, seem very divergent.

Unless of course you were being sarcastic.

Professional users with sense and money do like I do:

Buy Macbook Pro and install Windows 7 on it.

It is truly the best hardware and design all around. I consider Apple OS on it an extra screw that I just throw away.

No hard feelings.

Has anyone noticed that apple doesn't sell os x Lion in the Apple Stores? You can only acquire it through the App Store. And what if you don't want to give them your credit card (including the security code) information? Then you will have to stay with your old, unstable operating system in their box.

But it's good for the environment.



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