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| OS X Mountain Lion released, Siracusa's review also up |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-07-25 12:53:59 |
| Apple has just released Mountain Lion to the Mac App Store. For a measly $20, Lion users can move to the new release right now, and honestly, at that price, there's little reason not to for the Mac users among us. It's not a huge or massive release or anything, but if you're a fan of iOS, you're going to love all the OS bits and pieces that are being transferred to your desktop. Have fun installing, and, as always, be sure to read the only review that matters: John Siracusa's 25000 words long review (that's almost as long as the thesis I wrote to earn my master's degree, holy cripes!). I know what I'll be reading today on my brand new Nexus 7. If you can, please support Siracusa by buying the ebook version on Amazon (currently stuck in the review process, should show up any minute now). Why? Because Siracusa's kind of technology writing is something we need to cherish, because we have less and less of it. |
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| Comment by MOS6510 |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-07-25 13:24:59 |
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Annoyingly I keep getting the message that it's not available, try again later. But meanwhile I updated Safari to version 6. iWork is assumed to be updated today too. |
 - Score: 2 |
| Comment |
| By pandronic on 2012-07-25 13:45:00 |
| The dumbification continues ... |
| - Score: 3 |
| Well.... |
| By henderson101 on 2012-07-25 14:03:54 |
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It's up in the UK store. Though, worryingly, it appears as a valid purchase on my MacBook (BlackBook 2.2Ghz late 2007 Santa Rosa) and that machine fails to meet the basic specs.... I won't be purchasing at this time, but I'd be interested to see what happens if I do... Biggest issue? There is now no longer any way to purchase Lion. So basically, if you have Snow Leopard on any Mountain Lion incompatible hardware, you can't upgrade to Lion anymore. So glad I trusted my intuition and hacked the restore image for my Mac Mini last week to install it on my MacBook ;-) |
| - Score: 3 |
| Comment by dukes |
| By dukes on 2012-07-25 14:05:02 |
| Looking forward to the ebook. Not too many take the time to do proper reviews of anything tech related. |
| - Score: 1 |
| It can onlyi get better... |
| By davidl on 2012-07-25 14:22:50 |
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Can't wait for the next couple of releases: Sea Lion Politician Lyin' (Oh, wait... ;-) |
| - Score: 1 |
| RE: It can onlyi get better... |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-07-25 14:34:20 |
| You lied. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8... |
| - Score: 2 |
| RE: Comment |
| By ohbrilliance on 2012-07-25 14:36:43 |
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Would you care to elaborate on what's been dumbed down in OS X? I've been using OS X for five years and can't think of a single feature lost over the four OS updates in that time. Instead, I've found OS X becoming more flexible and intuitive. In my opinion, you just can't beat an OS that provides the likes of quick look alongside a full unix command line. |
| - Score: 4 |
| RE[2]: Comment |
| By Lamperi on 2012-07-25 18:39:25 |
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While I agree that the updates have been mostly for good, I have to complain that Apple removing Rosetta hurt me quite a bit when I got Lion over Snow Leopard. Luckily, the software in question was also available in Windows so running it in Virtualbox was a workaround for me. |
| - Score: 1 |
| Comment by Fergy |
| By Fergy on 2012-07-25 18:53:44 |
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> I know what I'll be reading today on my brand new Nexus 7. I know which review from Thom I will be waiting for ;) |
| - Score: 3 |
| RE: Well.... |
| By Bill Shooter of Bul on 2012-07-25 20:30:04 |
| Do it and let me know the results, so i don't have to. |
| - Score: 2 |
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