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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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| RE[3]: Comment by marcp |
| By _txf_ on 2012-07-26 13:34:06 |
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> It's nearly impossible to set up and use a Mac running Mountain Lion without being prompted to enter an Apple ID for use with "the iTunes Store, the Mac App Store, iCloud, and more," to quote one of the many dialog boxes Apple throws at the user. Oh yes, of course it's for my own convenience! In fact everybody knows that I'm just a dummy who doesn't know when or where save a file... *sigh* TBH, that is where all the big players are going. Android, iOS, Windows 8 and even Ubuntu do this sort of thing to various degrees. Edited 2012-07-26 13:34 UTC |
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| RE[4]: Comment by marcp |
| By karunko on 2012-07-26 15:03:50 |
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> TBH, that is where all the big players are going. Android, iOS, Windows 8 and even Ubuntu do this sort of thing to various degrees. I know, but that doesn't mean that I have to like this trend -- and don't think for a moment that they have our best interest in mind. RT. |
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| RE[2]: You're kidding, right? |
| By tylerdurden on 2012-07-26 17:50:04 |
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Either compensating or projecting. Given how most of his post, complaining about the verbosity of others, was made up of useless/unrelated information about himself. Edited 2012-07-26 17:50 UTC |
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| Lion instant death... |
| By malxau on 2012-07-26 20:10:28 |
| I'm running Snow Leopard on hardware that Mountain Lion doesn't support. Apparently the release of Mountain Lion means Lion is removed from the store, so I guess now I'm truly EOL. It'd sure be great to have an alternative to the store as a software distribution mechanism about now. |
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| RE[3]: Comment by marcp |
| By marcp on 2012-07-26 20:21:06 |
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And in the near future it will be something like: "Well, we have technology X, Y, Z preventing us from GETTING OURSELVES INTO THE TROUBLE, but you can always disable it by chrooting, jailbreaking, code cracking, file mangling and general device hacking". Guess what - that won't be possible without breaking the shit into pieces. It's getting all glued together so you won't change anything. Come on ... is that freedom of use? they fW#$ with your freedom and you're allowing them to do it [you = the users]. Now, I give up. I'm not gonna say a single word about freedom in Apple's context. You don't even know what the freedom is anymore. |
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| RE: Comment by Fergy |
| By thavith_osn on 2012-07-26 21:21:10 |
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I prefer the reviews from Ars personally, I'm not into opinion pieces as much as I once was... I'm putting the review on my Nexus 7 too :-) |
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| RE: You're kidding, right? |
| By Athlander on 2012-07-27 00:23:55 |
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> A 250,000 word review of a point release of an OS? Seriously? Look, just how much of a geek do you have to be to read something that long about such a dry subject for enjoyment? rofl The review is 25,000 words, not 250,000. Do you suffer from dyslexia? > Former network admin/engineer/architect, PC support, Novell Netware support, Unix/Linux/VMS/Windows server sysadmin, board level/component level electronic repair tech. Is this a list of the jobs your dyslexia got you fired from? |
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| RE[4]: Comment by marcp |
| By darknexus on 2012-07-27 02:47:28 |
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> Now, I give up. I'm not gonna say a single word about freedom in Apple's context. Sounds good to me. You, and those of like mind, don't need to troll every Apple thread, thank you. On OSNews especially, I believe we already understand your viewpoint. > You don't even know what the freedom is anymore. No, I don't know what "the" freedom is. Is this some sort of freedom to end all freedoms? What I do know is this: I have the freedom to use, or not use, an Apple product. If they get too restrictive, I'll leave. You don't get much more of a freedom than that. How about everyone who starts yammering about the *nix freedom stop commenting, learn programming, and deliver a decent and cohesive platform? That means stable drivers and APIs there in, solid graphics stack, high performance audio stack and software, and things like that. It does not mean I want the next pretty interface on top of X11. Give me a real alternative to something proprietary and I'll happily switch. As it stands now, no real alternatives exist for my use. It's either Mac or Windows, and I prefer OS X. That's where the tools are. |
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| RE: Lion instant death... |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-07-27 09:55:19 |
| If you bought Lion in the app store it should show up in your purchases and you can download/install it. |
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| RE[5]: Comment by marcp |
| By MOS6510 on 2012-07-27 10:01:57 |
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I guess he's the kind of guy who goes on holiday and sleeps in a self build hut and hunts for food while you are locked in a 5 star all-you-can-eat resort, although you can walk out of the door whenever you want. Recently I read something about animals in zoos. They are locked up, no freedom. Indeed, but they have free food, which they don't need to hunt for, free medical care and no predators. Unlike free animals that have to fight for survival every day. If someone offered me a spear and a 5 star hotel ticket and my choice would determine how I would spend the rest of my life I'd go for the ticket. Linux is a lot of fun, but also time consuming hassle. Just like hunting for food, while the hotel food is much better. |
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