Apple Confirms Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5 and iCloud
Will there be any surprises?
Apple today confirmed that CEO Steve Jobs (along with a team of Apple executives) will be presenting its "next generation software" at the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address on Monday, June 6 at 10:00 a.m.
At the keynote, Apple will show off Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS X; iOS 5, for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch; and iCloud, Apple's upcoming cloud services offering.
This marks the first official confirmation from Apple on its cloud services and the new name. In late April, Apple reportedly purchased the iCloud.com domain and name from a Swedish storage company for $4.5 million. While the exact monetary sum remains a mystery, we now know that Apple did indeed purchase the trademark.
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iYawned
I wonder what will be the name of Mac OS after Lion.
icaredless
I wonder what will be the name of Mac OS after Lion.
sabertooth tiger
i dont like macs, but i love cats.
Rawr... lol
next OSX ipussycat..., without the cat
iFarted
I wonder what will be the name of Mac OS after Lion.
Feral
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I wonder if 'Lion' is trademarked?
iYawned, hehe good one.
Being one of the very few long-time Mac OS X users on this site (Hackintosh systems at home, Mac Pros at work), I feel like Lion is going the wrong direction. They seem to want to merge iOS and Mac OS X slowly together in hopes they will one day be the same operating system.
Which, if you ask me, is like playing with fire. Could be good in some areas but horrible in others. Just because tons of people are buying your iOS products doesn't mean the long-time Mac users like me want a stupidified operating system. Its like replacing Windows 7 with the Windows Phone OS, just stupid.
I wonder what will be the name of Mac OS after Lion.
Cougar, Mountain Lion... Alley Cat?
I wonder what will be the name of Mac OS after Lion.
I hope iPad 1 will receive iOS 5.
Cougar? Isn't there already an Intel chipset named Cougar Point? Lawsuit from Apple incoming!
"Next generation software"... I have a few Mac fanboy friends, and even they aren't happy with the direction where OS X is going (merging with iOS, as it's been said above).
iDespise
iYawned, hehe good one.Being one of the very few long-time Mac OS X users on this site (Hackintosh systems at home, Mac Pros at work), I feel like Lion is going the wrong direction. They seem to want to merge iOS and Mac OS X slowly together in hopes they will one day be the same operating system.Which, if you ask me, is like playing with fire. Could be good in some areas but horrible in others. Just because tons of people are buying your iOS products doesn't mean the long-time Mac users like me want a stupidified operating system. Its like replacing Windows 7 with the Windows Phone OS, just stupid.
When a huge part of Apple's revenue comes from the 30% slice they get from every app sale on iOS, you can bet your ass they are looking for more ways to move that model to the desktop where they can grab more money from software developers. Steve Jobs has wet dreams about getting a nickel for every time one of his one-buttoned mouses is double-clicked, and it's getting closer to reality by the day.
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When a huge part of Apple's revenue comes from the 30% slice they get from every app sale on iOS, you can bet your ass they are looking for more ways to move that model to the desktop where they can grab more money from software developers. Steve Jobs has wet dreams about getting a nickel for every time one of his one-buttoned mouses is double-clicked, and it's getting closer to reality by the day.
Well yeah, and thats the idea behind the App Store they currently have on Snow Leopard (and 10.5 too?). But there is a fine line between adding somewhat-useful iOS-like features to Mac OS X that happens to make Apple money, and adding so many features from iOS that you end up making the OS worthless.
Not against Apple making money, because it is a business and thats what businesses do. Just do it in a way that doesn't kill your software for the long-time users. Ya know... those select few that were using your products prior to the release of the iPod.
And FYI Apple's mice have been multi-button mice for ~7 years now.
Hope the iOS features in Mac X Lion don’t reduce the usefulness of Mac computers.
Tomshardware why do even post apple related topics anyways ...This site is full of closed minded..windows @@@@ riders...just saying...REAL TALK...
They need to get off the iEverything name.
iYawned, hehe good one.Being one of the very few long-time Mac OS X users on this site (Hackintosh systems at home, Mac Pros at work), I feel like Lion is going the wrong direction. They seem to want to merge iOS and Mac OS X slowly together in hopes they will one day be the same operating system.Which, if you ask me, is like playing with fire. Could be good in some areas but horrible in others. Just because tons of people are buying your iOS products doesn't mean the long-time Mac users like me want a stupidified operating system. Its like replacing Windows 7 with the Windows Phone OS, just stupid.
I think the problem is that current desktop operating systems have kind of reached a peak and devs are struggling to improve them much further. That's why they keep adding gimmicks. It's all fine as long as they just add stuff and don't remove anything.
(btw: I actually like the new GUI features that they've shown so far. Call me an interface whore, but if Apple gets one thing right, it's interfaces.)
I think the best thing about Lion is that they are going to include all the Mac OS X Server features in Lion and stop selling OS X Server as a separate product.
Now all I want is Apple to stop being stubborn and add a "cut file" shortcut to the Finder. *shakefist*
Would be nice to run MacOS on any intel computer. If they did that, im sure the OS would take off somewhat... hell, I would buy it.
Would be nice to run MacOS on any intel computer. If they did that, im sure the OS would take off somewhat... hell, I would buy it.
If you're technically competent, you can pretty much do that right now. Apple doesn't support it, but it isn't that hard to do (my Hackintosh is vanilla and runs just fine)
icloud???seriously.
+1 for the cloud though.
I hope iPad 1 will receive iOS 5.
Nah, you need ipad 2
And FYI Apple's mice have been multi-button mice for ~7 years now.
Funny, I just worked on a fairly new pair of Macs that both had a single button mouse... They were no more than 3-4 years old.
Funny, I just worked on a fairly new pair of Macs that both had a single button mouse... They were no more than 3-4 years old.
The old Mighty Mouse actually has 4 "buttons".
A capacitive sensor senses where your fingers are. U can do a right click by slightly lifting your index finger of the mouse's surface and clicking with your middle finger. The trackball is also clickable and the sides are pressure sensitive, so u can "squeeze" them.
It's all pretty awkward. The only good thing about the Mighty Mouse is the 360° scrolling.
Running Snow Leopard and I see no real reason to switch. When my HD goes I am putting a SSD drive in my Macbook Pro but if Apple expects me to buy Lion just to get Trim Support, that would be lame but I bet they do it. Like MS not providing DX 11 to Vista updates.
I wonder what will be the name of Mac OS after Lion.
Cougar. Old, outdated, past its prime, desperately trying to lure 20somethings...
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hopefully Windows Beast Master 8 is able to undo the fairy dust magic so many people have succumbed to.
Ok j/k, I really hope mac osx lion and future updates are highly competitive and innovative. Microsoft needs a kick in the behind.