“Just like the last few versions of Apple’s laptop-and-desktop operating system, OS X Mountain Lion ($19.99) came out of the gate this morning as the best consumer operating system there is,” Edward Mendelson reports for PC Magazine.
“Mountain Lion isn’t perfect, but it leaves the consumer competition so far behind that you’ll need to look hard for convincing reasons to use anything else,” Mendelson reports. “Apple charges $19.99 to download Mountain Lion from the App Store and — for that single one-time payment — you can upgrade all your existing Macs from OS X Snow Leopard or OS X Lion. If you recently bought Mac—on or after June 11, that is—don’t kick yourself: your upgrade is free.”
Mendelson reports, “Year after year, we’re more and more impressed by OS X, and Mountain Lion continues Apple’s tradition of building on its strengths, innovating wherever it needs to, yet preserving continuity wherever it can. OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion is our Editors’ Choice among desktop and laptop operating systems, and it looks likely to retain the distinction for some time to come.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Well, there’s a nice big FU to little, old Microsoft, if ever there was one!
Related articles:
TIME Magazine reviews OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: Much bang for the buck – July 25, 2012
CNET reviews OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: ‘A worthy upgrade, very affordable’ – July 25, 2012
World’s most advanced operating system: OS X Mountain Lion now available via Apple’s Mac App Store – July 25, 2012
Just installed in on my 2010 MBP… very very happy!
And give by PC magazine too. Life is strange. LOL
Balmer should just sell the company and give the money back to the shareholders. Assdumb moron.
You know, Michael Dell said the same thing about Apple at one point. Maybe Ballmer needs to go, but MS could always make a comeback under more competent leadership.
David Pogue, however, seems underwhelmed. In fact, the closest to a negative review I’ve seen. Don’t get him these days…
Universal acclaim for anything these days is a rare commodity. There’s always one or two doomsayers in a crowd of enthusiasts for whatever reason or agenda. Maybe they’re just having a bad day?
He seems pretty fair to me, pointing out that the ‘save as’ thing hasn’t yet been resolved. Personally I’ll be happy if TextEdit has been debugged and folders again list how many items are inside. Oh, and speedy pic dimensions too.
objectivity means that one points out both pros and cons. something most people in general don’t want to hear, of course. glad there is still someone in the media willing to tell all sides of the story.
Does this mean that Apple computers are PCs again? Can we finally end the Wintel conspired marginalizing of the Macintosh (i.e., “PCs are this, Mac’s are that”)
No
Didn’t Apple in the I’m a PC commercials forever, beyond any doubt, separate the Macs from the PCs?
It is interesting to note that the reviewer did not like the loss of Save As either. I cannot understand why Apple does not make an option in system preferences to restore Save As permanently for those who need it.
Save as does three things very well:
1. New name
2. New location
3. Does not modify original document
If you work with forms or templates Save As is essential.