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“Lion is going to bring a lot of iOS back to the Mac. We’re going to see revamped user interfaces for Mail, iCal, borrowing from those icon metaphors and UI styles,” Alvares writes. “Everything is going to look much cleaner than before, much like QuickTime X did with its previous version (though I hope not at the cost of power and functionality). But where iOS segregates its functionality into ‘apps’, the Mac will feature a more integrated workflow of its different services. Imagine the Mail app featuring the Address Book and iCal interfaces in one single glorified window. The same addressbook showing up in iChat, ready for FaceTime.”
Alvares writes, “The thought of running iOS apps on a mouse/keyboard environment is sour at best, and Apple would never go for it. Those are touch based user interfaces, depending on a lot of functionality inherent on those devices, that would not work on any Mac as we know it. They just wouldn’t work. But what if Apple introduces a new way of writing Mac specific applications that are kind of like iOS apps?”
Read more speculation in the full article – recommended – here.
What if my iPad was the interface necessary to run iOS apps on my Mac or Apple TV?
Makes sense to me, sitting comfortably in a recliner, or on the bed with my iPad playing Angry Birds on the TV or my Mac. Instead of using the iPad’s display for animation, use the screen for score boards, virtual controls, maps, instant-replay, IM and chat, etc.
And then I woke up…
@radius
Excellent choice!
@radius
Excellent choice!
iOS running on any Mac with the Magic Trackpad. Or a new trackpad integrated keyboard. Imagine, 10 app windows running side by side at the touch of a keystroke.
Truly MAGICAL!
iOS running on any Mac with the Magic Trackpad. Or a new trackpad integrated keyboard. Imagine, 10 app windows running side by side at the touch of a keystroke.
Truly MAGICAL!
Why not rewrite Dashboard to where it can run games written for iOS. With a laptop trackpad or the new Bluetooth trackpad- it’s doable.
As to the posts that OSX is dying- that would mean that iOS is dying as us is based on a subset of OSX by Apple’s own statements.
Why not rewrite Dashboard to where it can run games written for iOS. With a laptop trackpad or the new Bluetooth trackpad- it’s doable.
As to the posts that OSX is dying- that would mean that iOS is dying as us is based on a subset of OSX by Apple’s own statements.
Add plugins to QuickTimeX, like the last real version of QuickTime.
Add plugins to QuickTimeX, like the last real version of QuickTime.
@kcwookie
This is absolute nonsense. Remember Steve Jobs example of cars and trucks. Each kind have its purpose and even when there 10 times more cars then trucks they will never make the trucks go away. So Apple will sell ten times more iOS devices then Macs but for certain tasks you will need big mashines also in the future.
Lion will offer perfect integration with the cloud (MobileMe) and the cloud will be the seamless link between MacOS and iOS devices. iLife 11 and iWork will show the way.
@kcwookie
This is absolute nonsense. Remember Steve Jobs example of cars and trucks. Each kind have its purpose and even when there 10 times more cars then trucks they will never make the trucks go away. So Apple will sell ten times more iOS devices then Macs but for certain tasks you will need big mashines also in the future.
Lion will offer perfect integration with the cloud (MobileMe) and the cloud will be the seamless link between MacOS and iOS devices. iLife 11 and iWork will show the way.
A silly but possibly related question has Apple done anything with it’s new billion dollar server farm? Is it up and ready to go yet?
A silly but possibly related question has Apple done anything with it’s new billion dollar server farm? Is it up and ready to go yet?
@kcwookie
I think you are confusing “dying” with transforming. Big difference.
@kcwookie
I think you are confusing “dying” with transforming. Big difference.
“What will Mac OS X Lion deliver?”
Pizza?
“What will Mac OS X Lion deliver?”
Pizza?
What if:
• iChat FaceTime compatibility with a Windows version too.
• HDMI output on all Mac (just like the Mac mini)
• DVR HD recording into one or any of the Macs or iOS devices
• .mac Membership live TV streaming (like Netflix, Hulu, …) from the Billion Dollar Server Farm w/ DVR like storage.
• AirPlay compatible
What if:
• iChat FaceTime compatibility with a Windows version too.
• HDMI output on all Mac (just like the Mac mini)
• DVR HD recording into one or any of the Macs or iOS devices
• .mac Membership live TV streaming (like Netflix, Hulu, …) from the Billion Dollar Server Farm w/ DVR like storage.
• AirPlay compatible
TRIM for SSD drives, please? Had this SSD boot drive for almost a year and I’m loving it. Would really like to be able to do maintenance on it though.
TRIM for SSD drives, please? Had this SSD boot drive for almost a year and I’m loving it. Would really like to be able to do maintenance on it though.
Well, I don’t know specifically what Apple will do, but:
They’ve always used software as a means to drive hardware sales, so there’ll be new things that use touch/multitouch in order to give people incentives to buy new Apple hardware.
Aside from that a replacement for HFS+ is long overdue.
Well, I don’t know specifically what Apple will do, but:
They’ve always used software as a means to drive hardware sales, so there’ll be new things that use touch/multitouch in order to give people incentives to buy new Apple hardware.
Aside from that a replacement for HFS+ is long overdue.
ARM support, allowing new laptops with iPad-like battery life. The only sacrifice is Windows compatibility.
ARM support, allowing new laptops with iPad-like battery life. The only sacrifice is Windows compatibility.