“One staple of Mac OS X installations over the past several versions has been the welcome video that displays at first boot, displaying an animation of the word ‘Welcome’ in a number of different languages and set to the song ‘Exodus Honey’ by Honeycut,” Eric Slivka reports for MacRumors.
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“Unfortunately for fans of the video, neither the previous welcome video nor a new one appears to be included in the GM version of OS X Lion,” Slivka reports. “While a welcome video could conceivably still be added at the last minute, previous OS X releases have seen the video included in GM seeds.”
Slivka reports, “Instead, OS X Lion boots straight into Setup Assistant to help users get up and running. And one new addition to Setup Assistant is an introduction to Multi-Touch scrolling, offering users a glimpse at the enhanced Multi-Touch features included in the new operating system.”
More info, screenshots, and video, in the full article here.
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perfectly understandable when they are distributing it online, smaller the filesize the faster it’ll download
They could easily make the lion install just trigger the existing video. (I assume it’s on the Mac hd? Or does it always play from the disc?)
It’s in the HD. Here is the answer:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/9462094?messageID=9462094
Finally! I don’t care for the unskippable extras and other garbage, like animated menus (always listed as a “bonus feature”), on DVDs, either.
Haven’t they already run this story?
The video was a waste of time. I think Apple did the right thing to finally get rid of it.
I liked the song that came with Tiger better anyways.
As someone who has been using Lion for the last 3 days, this is a great update. The gesture improvements to Safari are awesome as well as the new interface for mail. The combination of mission control with full-screen apps is also great.
The hand that demonstrates the multi-touch gestures is ridiculously freakishly dexterous! I tried mimicking the same actions, such as swiping two fingers left on the magic mouse and for me it does not work at all!!!! I need a magic trackpad…
bought my Magic Trackpad this weekend in anticipation of Lion. Can’t wait!
You’ll be happy you did. It’s saved my wrists from pain and carpel tunnel problems.
Wait… in previous releases, didn’t the “welcome video” play AFTER the setup assistant. And it did not play at all if you do an upgrade of an existing older system. It only played when running a brand new system (a new Mac or a clean install on an old Mac) for the first time.
So maybe this guy does not have his facts straight…
I love the mood the video puts me in on first run on a brand new mac – that is a magical time.
But showing it on an OS upgrade has always seemed a little out-of-place by comparison.