“Apple’s latest release of Mac OS, called OS X Lion, went on sale today in the Mac App Store. I had an opportunity to use Lion before today’s release, and I can say that this major release is well worth the $29.99 upgrade fee,” Michael Gartenberg reports for Computerworld.
“One of the hallmarks of Lion is how Apple delivers evolutionary change that adds up to a revolutionary experience. It has taken many cues from iOS, the operating system used on the iPhone and iPad. Users of those two popular devices will feel very much at home with Lion,” Gartenberg reports. “In fact, if you’re partial to swiping to scroll and pinching to zoom in but you’re a Mac desktop user, you might want to invest in an Apple Magic Trackpad to get the full Lion experience. Meanwhile, notebook users will discover that their trackpads have taken on new functionality.”
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Gartenberg reports, “As much as I appreciate what Apple has done with Lion, I don’t expect Microsoft to be surrendering its huge market-share advantage anytime soon? Nonetheless, Lion will only contribute to Apple’s expanding mind-share. And little by little, that mind-share will have an effect even on companies’ decisions about operating system deployment. IT is learning to listen to users (that’s the only reason the iPhone has been able to enter so many enterprises), and increasingly, mind-share does indeed lead to market share.”
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