“Apple’s storied reputation was built on computers, and sales for the Macintosh have been strong. While the rest of the PC industry has been eaten alive — those tablets are preying on traditional computers — Mac sales continue to climb,” Edward C . Baig reports for USA Today.
“Today, Apple hopes to continue that roaring pace by trotting out OS X Lion, the eighth major release (in 10 years) of the Mac’s OS X operating system,” Baig reports. “This latest feline is a beautiful finger-friendly operating system that is, pardon the pun, truly worth lionizing.”
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Baig reports, “With 250-plus new features, there’s a lot here, from handy reading lists in the Safari Web browser to clever special effects in Photo Booth. Macs with Lion boot up to where you were before. Apple has bolstered OS X’s built-in Mail program, added an AirDrop feature that lets you wirelessly share files hassle-free between Macs in close proximity, and made an always-pleasant computing environment even more so.”
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Does anyone else not get the pun about “lionizing”?
lionize |ˈlīəˌnīz| verb
give a lot of public attention and approval to (someone); treat as a celebrity:
lionization |ˌlīənəˈzāSHən | noun ,
lionizer noun
wouldnt mind the pun if it wasn’t so laboured. Sheesh.
@ajdowntown
I guess he’s using the meaning to mean ‘celebrate’ Lion – it being great n’ all. Doesn’t quite work though since it’s usually used referring to a person. You could say ‘Tiger was lionised as a golfing king’ – until he wasn’t that is.
I suppose that we should take pride in being Mac users.
I suppose we’ll become part of the pride, if we become lionized.
Because of Lion, the Mac market share will mane-tain its steady growth.
no no no no no no no no
😉
This is purrrrfect, something to get my teeth into
Lions don’t purr, Leon the Lion.
Actually, they do. Very loudly.
Despite contrarian cries, the growth of Apple’s revenues and profits did not even paws during the recent major recession.
The increased sales of iPads took a significant bite of Windows PC sales.
Not to be catty, but can we dispense with the puns?
No, no, keep it up! I’m roaring with laughter!
Don’t be such a sour puss.
I’m not “lion” when I say this new OS will be great!
That’s because Apple is not “lion” down on the job!
Be sure to read the new claws in the EULA.
The making of Lion involved an extraordinary amount of code con-cat-enation.
Puns are the lowest form of wit.
What’s the highest?
Cheech and Chong?
Wit an attitude like that, you should be relegated to the sandbox.
Really? Let’s see your best shot.
fur-get the nonsense.. can’t we all just get a bong?