“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.”
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