Sam
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Is this basically just an upgrade that turns your Mac into an iPhone/iPad of sorts?
http://www.apple.com/macosx/mountain-lion/
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adiohead
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I haven't even got Snow Leopard yet
Might upgrade one day
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Sam
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I only got my MBP late last year and the OS will already be out of date when this new one is released FFS
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Dom
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From what i've read it's a lot closer to iOS than Lion and they've gone OTT on the whole cloud/syncing whohar ie: messaging app is linked across Macs/iPhones/iPads.
I'd personally wait and see what it turns out like as Lion ended up being the Vista of OS's (full of bugs and annoyances).
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Rob_Quads
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You have to laugh when they are trying to use a "Notes" application as a feature to promo it.
Bit like the song and dance about.. a TWO button mouse when they released one
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Nic Barnes
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lion or whatever the latest one is i find very good
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Sam
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Yeah I've got Lion on mine Nic, the only thing that ever crashes seems to be Microsoft programs ironically.
So basically Dom it just turns your Mac into a super dooper iPad then?
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Russ
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No.
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Bart
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I think it depends how often you use your laptop, what you use it for and whether or not you have other apple products etc.
I think it looks quite promising.
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Sam
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Well I've got a MBP that I use for usual shite i.e. email, surfing, web development, remote access, running Windows in VirtualBox, iTunes.
Also have an iPhone but I don't connect it to my MBP any more as I can do over the air updates for iOS and not have to use iTunes.
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Dom
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quote: Originally posted by Nic Barnes
lion or whatever the latest one is i find very good
Depends if you're using it to sit on Facebook or do proper work, which case it mimics Vista ie: bugs, dodgy drivers and crashing applications (Yet to meet a studio manager that has made the upgrade; SL is rock-solid in comparison).
Sam - Essentially, yeah (although less of the super and dooper)! The iMessage app is also a confusing one as it is a bit flawed ie: what happens when your iPhone buddy isn't in a 3G/Wifi area and you send them a message from your Mac/iPad? I guess it throws up an error rather than sending it as a text
[Edited on 21-02-2012 by Dom]
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Nic Barnes
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only programme i use is final cut pro and its good with that.
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LeeM
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looks like its adding a few good things, airplay mirroring looks pretty good
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