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j_p_24 · 16/02/2012 12:15 PM

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Apple has annonced the next release of (Mac) OS X 10.8 will be called Mountain Lion and will include many more features inspired by iOS. The new iCloud integration is much more like Dropbox showing why they made a move to try and buy them. There is Twitter integration from applications now and much more.

Features which are new/improved

iCloud - More Dropbox like syncing
Messages - Send messages to iMessage, AIM, Jabber, Google Talk, and Yahoo! Messenger users
Reminders - To do lists synced to all devices
Notes - iPad style notes app
Notification Center - Notifications
Share Sheets - Share from apps to Twitter, Email, Message and others.
Twitter - Tweet from apps
Game Center - Lets you play Mac games with your Friends.
AirPlay Mirroring - Connect you Mac to your Apple TV
Gatekeeper - Application Verification

Check out more details here:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/mountain-lion/

Source from www.apple.com

S7* · 16/02/2012 01:05 PM

So Mac is no longer Mac and only an X divides it from iOS. At this rate they're gonna fuse together. >_>

Darksidehearts · 16/02/2012 01:37 PM

I don't know what is going on with Apple now-a-days but I'm more and more glad to invest in a new PC. Honestly, they've been turning into a second Sony slowly over the years but now this is getting ridiculous. Why don't they just dump the computers and stick with the "i-Technology" as it's abundantly clear that is what they care about now.

Joom · 16/02/2012 02:17 PM

Lion was a bust. Last OS X I used that was worth using was Snow Leopard. Pretty sure this is gonna be a flop too. Lion just came out and they're already jumping to 10.8. It's like Mozilla all over again.

S7* · 16/02/2012 02:49 PM

^ Apparently they're switching to yearly releases. Not quite Mozilla but an acceleration for Apple nevertheless.

ZiNgA BuRgA · 16/02/2012 04:55 PM

Eh, still not up to the half-yearly releases of popular Linux distros :P

Kuu · 16/02/2012 06:12 PM

I've been playing with Lion in VM. Nothing special really, I was surprised. I agree that Snow Leopard was the last 'good' release.

ProperBritish · 16/02/2012 07:18 PM

a whole new version for reminders, notes and icloud?

these features could be implemented as programs you just download.

ZiNgA BuRgA · 16/02/2012 07:42 PM

It seems that there's a push to integrate more things into the OS.
Just look at Windows...

[rant] I say it's the effect of technology being increasingly aimed at tech illiterate people
(although arguably, also for those who can't be bothered setting things up)

S7* · 17/02/2012 02:11 AM

Surely Apple should eventually need to be forced to make a cut down version a la Windows 7 N?

I'd much prefer if laptops in Europe sold with 7 N but they're not - I don't understand what the EU have achieved by making MS create these editions that aren't used by manufacturers.

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