OS X 10.7 - Lion

Lowe · 14 Oct 2010 at 13:58

First bits of info starting to get out about it?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...-to-unveil-new-Mac-OS-X-at-special-event.html

theheyes · 14 Oct 2010 at 16:59

I'm finding it difficult to think of things they could surprise me with. Most of the cool things I can think of involve cloud storage and syncing, which obviously has a lot of overlap with MobileMe.

So, unless they decide to buff up the service and make it free to Mac users, 10.7 might be a bit of a let down. I will be particularly impressed if they get me excited about it.

theheyes · 15 Oct 2010 at 19:29

Wow, the only 10.7 thread in the Apple software forum gets a solitary reply in over 24 hours. Call yourself Mac fans!

tripitaka · 15 Oct 2010 at 22:54

They should sort out finder, it's a big pile of toilet.

ic1male · 15 Oct 2010 at 23:26

tripitaka said:
They should sort out finder, it's a big pile of toilet.

lulwhat. They just rewrote it in 64-bit Cocoa. What else do you want?

Iceman · 15 Oct 2010 at 23:33

Im still trying to get used to Snow leopard lol.

Maccy · 15 Oct 2010 at 23:46

I like the idea of using iChat with Facetime, can't think of what else they could do to it.

ic1male · 15 Oct 2010 at 23:46

3D GUI?

Faded · 15 Oct 2010 at 23:55

How long after the announcement is this likely to be released?

Holding out for a MacBook Pro to see if there is an update anyway so if it comes with the new OSX as well that would be a bonus.

VaderDSL · 15 Oct 2010 at 23:59

Faded said:
How long after the announcement is this likely to be released?

Holding out for a MacBook Pro to see if there is an update anyway so if it comes with the new OSX as well that would be a bonus.

I'd imagine it will be a preview and end up being a next year release. Like April or something.

Westyfield2 · 16 Oct 2010 at 00:06

TRIM

That's what we need

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VaderDSL · 16 Oct 2010 at 00:08

Westyfield2 said:
TRIM

That's what we need .

I'd say this is a very safe bet, considering all the CTO SSD options now on the machines. Makes sense to have it in the new build.

I just hope they don't go down the itunes route, in terms of aesthetics. The bland grey looks poor.

I want shiny flashy animated things

Kainz · 16 Oct 2010 at 00:09

I am hoping they sort out the faffing about that has to be done just to change a measly hard disk in a macbook/pro. It is the reason why I haven't upgraded mine yet and I am fast running out of space :/ It won't be a top priority feature anyway I guess.

VaderDSL · 16 Oct 2010 at 00:12

Kainz said:
I am hoping they sort out the faffing about that has to be done just to change a measly hard disk in a macbook/pro. It is the reason why I haven't upgraded mine yet and I am fast running out of space :/ It won't be a top priority feature anyway I guess.

Which macbook/pro? The new ones are easy. Unscrew the bottom panel, unscrew the hard drive, fit a new one

they;re user replaceable as well I believe.

Logsi · 16 Oct 2010 at 10:07

Hard drives are easy to upgrade dude!

I've done an upgrade on a new one then put that hard drive in a old non-unibody one which was still easy to do!

500GB 7200RPM! Noice! Still very small though! :eek:

Raymond Lin · 16 Oct 2010 at 10:51

Westyfield2 said:
TRIM

That's what we need .

Do this and I will put SSD in my Macbook pro.

MikeHunt79 · 16 Oct 2010 at 11:04

It's hard to know what else they could add in, maybe some sort of firewall would be nice so you can see what programs are doing what with your connection...

Fr0dders · 16 Oct 2010 at 11:07

Logsi said:
Hard drives are easy to upgrade dude!

I've done an upgrade on a new one then put that hard drive in a old non-unibody one which was still easy to do!

500GB 7200RPM! Noice! Still very small though!

I've really wanted to do this with my Aluminium Unibody 13" mac

What hard drives do you need to use ? last time i looked there was all sorts of recommendations and disagreements so i just forgot about it.

Kainz · 16 Oct 2010 at 11:59

VaderDSL said:
Which macbook/pro? The new ones are easy. Unscrew the bottom panel, unscrew the hard drive, fit a new one they;re user replaceable as well I believe.

Mine is a late 2008 uMacbook, which I purchased in 2009 off the refurb store... As with MrLOL, I just gave up too but now my 250gb HD is looking kinda small.

Spyhop · 16 Oct 2010 at 12:25

Westyfield2 said:
TRIM

That's what we need .

That would be cool. I'd like to see them try to make it a headline feature in a keynote or TV advert