Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!
I have a direct link to the site that Apple has it's Mac OS X lion page. This OS is coming out in Summer 2011. www.apple.com/macosx/lion -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!
Okay okay... I read it a while ago too... but don't be so hard on me. I thought some didn't know. please close this discussion. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!
On Oct 25, 2:26 pm, Mystic Prowler coolmar...@gmail.com wrote: I have a direct link to the site that Apple has it's Mac OS X lion page. This OS is coming out in Summer 2011. www.apple.com/macosx/lion Well, it will probably leave out in the cold some early Intel Macs, and a lot of people will hate it, but Lion is going to be a looker... :-) -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!
Yes it sure will be. Strange to know that some Macs shipped with OS X 10.5 and can only go to OS X 10.6. My G4 sawtooth has a wide range of operating systems... Mac OS 8.6-Mac OS X 10.5.8 some later lower end core duo machines shipped with leopard I do think it is not going to be a list of unsupported processors, but more of a bold statement of obsoleteness. It's not just core duo and all of the early intel macs that will have no more support, but I think that Apple is dropping support basically for ALL 32-bit intel macs. I don't understand My iMac G5 is 64-bit but Apple doesn't support it anymore. If they make (It won't happen, though for a FACT) a version of OS X 10.7 for G5's only, then i would be happy. because OS X 10.6 is all about optimization and 64-bit stuff. G5's are 64-bit, so why drop support for them? -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!
On Oct 25, 2010, at 3:24 PM, Mystic Prowler wrote: Yes it sure will be. Strange to know that some Macs shipped with OS X 10.5 and can only go to OS X 10.6. I don't see any reason to assume that Lion will drop support for early Intel processors. The three year life of the final PowerPC Macs (2006 to Snow Leopard in 2009) was unprecedented. Even the G3 processor required by the final release version of Mac OS X in 2001 allowed four year old Power Macintosh computers from 1997 to run the new software. While I don't necessarily like it, I do understand why they dropped support, and now that the software is all-Intel there is no reason that the next two or three releases would need to drop support (once again, consider early OS X - support for the systems remained exactly the same (any G3 processor) from the earliest builds in the late 1990s to the release of Panther in late 2003, and by the time Tiger was at the end of its life in 2007, system compatibility went back eight years to the 1999 PowerMac G3). They may increase the RAM requirement, and from the video demonstrations it will require a Magic Mouse or multitouch trackpad, but I think the processors are probably safe. OS X 10.6 is all about optimization and 64-bit stuff. G5's are 64-bit, so why drop support for them? They dropped support for G5 because it is an entirely different architecture. Just because they are 64 bit doesn't mean they are in any way similar to Intel chips, and keeping software up to date for two completely different architectures causes programs to become bloated with unnecessary code. While I still prefer PowerPC and wish I could use some of Snow Leopard's features on my PowerBook G4, I understand why they did it. Apple is trying to move away from PowerPC and force software developers to design for Intel processors, and they are trying not to repeat the switch from OS 9 to OS X, where even years after everyone had moved on many programs, including some of Apple's own, were still built with the tools originally meant to serve only as a step between OS 9 and OS X. Steven -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!
On 25/10/10 13:24PDT, Mystic Prowler wrote: G5's are 64-bit, so why drop support for them? Because Apple wants to sell you ANOTHER muti-thousand dollar computer. -- Sincerely, Dennis B. Swaney Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is ... oh, never mind. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!
I do need a new MBA as my newest machine is an iMac G5. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!
On 25/10/10 15:44PDT, Mystic Prowler wrote: I do need a new MBA as my newest machine is an iMac G5. I have a G5 as my main desktop. However, I can't justify getting a new computer unless it croaks beyond recovery. My secondary computer was a G4 PowerBook, but it has been pretty much superseded by my iPad. -- Sincerely, Dennis B. Swaney Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is ... oh, never mind. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Mac OS X Lion 10.7 is no longer a rumor!
On Oct 25, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Mystic Prowler wrote: I do need a new MBA as my newest machine is an iMac G5. Personally I wouldn't want that. In my experience, the laptop should always have lower specifications than the desktop. When I first switched to Mac I used an iBook G4 as my main computer for three years, and it is not something I want to do again. I have found that my ideal setup is a reasonably powerful desktop and an older laptop. For example, right now I have a 20 Intel iMac, and if I wanted to upgrade my 17 PowerBook G4 to a 17 MacBook Pro, my only option would be the very first model, since it has the same specifications as my desktop. If I got a more powerful MacBook Pro, or one with the 1920x1200 screen, I would start using the laptop more than the desktop, and then I would be back fighting with the limitations of having a laptop as my main computer. That's why my plan is to upgrade to a 27 iMac in about a year and possibly get an older used MacBook Pro sometime after that. Of course, with all the limitations of the MacBook Air it probably wouldn't be so easy to use it as a main computer, but there would definitely be a speed increase from PowerPC to Intel which would make you want to use it more often. Steven -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
