Oh I just noticed. There is a link to the keynote address that introduced Lion, on the Apple site itself.
http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1010qwoeiuryfg/event/index.html As always the keynote is worth watching just to soak up Steve Jobs' showmanship. Enjoy! C On 2010-12-27, at 11:25, cm wrote: > Hi Chrs, > > Yes OS X 10.7 - Lion, is definitely on the way. The estimated release day is > June of 2011. Lion is an attempt to bring the ease of use of the iPad and > iPhone to the Mac platform. This will include the always on feature and the > launch-pad layout of apps and self contained app style software. > > At the "Back to the Mac" event, Steve Jobs demoed Lion, showing how it would > bring the advances of the iPhone and the iPad back to the Mac. You can > probably still find coverage of the event on youtube. The official Apple page > for Lion is here: > > http://www.apple.com/au/macosx/lion/ > > Also of note, the Mac App Store will be opening on January 6 in just over a > week. This is an iPhone style app store that will sell applications for the > Mac. The ease of buying and installing apps in the iPad style will be a key > feature of Lion. It is rumoured that iWork 2011 will go on sale with the > opening of the Mac App Store. If that is the case I will be buying the new > version of Pages. I will let the group know if it is worth the upgrade. > > Cheers, > Carlo > > > On 2010-12-27, at 11:04, Chris Burton wrote: > >> >> Thanks Philippe, Paul, Severin, Daniel and others for your really helpful >> suggestions. >> >> I will look at those programs suggested as well as avast for my Windows side >> on Bootcamp. Im actually thinking of installing Parallels or VMFusion as Im >> tired of having to reboot my Mac each time I need to do some GIS work on the >> PC side. Apparently parallels is quite fast and also no need to reboot. >> >> Im so glad that I use the mac without the on going hassle of viruses etc. >> >> By the way, I recall recent mention of possibly a new OS X (Lion?) soon from >> Apple....is that still on the cards in the new year? >> >> I wish everyone a very happy and invigorating new year >> >> Kindest regards >> >> Chris > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
