Hi Daniel, No, I understood what you were saying but I was just pointing out that the rumours have Lion OS X 10.7 available for purchase late June early July. Only time and the inscrutable Apple crystal ball will tell of course.
Cheers, Carlo On 2011-05-03, at 22:46, Daniel Kerr wrote: > > Hi Carlo > > Yes, I agree that Lion will be announced at WWDC, but I don't think it will > be available to the general public until later this year. That's what I > meant. > Sorry, perhaps I didn't point that out well enough. > I know it's been the same every other time that they announce it at > WWDC,..then we don't see it until later. > > When I say I don't think it will be available til later this year, I mean as > in coming out for people to buy to install on machines. > Not, yes it's here,..but you can't get it yet. > > I'm sure we will see it announced at WWDC and then "others" can play with > it,...but as for purchase, I'd be (pleasantly) surprised if we see it before > August-September. > Again, I'm going on past releases of OSes,.... > > > Kind regards > Daniel > > On 3/5/11 10:38 PM, "cm" <cm200...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Hi Daniel, >> >> There are persistent rumours that Lion will be announced at the World Wide >> Developers' Conference (WWDC) on June 6 along with iOS 5. The speculation >> goes >> that these two new operating systems have features that use Apple's soon to >> be >> announced cloud service. Also amount the rumours is that iWork '11 will be >> released with Lion, and that iWork '11 will be coded to use Lion's new >> features -- full screen mode, autosave, and instant on. There will still work >> with Snow Leopard and earlier OS X versions of course but probably without >> auto-save and instant on. >> >> Going on their past record, if Apple announces Lion at the start of June it >> will be available around the end of June or not long after. By the way the >> sub-title of this year's WWDC is "Join us for a preview of the future of iOS >> and Mac OS X." >> >> Cheers, >> Carlo >> >> On 2011-05-03, at 20:46, Daniel Kerr wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Peter >>> >>> Nothing has been announced with Lion "fully". My personal guess will be that >>> we won't see it released until much later this year. I think it won't appear >>> until about August / September. Again, that's just my thoughts. >>> Others may feel different. But based on past experience that tends to be the >>> time they release it. I personally can't see it being ready any earlier. >>> But I'm not on their developer preview list, so don't get to play with the >>> early releases. And others who are on it have a signed NDA, so they can't >>> tell you much about it for fear of Apple Wrath. >>> I would think we'll see more info come out about it at WWDC (World Wide >>> Developers Conference) which I think is in June from memory. They'll >>> probably release more details then and if it's on track we may see it later >>> this year. >>> Again, these are just my feelings and readings. There isn't anything >>> concrete to go on. :o) >>> >>> Oh, and the Applestore is back up,.. >>> New iMac's... >>> <http://store.apple.com/au/browse/home/shop_mac/family/imac/select?mco=MjIwN >>> TQyNjE> >>> >>> Rumours were a little off. Two 21" models and two 27" models. >>> >>> >>> Kind regards >>> Daniel >>> >>> >>> >>> On 3/5/11 8:12 PM, "Peter Crisp" <petercr...@westnet.com.au> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Thanks Daniel, seems to be sooner than I was expecting. is Lion around the >>>> corner too? >>>> >>>> Peter >>>> On 03/05/2011, at 7:28 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Here is the rumoured iMac specs apparently:- >>>>> (And price appears to have dropped maybe $100 too,....time will tell) >>>>> >>>>> > <http://www.9to5mac.com/65025/apple-store-down-here-are-your-quadcore-imacs>>>> > / >>>>>> >>>>> /quote >>>>> We’ve just heard that these are the new Sandy Bridge, Thunderbolt-equipped >>>>> iMacs: >>>>> >>>>> MC812LL/A - iMac 21.5"/2.7QC/2x2GB/1TB/6770M-USA >>>>> MC813LL/A - iMac 27"/2.7QC/2x2GB/1TB/6770M-USA >>>>> MC814LL/A - iMac 27"/3.1QC/2x2GB/1TB/6970M-USA >>>>> MD063LL/A - iMac 27"/3.4QC/2x2GB/1TB/6970M-USA >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> So there is only one 21.5-inch iMac now which starts with a Quad-Core >>>>> Sandy >>>>> Bridge processor and 4GB of RAM and 1TB hard drive. >>>>> >>>>> The 27-inch iMacs come in three varieties starting with a 2.7GHz Quad core >>>>> and going up to a 3.4GHZ Quad-Core. All three have 4GB of RAM (starting >>>>> at) >>>>> and 1TB hard drives. >>>>> /end quote >>>>> >>>>> Wonder if we'll see iWork '11 anytime soon. It seems to be Missing In >>>>> Action >>>>> it would appear,....lol >>>>> >>>>> Kind regards >>>>> Daniel >>>>> --- >>>>> Daniel Kerr >>>>> MacWizardry >>>>> >>>>> Phone: 0414 795 960 >>>>> Email: <dan...@macwizardry.com.au> >>>>> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> **For everything Macintosh** >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- 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> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- 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> >>>> >>> >>> --- >>> Daniel Kerr >>> MacWizardry >>> >>> Phone: 0414 795 960 >>> Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> >>> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> >>> >>> >>> **For everything Macintosh** >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- 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> >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- 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> >> > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel @ macwizardry . com . au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Macintosh** > > > > > > -- 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> > -- 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>
