Mac OS X Lion

[Richmond Mathewson]

On 07/20/2011 10:41 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
> You mean besides the new pricing which is WAAAY more affordable than prior version? Or besides the new Remote Access that allows me to have a session which does not disturb the current local session? Or the fact that Remote Access Server is no longer $500 unlimited, but somewhere in the area of $80? Or the fact that Xsan Client is built in and Xsan Controller is also insanely cheaper? (I could go on).

I was writing about interface advances; not about money.

Certainly Remote access and so forth are, just a bit, cheaper with 
Linux, so there
have to be other reasons for sticking with Mac.

 From what I can see, should I splurge on one of the new Mac-Minis, the 
first thing I would do is install Leopard (10.5) on the thing.

> Aside from all of that, I don't think we will be doing a wholesale upgrade just yet. There are applications that will certainly break (I ran the first gold RC) and upgrading Lion also means, for some upgrading their software too.
>
> Bob
>
>
> On Jul 20, 2011, at 12:14 PM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
>
>> http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/
>>
>> well; I don't know what to say, but on the basis of that webpage there seems to be
>> nothing much more than eye-candy.
>>
>> The only thing that seems vaguely new is the set of finger-twiddles one can
>> perform on one's trackpad: just thinking about them makes me reach for my mouse and Belkin Nostromo.
>>
>> For those who are excited about multi-touch guestures, they can get these working
>> with Touchegg in Linux for a few minutes work, rather than rushing out to buy 'Lion'.
>>
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