LinearBurn Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/20/apple-...-mac-app-store/ lion is now advable to buy!!!!!! has officaly launched As officially announced just yesterday, Apple today has launched OS X Lion, which is now available [App Store] exclusively via the Mac App Store. Priced at $29.99, OS X Lion is Apple's next-generation operating system for the Mac platform. OS X Lion brings a number of new features to the Mac, including an iOS-like application launch screen known as Launchpad, full-screen apps, a new combined interface for Dashboard, Expose, and Spaces known as Mission Control, enhanced Multi-Touch gestures, and improvements to a number of core applications such as Mail.Some of the amazing features in Lion include: new Multi-Touch® gestures; system-wide support for full screen apps; Mission Control, an innovative view of everything running on your Mac; the Mac App Store, the best place to find and explore great software, built right into the OS; Launchpad, a new home for all your apps; and a completely redesigned Mail app. “Lion is the best version of OS X yet, and we’re thrilled that users around the world can download it starting today,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Lion makes upgrading a Mac easier than ever before; just launch the Mac App Store, buy Lion with your iTunes account, and the download and install process will begin automatically.” Apple previewed OS X Lion for developers several times over the last nine months, and has been seeding developers with Lion builds since early this year. Apple announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference early last month that Lion would ship sometime during the month of July, and the company seeded the golden master version to developers on July 1st. Mac OS X Lion Available Today From the Mac App Store CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apple® today announced that Mac OS® X Lion, the eighth major release of the world’s most advanced operating system with more than 250 new features, is available today as a download from the Mac® App Store™ for $29.99. Some of the amazing features in Lion include: new Multi-Touch® gestures; system-wide support for full screen apps; Mission Control, an innovative view of everything running on your Mac; the Mac App Store, the best place to find and explore great software, built right into the OS; Launchpad, a new home for all your apps; and a completely redesigned Mail app. “Lion makes upgrading a Mac easier than ever before; just launch the Mac App Store, buy Lion with your iTunes account, and the download and install process will begin automatically.” “Lion is the best version of OS X yet, and we’re thrilled that users around the world can download it starting today,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “Lion makes upgrading a Mac easier than ever before; just launch the Mac App Store, buy Lion with your iTunes account, and the download and install process will begin automatically.” Additional new features in Lion include: • Resume, which conveniently brings your apps back exactly how you left them when you restart your Mac or quit and relaunch an app; • Auto Save, which automatically and continuously saves your documents as you work; • Versions, which automatically records the history of your document as you create it, and gives you an easy way to browse, revert and even copy and paste from previous versions; and • AirDrop, which finds nearby Macs and automatically sets up a peer-to-peer wireless connection to make transferring files quick and easy. Pricing & Availability Mac OS X Lion is available as an upgrade to Mac OS X version 10.6.6 Snow Leopard® from the Mac App Store for $29.99 (US). Lion is the easiest OS X upgrade and at around 4GB, it is about the size of an HD movie from the iTunes Store®. Users who do not have broadband access at home, work or school can download Lion at Apple retail stores and later this August, Lion will be made available on a USB thumb drive through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com) for $69 (US). Mac OS X Lion Server requires Lion and is available from the Mac App Store for $49.99 (US). Lion requires an Intel-based Mac with a Core 2 Duo, i3, i5, i7 or Xeon processor and 2GB of RAM. Lion is an upgrade and can be installed on all your authorized personal Macs. Details regarding Business and Education licensing can be found at apple.com/macosx. The OS X Lion Up-to-Date upgrade will be available through the Mac App Store at no additional charge to all customers who purchased a qualifying new Mac system from Apple or an Apple Authorized Reseller on or after June 6, 2011. Users must request their Up-to-Date upgrade within 30 days of purchase of their Mac computer. Customers who purchased a qualifying Mac between June 6, 2011 and July 20, 2011 will have until August 19, 2011 to make a request. Additional information can be found at apple.com/macosx/uptodate. Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced iPad 2 which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices. NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information visit Apple’s PR website (www.apple.com/pr), or call Apple’s Media Helpline at (408) 974-2042. © 2011 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Mac OS, Macintosh, App Store, Multi-Touch, Snow Leopard, iTunes Store and Apple Store are trademarks of Apple. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cg...777&lang=en Contacts Apple Monica Sarkar, 408-862-3204 monica_sarkar@apple.com Bill Evans, 408-974-0610 bevans@apple.com appstore.tiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjhmdm Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Very nice... purchasing now.. hope all goes well with my hardware haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derda Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 quote: "today announced that Mac OS® X Lion, the eighth major release of the world’s most advanced operating system with more than 250 new features, is availabl" Haha the best only in their imagination. Hopefully they finally fixed $pwd and moved on to OpenGL 4.1... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinearBurn Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 quote:"today announced that Mac OS® X Lion, the eighth major release of the world’s most advanced operating system with more than 250 new features, is availabl" Haha the best only in their imagination. Hopefully they finally fixed $pwd and moved on to OpenGL 4.1... Im running lion now GM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlucian Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Is this the same as lion gm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuXb Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 whoever has both downloaded, would you please make a file-by-file comparison ("diff") between the GM and the Final. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TH3L4UGH1NGM4N Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 whoever has both downloaded, would you please make a file-by-file comparison ("diff") between the GM and the Final. Thanks. I second this request as well. (See if it's worth me "upgrading" the GM) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinearBurn Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 I second this request as well. (See if it's worth me "upgrading" the GM) it was already done its the same md5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derda Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Finally with OpenGL 4.1? Will we be able to install this on a PC sooner or later? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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