Today’s the day! OS X Lion is here. As you know, I’m a Mac geek, so I got it on my computer and have already been playing around with it. It’s actually so much fun to use. It’s really cute, very intuitive and it just feels like a big iPad in a way, which is really exciting, since you know I love my iPad. There’s something a lot more playful about this one, it just mimics how you’d want your computer to behave in a lot of ways.
When I open an app, it just pops right up. There interactions with the apps have really changed with Lion and I love it! The interface itself looks wonderful, and it’s a lot more subtle with the icons, so you can focus more on the task at hand. There’s more continuity between the apps. It’s these little things that make such a difference. Apple is so amazing with their “less is more” philosophy.
Using the scrolling more like an iPad/iPod/iPhone is a bit disorienting, but I’ll get used to it and it’ll be something to love in no time! The widescreen options are so great for reading through lots of different mail messages, especially related ones. It’s going to help me be even more efficient and on top of things! Drag and drop is going to take a bit of getting used to. I thought I could drag a download link onto my desktop, but I don’t think I can. Still, it’s pretty cool. Maybe that’ll be in the next OS update.
Launchpad is so sleek and effective, plus it makes my computer look like a 27 inch iPad in a lot of ways… It makes me feel like a kid, so giddy with all these new little additions. Oh, and I just love how I can swipe back and forth between pages with my trackpad! I’m still learning a lot about the new features (there are about 250 of them!) and I get completely floored by how amazing every new thing I find! Mac is such a wonderful company, because big updates like this really make it feel like I’m on a completely new computer. And we all know how much I love getting new computers. ;)
Sounds like fun! One day I’ll venture away from what I need to use for work (as an IT geek in a Win environment) and play around with an iPad or a Mac. At this point, while an iPad looks cool, I am not sure what I actually would do with one (maybe hide pr0n on it!).
It is so much fun! I really think that using an iPad is unlike pretty much anything else in the world.
That’s cool. I’m not really a mac person – while both of us have an iphone and an ipad, never really got into a mac computer because it’s so expensive. And cool software is usually never available for mac’s when compared to pc’s.
If you’ve got the iPads and iPhones, you’re experiencing much of what it is to own a Mac computer… It’s just a really beautiful and intuitive little machine.
I just have an Ipod and an Ipad
I´ve often thought about getting a Mac but in my opinion Apple is just too expensive when it comes to Desktops/Notebooks.
But i really like the stability of their OS
That’s the thing. It’s pricey, but very worth it for people like me who use the computer a lot for my job.
Thanks for putting this…I also am a MAC geek too. I just purchased a new macbook pro and am going to download and install lion, just a little hesitant, but posts like yours give me the desire to install. Love your sexy work too:). I just love sexy geeks!!
It’s so much fun, so it’s definitely worth it! I say, go for it!