Today, I am presenting to you my first hand experience of the Mac OS X – Lion. First Impression by the looks, I feel that it is more or less like its previous version Snow Leopard. But in fact there were tons of other underlying features presented with the new version. Apple claims that there are over 250 newly added features and enhancements to this new product. Apple is trying to regain in the market which is having a hard competition with Windows and Linux. So, we will start reviewing its latest features as compared to its previous versions.
1) Installation
Mac OS X Lion is not presented in optical drives rather users have to download the OS from the Apple Mac website. This is a strategy as users don’t need to go to the apple store for purchasing the OS. The installation is faster than other operating system which took only 40 minutes to complete. The installation is very much easy and straight forward that anyone with less computer experience can do that. The interface for the installation is also well directive and informational. But the main thing which impressed me is that, we are up and running in just 40 Minutes.
2) Upgrade
Snow leopard can be upgraded to Mac OS X Lion for just 30$ which is just a nominal amount. This surely will attract a lot of customer as they can upgrade for just 30$.
3)Look and feel
At a first glance, it looks very much like the Apple OS X snow leopard but a closer look to it will reveal some of the new user interface looks. But to be honest, there is not much difference in graphics but with the addition of some new animations it looks more elegant.
4) Scroll Bar
With Mac OS X Lion, Apple has completely eliminated the scroll bar. Now Scrolling is done with the twin hands or with the magic mouse. Natural scrolling experience is felt to me in its new version which is more like scrolling in iphone or ipad.
5) System resume
The restart of the Mac OS Lion is more like the system resume in Windows. If the system is restarted, it will resume all the sessions and software which are not closed before powering off. This indeed is a great feature as it can save a lot of time for the end users. Users do not have to reload the application or other files again after the booting.
6) Launchpad
LaunchPad was one of the most heavily promoted features of Mac OSX. IOS like experience has been embedded in Mac OS X Lion also.
7) Touch Screen
I think I don’t need to mention this as you know the Apple’s touch screen technology is the best in the market. With the introduction of Mac Lion, the touch screen experience has reached a new limit for desktop PC’s.
8) Versions
Another major enhancement for the Mac Lion is the Versions. Suppose a document is created on 1st and edited on 2nd and 3rd, you can always go back to the previous versions even if you have saved the document. This is a handy feature which allows you undo the changes done to your document even if a critical error or modification has happened. This is more or less like Previous version in Windows.
9) Security
After a recent malware breach in Mac OS, apple has introduced a new disk encryption technology to protect the PC.
One the whole, I will rate 4.5 in the scale of 5. Even though this looks more like an incremental update, it surely has lots of much need feature and enhancements to its credit. But in my opinion, this actually is a product to try as you have spent a mere 30$ for the upgrade.
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