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Not being a Mac user, is this significant? Like when Windows is released?
by coderdude 15y ago
Not being a Mac user, is this significant? Like when Windows is released?
- checker 15y agoIt's not as huge a leap as Windows XP to 7 (or Vista I guess ...), but it does bring around some improvements that people are going to be excited about.
- xutopia 15y agoEDIT: I'm wrong. The release is downloading. This is indeed a very big deal but I'm really surprised they haven't made more noise about it.
- deleted 15y ago[deleted]
- ashleyw 15y agoIf you imagine a Vista which doesn't suck, and a Windows 7 which only costs $30, that's the upgrade to Lion. Nothing groundbreaking, but a nice upgrade nonetheless.
- gte910h 15y agoYes, it is, but about 1/2 as much so? They release new versions every 2 years or so, and most people upgrade.
- mitchty 15y agoFor most users no, but for $30 its kind of hard to make excuses not to upgrade. I'm a huge fan of the ASLR and sandboxing changes so security wise there are good reasons to upgrade.
- trotsky 15y agoWhat sandbox changes did they make? Is that the app store apps can't open documents without a user selecting them in a file chooser thing?
- mitchty 15y agoI think that is unsigned apps require the extra dialogs/etc... http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Security/Conceptual/CodeSigningGuide/Introduction/Introduction.html http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Securi... That has the most info, i'm digging through the changes.
- Yhippa 15y agoI feel that if you're a big user of the Mac native apps then this is well worth the $30. Fullscreen mode is a nice thing to have too. In the end, I don't think you can lose for $30.