Sins of the fatherĪpple's intentions were noble. From now on, Mac OS X should be judged by what's been removed." Unfortunately, the surgery was not a complete success. As Apple's newly refocused gaze fell upon its desktop operating system, many parts of it were deemed archaic and unworthy of continued existence.Īt the end of last year's Lion review, I concluded: " marks the point where Mac OS X releases stop being defined by what's been added. That attention resulted in some dramatic changes to aspects of the operating system that had not been reconsidered in decades: application launching, the document model, process management-even basics like window resizing and scrolling. But more broadly, it also meant that the Mac would receive more of Apple's attention.
Non-subscribers can purchase an e-book version from the Amazon Kindle store.Īpple presented last year's release of OS X 10.7 Lion as part of a turn " back to the Mac." Ostensibly, the tagline was Apple's promise to bring innovations from its mobile operating system back to Mac OS X. Read it your wayDon't want to read a 26,000 word piece on the Web?Īrs Technica premier subscribers can download a (free) PDF or e-book version of the complete review from the links in the upper right of each article page.
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