Brief Overview: Mac OS X Lion (10.7)
At WWDC 2011 (World Wide Developers Conference) this week, Apple previewed three new products: iCloud, iOS 5 and the next version of Mac OS X: 10.7 Lion.
The new operating system has many UI tweaks since Snow Leopard giving it a fresh feel. Apple are bringing features from iOS to Mac OS X like Launchpad. Launchpad is basically like the iOS home screen but on your Mac. It shows all of your applications, folders and games. Just like on iOS, you swipe to scroll through applications.
Another feature is Mission Control which merges Expose and Spaces into on separate screen.
Mac OS X Lion features full-screen apps so you can focus on what you are working on, and nothing else.
Multi-touch is a key part of OS 10.7. Scrolling has been redesigned simply for multi-touch. Launchpad requires multi-touch. If you are using a standard USB mouse, now is the time to upgrade to an Apple Magic Mouse or an Apple Magic Trackpad.
One more thing. You will be able to buy Mac OS X Lion only from the Mac App Store in July. The CD-ROM is dead.
Daniel S
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