Apple Announces Mac OS X 10.8 'Mountain Lion'

Rob Williams · 02-16-2012, 03:04 PM

Apple has today announced the next version of its Mac OS X operating system, "Mountain Lion". This marks the ninth major release in the series, and is due out in late summer 2012. Those who have developer accounts with Apple can download the preview today, and get a jump on porting their software to it. There's a fair bit new here, so let's jump right to it.

Read the rest of our post and then discuss it here!

Greg King · 02-16-2012, 03:46 PM

Meh.

Microsoft did this with XP and called it SP3.

Kougar · 02-16-2012, 05:13 PM

So it looks like Apple is adopting a minor/major/minor annual release cycle here. Leopard to Snow Leopard, now Lion to Mountain lion.

All I can say is, it's great to have two different versions of OS X named after me.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greg King

Meh.

Microsoft did this with XP and called it SP3.

Only because by that time Longhorn had already missed all it's deadlines and clearly wasn't going to release remotely near when it was supposed to.

And frankly, XP needed all the help it could get... SP3 was free, too!

Given the ~$30 price of OS X, the upgrade cost is pretty minimal anyway.

Greg King · 02-16-2012, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kougar

So it looks like Apple is adopting a minor/major/minor annual release cycle here. Leopard to Snow Leopard, now Lion to Mountain lion.

All I can say is, it's great to have two different versions of OS X named after me.

Only because by that time Longhorn had already missed all it's deadlines and clearly wasn't going to release remotely near when it was supposed to.

And frankly, XP needed all the help it could get... SP3 was free, too!

Given the ~$30 price of OS X, the upgrade cost is pretty minimal anyway.

I was partly kidding. You can't fault Apple for selling OSX for next to nothing. I love them for that.

MacMan · 02-16-2012, 10:02 PM

I wasn't all that impressed after reading about Mountain Lion, but after seeing it in action, via a The Verge video, I'm really starting to like it! Apple, being Apple, is probably keeping several major features secret until its released no doubt. You can check the video out below:

http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/16/28...w-photos-video

OS X Lion Galaxy wallpaper can be downloaded here:

http://www.cultofmac.com/146895/down...allpaper-here/

Greg King · 02-17-2012, 06:52 AM

I love integration center on my iPhone. It's nice to see it added to Mountain Lion. Syncing among all Apple devices is a nice idea but iCloud MURDERED the battery life on my phone so I have it disabled. It would be worthless for people who have done the same.

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Greg King I just kinda show up... Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,081	Meh. Microsoft did this with XP and called it SP3. __________________ "It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan System: Intel i5 2500K \| Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 \| 16GB G.Skill DDR3 \| Crucial M4 128GB SSD WD 1TB Black x1 \| WD 2TB Green x 1 \| XFX Radeonn HD 6850 \| Corsair H80 Water Cooler Fractal Design R3 \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 \| Dell 2410 x 3 @ 1920x1200 ESXi Host: Intel i7 920 @ 3.0 GHz \| Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P \| 24GB Patriot DDR3 \| WD 1TB Black x 2

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MacMan Partition Master Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 432	I wasn't all that impressed after reading about Mountain Lion, but after seeing it in action, via a The Verge video, I'm really starting to like it! Apple, being Apple, is probably keeping several major features secret until its released no doubt. You can check the video out below: http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/16/28...w-photos-video OS X Lion Galaxy wallpaper can be downloaded here: http://www.cultofmac.com/146895/down...allpaper-here/ __________________ http://www.my2cents4theday.blogspot.com/ M a c OS X! Last edited by MacMan; 02-16-2012 at 10:09 PM.

02-17-2012, 06:52 AM	#6
Greg King I just kinda show up... Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,081	I love integration center on my iPhone. It's nice to see it added to Mountain Lion. Syncing among all Apple devices is a nice idea but iCloud MURDERED the battery life on my phone so I have it disabled. It would be worthless for people who have done the same. __________________ "It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan System: Intel i5 2500K \| Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 \| 16GB G.Skill DDR3 \| Crucial M4 128GB SSD WD 1TB Black x1 \| WD 2TB Green x 1 \| XFX Radeonn HD 6850 \| Corsair H80 Water Cooler Fractal Design R3 \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 \| Dell 2410 x 3 @ 1920x1200 ESXi Host: Intel i7 920 @ 3.0 GHz \| Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P \| 24GB Patriot DDR3 \| WD 1TB Black x 2

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