Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion preview

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OS X is plenty fast IMO. If it's slow your hard drive might be on the way out, seriously.
 
ponder said:
They need a code overhaul, OS X is seriously sluggish. Will only do the good.
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It does appear to have some underlying defects. On the plus side it doesn't have Windows big achilles heel, the registry.
 
Dunno why they are releasing another operating system so soon after lion..
 
MacRumors said:
Dunno why they are releasing another operating system so soon after lion..
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There's huge competition looming at the moment (e.g. woken a sleeping giant i.e. Microsoft and of course Google's proven sheer tenacity to succeed)

With this it should be no surprise they'd want to jointly and rapidly evolve their key products... Also I'm sure you don't have to go far to find reasons why Lion needs improvement...

Financially I believe Apple's going to have to make it free; that's what made sense with a yearly release cycle for iOS so why should it be any different for OSX. Also unlike Microsoft their primary income is not from software...
 
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[)roi(];7761221 said:
Also unlike Microsoft their primary income is not from software...
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Startling how little s/w contributes to their bottom line. Damn, if OS X is free and Linux is free, Win does not look so good at its prices.

Oh, MacRumors - you don't HAVE to pay $30 again - you could always not upgrade...
 
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This is going to be a kick in the nuts again to developers and those who do design. I have an iMac with Lion (I hated how I had to change my workflow to use) also had to switch a lot of settings off :(. I chose not to upgrade my Macbook Pro to Lion because of the mess that was Lion. Now Mountain Lion is going even go one better with the GateKeeper app. So for normal users they will get a message refusing to install an app if it is not signed by Apple. So what does this mean you ask? Well the normal user will then think that the only way to get software will be through the AppStore. So this means that developers to get more revenue will give themselves up to Apples walled garden that will now curate apps and also make sure that Apple gets a share of your profits. <- See right there. So only power users who will probably turn off gatekeeper on day one will know that they can install what they want on their machines. Anyway Kudos to Apple for another well researched and executed revenue stream.
 
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This is going to be a kick in the nuts again to developers and those who do design. I have an iMac with Lion (I hated how I had to change my workflow to use) also had to switch a lot of settings off :(. I chose not to upgrade my Macbook Pro to Lion because of the mess that was Lion. Now Mountain Lion is going even go one better with the GateKeeper app. So for normal users they will get a message refusing to install an app if it is not signed by Apple. So what does this mean you ask? Well the normal user will then think that the only way to get software will be through the AppStore. So this means that developers to get more revenue will give themselves up to Apples walled garden that will now curate apps and also make sure that Apple gets a share of your profits. <- See right there. So only power users who will probably turn off gatekeeper on day one will know that they can install what they want on their machines. Anyway Kudos to Apple for another well researched and executed revenue stream.
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Sorry but you wrong, maybe you should read a little more about how this works. I.e. anyone can apply for a free developer license to sign apps; signing your apps takes but a few moments, so this is no reason to not want to sign them + this can be done well in advance of the Mountain Lion release. Btw these signed apps do not have to be distributed through the app store.

The benefit for the end user is that if a signed app is found to have malware or other crap then not only that app but all the apps signed with that developer's license can be invalidated, similarly unsigned apps will not run, hence it would be silly for any end user to turn off the default Gatekeeper setting.
 
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Taking Mac security seriously is a good thing but there is a real concern that this is the road to having the Apple Appstore as the only way to get apps: http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2...ncern-but-still-gives-power-users-control.ars

Secondly you have to have a developer ID from apple ($99) from Apple to get the free signed certificate from them. <- see where this is going. It only looks like a matter of time (OS 11 maybe) before apple tells everyone that they have to sell through its store to assure quality.

So I stand by my assertion. This is a concern for developers and we should voice it. If people keep quiet, well all have to share our profits with Apple after initially paying to develop for them.
 
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If you are a small developer you will probably stand to gain from putting your app on the store, just look at all the success stories of indie developers on the Mac App store.

Yes I understand your concern, but Apple have chosen their way forward. They have chosen security first and foremost and they're unfortunately not gonna shift on that.
 
It will be interesting to see what the default gatekeeper setting is when ML ships.
 
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