that actually would be bad, since that would mean apple would then be controlling what apps you can, and cannot have on your desktop. It;s one thing say on a phone, or small mobile device, but your computer?
that actually would be bad, since that would mean apple would then be controlling what apps you can, and cannot have on your desktop. It;s one thing say on a phone, or small mobile device, but your computer?
It's bad for both. I understand the need on mobile, but I don't have to like it.
I'm hoping that they tweak up their distribution methods a little bit before it hit's the streets ... if it's the same as the current "authorized" computers then I'll either have to change my apple ID on some of my computers or figure out some other way to workaround this as I have more than 5 computers.
There's a bit of confusion about the # of Computers allowed, but some sites (TUAW among others I think) are saying they think it's 10 for the Max.
Quote:
Originally Posted by mguertin
Also I do hope that we'll be able to easily put the Lion installer onto alternate media. First and foremost I do NOT want the OS to just randomly decide to adjust my partitions for me on any drive if I have a say in it, I also really don't care to have to sacrifice 4G of every boot drive with an OS install partition that I don't need. Now if they let me put it on a USB stick or an external drive and run from there I'll be happy enough.
The recovery partition is only ~750MB, not 4GB. And as Denis Nedry pointed out - it's very possibly just a .DMG that the EFI can expand and boot from when needed (therefore not actually re-partitioning your drive on you).
And I've gotta assume there *will* be a way to put the installer on alternate media. Doesn't mean it'll be easy or accessible to the public the way an installer DVD is, but all of the Developer Preview Builds so far have been downloadable and then can be put onto a USB stick or external hard drive.
__________________
Steve Jobs re: iTunes on Windows: "It's like giving a glass of ice water to somebody in hell"
I really hope there is some sort of disc option, or an installer you can burn to dvd and use. I have 6 macs at the office and would hate to have to download the 4 gig file on each one to install OS X. And again so many people do not have high speed internet, or have bandwidth limits. This would be a slow download for many and just a real pain. This is the first version of OS X I will be standing back and waiting till I need to install, not like all the other versions from 10.0 which I installed on day 1 of release.
__________________
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.” Bishop Desmond Tutu
Location: Markham - Soon to be Mississauga, Ontario
Posts: 3,770
Quote:
Originally Posted by mac_geek
Does anyoe else think that it's hilarious what a "big feature" full screen apps has become?
Really?
Hasn't that been available in Windows since v1.0?
It was the first thing I was confused about when I bought my first mac some 10 months ago. How in the hell do I get Safari to go full screen? The someone on here told me it sized to the size it needs be. A bunch of hog wash I say. It doesn't bother me now and I am used to it but glad its in there now.
On another note, the 10 Lion features shown yesterday was nothing new that wasn't already shown as a preview at the last conference which was either for the Music or for the iPad I forget.
Linear Mode
