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So... Oh Ess Ten Ten Point Ten? Is that how it's pronounced? I suppose it's better than OS X X.X.
They already dropped the first ten. It's OS 10.10.
On the download page they call it "OS X v10.10"
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First thing I thought of. "Look at how the background beautifully interacts with the translucent menu bar." Didn't we all turn that feature off back in 2007?! Though in fairness that was partly because it was such a hog on Vista. I've left translucency on in Win 7, though it sure isn't a productivity boost and it ain't 'beautiful' either.
Apple people like to mock Aero's translucency, but I... always liked it. Anyone else? Anyone?
Ironic that the official apple page for Yosemite shows it running a macbook air, which hasn't seen a cosmetic or design update in ... 6 years ? 2009 was when they removed the physical mouse button...
And what would you like to change in MacBook Air in terms of design? The only thing I can think of are very minor, evolutionary changes, but other than that, this machine is perfect (or very close to it) for what it stands for - very portable computer. On the other hand, there's plenty to do around the OS X.
Or making it so the palm rests don't suck all the heat out of my hands? Or smooth the sharp edge so it doesn't sometimes dig grooves into my wrists? And, ffs, retina?
True, the Air is still the best portable laptop going (Intel should be downright ashamed of their Ultrabook fizzle). But very close to perfect? Not yet.
This is awesome, but can we talk about the very scary looking folder icons?
This is awesome, but can we talk about the very scary looking folder icons?
Oh yikes, I missed that. They're pretty garish: https://www.apple.com/osx/preview/design/images/apps-gallery...
* Students looking for a stable and/or sexy device for their university.
* Artists using applications that don't exist on other platforms (or that prioritize Mac platforms).
* Hackers that want a Unix-like system with a BSD userland, or want Anything But Windows on a laptop.
Sadly, these groups are small groups with eclectic needs that won't be met or improved by real systems engineering with the kernel and core modules. What do I mean by real systems engineering?
* Major kernel development
* Novel and/or modern filesystem support
* Fundamental or deeply integrated "platform" features
In Linux land, every major kernel release brings these features. There are tangible improvements to filesystems, to core features that enable new things to be developed on top of them in every Linux release. These are, largely, absent on OS X. The system is too closed, and the result is that things like Time Machine or even security features and ACLs are hacks upon hacks. Full disk encryption and home folder support is, again, hack-ish, and largely built on work other people did. OS snapshots is essentially an "rsync" to another drive with a smart "restore" utility that repairs changes.
The major kernel development that Microsoft undertook with Windows Server 2003 and Vista is still paying dividends. Folder shadow copies became integrated into fully consistent backups with built-in snapshots. Full disk encryption improved - though home folder encryption is still tragically stuck with NTFS "EFS" support (lackluster, at best.) UAC, AppLocker, and integrity levels brought foundational improvements to the security model. Networking stack changes brought DirectAccess, a woefully underused and under-marketed technology. Storage Spaces and ReFS, though years too late, are interesting alternatives to ZFS/BTRFS. Transactional NTFS was woefully underused, but maybe it will return with ReFS. The core improvements Microsoft is making to the NT kernel are still worthwhile, though. Hyper-V is a fantastic technology, and could really blow people's minds when it's baked into the client OS. (For reference, Hyper-V powers the Xbox One's dual app/game personality. It allows isolating the management OS from games running on it, and also keeps the management OS from interfering with game performance with resource limiting. And they both share high performance access to the GPU.) Ah, I could go on. Reading about new stuff in kernel development is a joy.
Of course, I could go on ad nauseum about Linux changes since 3.0x, but http://kernelnewbies.org/ does a better job than I will.
The result is tragic: Microsoft invested in platform features and then didn't sell users on what it could do with Vista. Apple continues to apply lipstick to the OS X pig and sell users on changes to the window manager and built-in applications.
I am deeply disappointed by the "development" of OS X. It seems that Apple has long ago gutted their x86 OS group due to dwindling profits and lack of real competition. There are a handful of reasons people buy a Mac, and I would largely put them into three groups: * Students looking for a stable and/or sexy device for their university. * Artists using applications that don't exist on other platforms (or that priorit…
I haven't felt the urge to check out the release notes for a Linux kernel release in years. Wake me up when they get VM hooks to speed up GC or something. The new developments just aren't that relevant on a client machine.
Does anyone have a link to a screen shot of the new "dark mode"? If I've seen it, I didn't notice it.
It was linked in The Verge's live blog.
HandOff is the kind of thing I'm surprised took so long. Honestly, I was expecting MS to get something like it first. After all, your Windows Phone already runs Windows, right?
I'm especially shocked this has taken so long because the technology is ancient: Windows has had a "Use this computer as a Bluetooth Headset" option buried in the Bluetooth preferences for a long time now. The Address Book in Mac OS 10.0 and 10.1 would also let you send and receive SMSes with compatible phones (no joke): http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2002/11/27/sms.html And Linux has had a few projects (li…
Depends which Bluetooth stack you have installed on Windows.
