Apple announces Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion

Post by seurahepo » Sat, Feb 18, 2012, 7:53 PM UTC

callahad wrote: post #285

cpr wrote: post #174

Sigh. Others have hinted at this, but I'll say it outright: I've been a pretty solid Mac user/developer for 25 years (with a 3-year interlude on Windows + ThinkPad towards the end of classic MacOS, when the lack of true multitasking and a "real" operating system just got unbearable). I suppose it's inevitable, but I really hate to see the Mac become just another part of the whole iOS ecosystem. There's nothing specif…

I'm feeling the same malaise. I want to blame it on the Mac App Store, XCode dropping GNU GCC, Gatekeeper, etc. feeling like a slowly tightening noose, but honestly, I don't think that's it. After all, I'm willing to put up with the same sort of signed software model on Android. Still, if someone can point me to a hassle-free Linux laptop in a MacBook Air form factor, I'll jump ship in a heartbeat.

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Feb 19, 2012, 11:46 AM UTC

lunchladydoris wrote: post #230

rads wrote: post #157

Does Mountain Lion allow you to make apps full-screen on non-primary displays? This is the main problem I have with Lion.

Agreed. I was more than a little annoyed to discover that I couldn't watch iTunes Store movies full-screen on my HD TV through an displayport-to-HDMI adapter after upgrading to Lion. I actually gave some thought to going back to Snow Leopard but that seemed more bother than it was worth so I started renting movies on the Xbox 360 instead.