Without further ado, I grabbed one copy and straight away installed the dmg file. I was 50-50 to install worrying the OS will void and put my machine to halt (LoL, such a worrier). But everything went fine and the new OS is sooooo blooody damn great!!
There are lots of improvements, lots of new features, and very user friendly with combination of iPad-style iOS. I can do many things by swiping my finger/s. Using one or two or three or even four fingers can give you different commands which are customizable.
Apple has changed how iFinder (similar to Windows Explorer) works by making copy/paste and moving files easier. The '+' button now really maximizes the window (padahal MS Windows dah lama implement feature ni LOL) ...
I also just learned and installed some new apps like Cinch, QuickSilver, Secrets which enhance and improve the performance and functionality of my machine. All I need to do now is to practice and get use with the multi-touch swipe gestures, shortcut strokes and functions of each app. But there are also real-productivity apps which sold by the devs on App Store such as iWork 09 which includes Pages, Keynotes and Numbers (similar to MS Office- Word, Excel, PowerPoint). There is also iLife '11 which includes iMovie, iPhoto and iWeb. Check out my Facebook where I have uploaded some clips composed using iMovie. Those are simple editing clips, but to produce more eye-catching and hollywood-movie clips, I need to use Final Cut Pro which is very hard to learn and makes my machine slower. I should have bought iMac in future :P sure my wifey bising lagi
Mac OS X Lion also has new feature called 'Mission Control' where all Dashboard, Spaces, Expose and running apps are presented in one big display as you can see on picture below
As you can see on top of the screen, I have four desktops which means I have four workstations. E.G: 1st desktop is for internet browsing, downloading files, twitter and emailing. 2nd desktop is for iPhoto editing, 3rd desktop to edit my Cork Trip videos using iMovie and 4th desktop to run MS Windows 7. I can do all tasks simultaneously and switch between them using my 4 fingers swipe. I can load any app I like on each desktops, and the best thing is, I can have as many desktops as I want. But I believe loading too much apps/tasks can reduce the performance speed. I have an app to monitor the processor speed and temperature and they go high when I run heavy apps like iMovie or Final Cut Pro. The word 'Dashboard' on top left inside the pic above is the 'widgets screen' where I can download those widgets for free E.G: weather forecast widget, calendar, currency exchange, sticky note, dictionary etc.
Whoaa, there are too many things to describe, too many things to share. The best way to present all these new features is by watching videos. I won't make one as you can find them on youtube (Actually aku tak reti nak embed link youtube kat blog ni haha).. But if you need some demo, drop me a call and we can arrange an appointment for sesi-racun..
I am so happy with my thin sexy new OS'ed Macbook Air ;)
**Edit: Ceh senang gila nak embed video kat blogspot rupanya... semesekk jah! Enjoy the video
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