What we know about Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

Apple’s new Lion OS will be leaner, keener and meaner than ever; it will teach Mac users a whole new touch-based way to interface with their computer, and borrows heavily from elements of Apple’s also NeXT-based iOS system for mobile devices.

Jobs explained that touch interfaces don’t feel right in a vertical plane — you don’t want to touch your iMac‘s screen — this means trackpads and the Magic Mouse are the interfaces for the future iOS/OS X integration at least at present — for the future, who knows?In future it isn’t hard to imagine touch controls evolving to become gesture-based using the iSight now FaceTime cameras inside most Macs, but that’s some way down the line. Minority Report isn’t here yet.Promising a “ton of new features”, Jobs observed, “Lion brings many of the best ideas from iPad back to the Mac, plus some fresh new ones like Mission Control that Mac users will really like,.

“So, what do we know about the new operating system that will power ever more substantial chunks of the PC industry?

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