Apple unveils OS X Mountain Lion borrowing heavily from iPad

21. Lucas777 posted on 16 Feb 2012, 18:51 0 0

never mind. now that i read more about it they dont allow apps to be in their appstore without screening.. they just register you as a known dev…

13. ChiX017 posted on 16 Feb 2012, 13:31 3 1

bUt it's genius!

10. -box- posted on 16 Feb 2012, 12:27 1 0

I like my free updates via Service Packs, personally

16. Droid_X_Doug posted on 16 Feb 2012, 13:44 1 1

Probably the most compelling reason to get Mountain Lion is for the integration of iMessage. If you use iMessage on iOS, having the ability to integrate your Mac into the iMessage ecosystem makes the $29 upgrade expense a no-brainer.

22. Lucas777 posted on 16 Feb 2012, 18:59 0 0

overreaction much… all they are doing is protecting people who dont know exactly what they are doing… if u want to download more than u can… apple isnt stupid-- they wouldnt limit osx… its the same with ios-- u can download apps from the internet if u want, they just normally arent good… so ya apple will control whats on their appstore but they would never limit downloading apps from the internet or anywhere else

rosetta is a six year old piece of software… how long do u expect them to support old tech? i mean they are way, way past supporting powerpc's…

23. ilia1986 posted on 16 Feb 2012, 22:14 1 0

"but they would never limit downloading apps from the internet or anywhere else"

Are you even AWARE that in iOS you can't download apps from anywhere but the app store?

So don't say "Apple wouldn't limit- because THEY HAD. Ever since day 1.

24. E.N. posted on 16 Feb 2012, 22:27 2 0

WHO CARES! You can disable it, just like you said. If you cant find how to disable it, then you're probably one of those people that need to be protected from downloading harmful applications

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25. Lucas777 posted on 16 Feb 2012, 22:35 0 0

YOU are not AWARE that u can download apps through mobile safari-- no they are not advanced but they are webapps nonetheless…

apple has never limited OSX… which is what we are talking about…. and they never will--yes mobile but desktop is such an open thing, mobile is not, apple would loose a ton of people since they dont want to have a closed desktop, but a closed mobile is fine

and i agree with EN… if u cant figure out how to turn it off, u dont deserve to be downloading apps off the internet

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27. ilia1986 posted on 17 Feb 2012, 06:39 0 0

Are you seriously considering HTML5 apps as actual apps? How can you even compare them to apps from the appstore?!

And it's not about me figuring it out. It's about Apple getting more control over the platform!

You say that they will never limit OSX. Well I say that THIS is the first step towards absolute and total control over the platform - just like iOS. And I have iOS's insane limitation as an argument to support my claim.

In all honesty - I couldn't care less. I don't use a mac and probably never will. It just disturbs me to see Apple taking a step towards totally controlling yet another relatively popular PC platform.

The day my PC won't be able to download an exe file from the web, and run it, because it's "Not digitally signed" or other such bs will definitely be a dark day in PC history.

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28. Lucas777 posted on 17 Feb 2012, 18:33 0 0

as i clearly stated, they are not nearly as advanced, but it still refutes the fact that u said there are no apps anywhere else? and what about cydia? even on android, google does its best to keep apps on their store, so i dont see why thats a big issue…

so u r willing to mac all these claims against mac and apple without using one? nice… and that is such an overreaction… apple has added no more control to ios than they started with (they actually lessened their control) so that argument just goes to show that apple will never change osx

and i agree that apple should not have limited powerpc. i do not use it myself, but honestly macs have to keep a quality of standard, and keeping powerpc going just doesnt cut it… if old software is that important, get an old windows… its not like macs are forced onto people… i love my mac more than any other apple product, but many people probably like their windows.. it just depends on what you want

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8. frydaexiii posted on 16 Feb 2012, 12:11 1 0

Seriously, if Microsoft can integrate Windows 8 across mobile and PC, I'd switch to a Windows Phone...

11. dreammixer (banned) posted on 16 Feb 2012, 12:43 1 0

I use google voice on my iPhone and iPad as well.

15. dreammixer (banned) posted on 16 Feb 2012, 13:42 1 1

How is Apple catching up to Google when Google doesn't even have a desktop operating system?

17. Jphones posted on 16 Feb 2012, 13:47 1 0

If you actually read what I said genius I said they have to make a operating system first for Desktops that can rival Apple in terms of security. They're already Kickin apples ass in the phone department and Google chrome is far superior than safari is so we all will just wait and see what Google has planned for the future. Makes perfect sense for them to enter the desktop market sometime in the future. An as far as Apple catching up I'm talkin feature wise.

18. Whateverman posted on 16 Feb 2012, 14:19 0 0

From my understanding, Chome is a desktop OS and not just a browser. It's aimed at people who spend most of their time online, so all the apps are online within the browser itself. So it's already there, its just our thinking of what a desktop OS needs to expand a bit.

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20. dreammixer (banned) posted on 16 Feb 2012, 17:36 0 0

This article is about Apple's desktop OS so you're mixing stuff in that has nothing to do with it. Apple playing catch up in the mobile field is up to opinion. A lot of people prefer iOS.

WEM I'm not familiar with any commercial products that actually run Chrome OS yet. I think everyone is moving to cloud computing so more and more functions will be in the cloud soon.

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