“Apple has seeded the golden master version of OS X Lion to developers ahead of its public release sometime this month (July). The golden master download is available from Apple’s Mac Developer website. The build number is 11A511. In addition, Apple has seeded Developer Preview 7 of Xcode 4.1.” You’ll now also be allowed to virtualise several instances of Mac OS X inside Mac OS X.
Picked up an Air yesterday, so cannot wait.
What’s with tap to click being disabled by default????
Tap-to-click and I don’t get along.
Something with the way I use trackpads triggers accidental taps. So maybe there are more people like me for whom it creates a usability problem, versus those who need to be able to tap (who can enable it).
I never really noticed that it was disabled by default… perhaps that’s why I don’t have rage at the first mis-click when I use a fresh install of OS X, unlike most other OSes. If I was a less savvy user, I’d find it pretty darn frustrating if I couldn’t figure out how to turn it off.
agree with you… it is quite annoying in windows boxes accidentally “clicking” something when you are just gerting your fingers out the pad.
Agreed too. My old man sweared and cursed at this new Dell laptop because of that (along with the crappy small touchpad). This probably explains why so many people I know prefer the lenovo nipple thingy over using a touchpad.
An ex-coworker of mine used to refer to it as a “mini-clit”.
Reminds me very much of this comic courtesy of XKCD:
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/appropriate_term.png
😀
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMMkP_ofpXg&feature=related
I’m going to request a consultants fee if Apple uses this in ads.
Same problem here. I always end up triggering accidental taps. Tap to click is the first feature I always turn off on any new laptop.
As far as virtualizing several instances of Mac OS X inside Mac OS X, unfortunately for Apple, that ship has already sailed as far as Apple getting any kind of market share when it comes to the server virtualization market. Microsoft and Linux have already won that war.
There are other good reasons for virtualizing OS X. E.g. for application developers who want to test their software on a clean/blank system. For me, this makes life considerably easier…
Since Lion drops Rosetta/PPC support, I wonder if a virtual OS X could be a pre-Lion one *and* be able to run PPC software.
I guess it depends on how low level Rosetta is but with that being said, if your software hasn’t transitioned to Intel binaries by this stage then I think it is best to look for a replacement.
Edited 2011-07-02 20:16 UTC
Sorry, I’m a stupid linux user.