Comment on Buy, wait or skip: What’s your plan for OS X Lion? by PD

1) Lion does not require anyone to buy their apps from the App Store. It's another store but no one is forced to use it. 2) Lion is not OS X dumbed-down. There are some features in it that, in the near future, will allow iOS and OS X to interoperate on a more friendly basis. That is welcome. As for hiding the library folder, it is what it is but anyone with basic computer knowledge and/or an internet connection can show it again with a simple terminal command. I did. 3) The first time you install Lion it has to be over a copy of Snow Leopard UNLESS you copy the installer to a DVD, which is simple enough to do. After that, if you ever ever want a clean install of Lion, Apple has conveniently placed a recovery partition on your computer to boot from. The recovery partition is perfect to run Disk Utility from, in case you think there is something up with the boot drive. Plus, if you ever need to download it again, open up the App Store and download it again, free of charge. No more storing and searching for DVDs and CDs (don't we have enough of them already!) But you shouldn't need to download it again because, yes, it's already stored there in the recovery partition. I sure wish the bloggers (including this one) would stop claiming that you can't do a clean install... they should know better. You can do one, it just takes one extra step, a DVD, and all of 15 minutes. Besides, most people don't do a clean install so it's sad that the bloggers hang onto this in order to snag readers. 4) The gestures in Safari using an Apple mouse is well worth the price of admission alone.

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Comment on Buy, wait or skip: What’s your plan for OS X Lion? by Rick

I always wait a week or 2 to upgrade to make sure all my software is compatible (like the Adobe design software, AND to be certain there's no surprise bugs (anyone remember how, I think it was 10.3, screwed up all your files on external hard drives in it's initial release? The details are burry, but I wont take the chance!). Plus, 10.7 has a lot of great features, but I've already tried the beta, and I find certain things a little annoying, particularly Expose.

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Comment on Buy, wait or skip: What’s your plan for OS X Lion? by Ed

For me, lion is DOA. The improvements to mail, Safari And calender are meaningless sinc I got so disgusted with their current poor behavior they I long since switched to sparrow. Firefox and Google calender. As for the 247 other "improvements", the important ones can be mostly duplicated with independent software and many of them are simply eye candy designed to attract non Mac iPhone users. The final blow is the attempt to tie all mac users to the App store by Apple's fixation on download only, a direct slap in the face to loyal Mac users who don't have and can't get hi speed internet. Apple no longer cares about Mac users so why why should Mac users spend their money with Apple?

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Comment on Buy, wait or skip: What’s your plan for OS X Lion? by Jonathan

I am an AVID user (Pro Tools, Media Composer). I will hold off on installing v10.7 until AVID qualifies it for use with their programs. Then I will think about it. Leopard wasn't worthy until 10.5.4. Snow Leopard wasn't worthy until 10.6.3. Will Lion be worthy at 10.7.2? I doubt it, though it would be nice for Apple to prove me wrong.

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Comment on Buy, wait or skip: What’s your plan for OS X Lion? by Peter

Voted : not buying Lion at all. Lifelong Mac user (20+ years). Currently 10.5.8. I'm not looking forward to an iOS UI, iCloud and App Store restraints. I consider this a serious dumbing down and an unacceptable stranglehold that has me seriously worried about Apple's good intentions towards its longtime loyal fans. Very disappointed with these developments. Nothing in Lion holds any appeal for me at all and it offers absolutely nothing which empowers me compared to what I'm currently able to do with Leopard. For now I'm only considering Snow Leopard.

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Fred Wilson: Why Foursquare Should Have Turned On Its Revenue Model Earlier, While Twitter Can Wait

One lesson every investor seemed to take away after the dot-com bubble was to invest in companies that have a clear-cut business strategy. Fred Wilson, however, would rather focus on making a great product first and scale the business from there.

Also, does Fred Wilson think Twitter will eventually build a business that supports a $7 billion private-market valuation?

"Yeah, I hope so."

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Wait, You’re Going to Pay Me to Watch Movies All Day? (TCTV)

Earlier today, I wrote about our brush with machetes, the chaotic world of Nigerian filmmaking, and a company called Iroko Partners that's working on bringing order and YouTube distribution to the chaotic world of Nollywood. It's made stunning progress in the short four months it has been in business, and it's barely scratched the surface of Nollywood demand. Below is a video we shot with founder Jason Njoku. He describes the business in more detail, and the clip opens with some glimpses of the chaotic Alaba International Market where Nollywood movies are bought and sold. Video below.

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Apple's Mobile Payments Revolution May Have To Wait Another Year (AAPL, MA, V, GOOG)

Apple's mobile payments revolution may have to wait another year.

The Independent (via 9 to 5 Mac) reports that Apple has decided not to include near field communication (NFC) technology in this year's new iPhone after all:

"One source close to the discussions said: 'The new iPhone will not have NFC, Apple told the operators it was concerned by the lack of a clear standard across the industry'. Yet Apple is understood to be working on its own NFC proposition, which would link payments through iTunes. It hopes to introduce the technology in a handset likely to be released next year."

Mobile payments seem like the inevitable future, but Apple is okay to wait if its technology concerns are correct.

It's not like any of its competitors have any promising head-starts. Google, for example, has NFC in a few of its Android phones, but by no means has it caught on for any mainstream uses.

And note that the iPad 2, released this past weekend, doesn't have NFC, either.

Related: Here's What Apple Should Put In The Next Big iPhone Software Update

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MapQuest Introduces My Maps -- Wait a Minute

MapQuest's new tool allowing people to save and share their own personal maps is called My Maps. The MapQuest Blog introduces the feature. Are they absolutely sure that name is a good idea ... ?...

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The Real Tablet Wars Will Have to Wait Until Next Year

Even with the much publicized release of the Galaxy Tab this week, it looks like the real battle to upend the iPad won’t happen until next year. Lenovo’s chief executive confirmed that its LePad tablet won’t hit the market until 2011. LG also pushed back the release of its tablet until next year. Both are waiting to launch their tablets with Android Honeycomb, the upcoming release that is designed for tablets. Meanwhile, those who want RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook or a webOS-based tablet will also have to wait until early next year.

AT&T; to Samsung Focus Customers “Don’t Buy microSD Cards”, Wait for “Certified” Due to Random Access Speed

A Samsung Focus document revealed that a microSD card when inserted into Windows Phone 7 is considered a ''permanent modification'' resulting in irreversible changes to card. A Focus FAQ page, states that once a card is added, ''it'll no longer be readable, writable, or even formattable on any other devices such as computers, cameras, printers, and so on''.

Comment on Android Devs Wait Patiently For Profitable Future by 5 Lessons Learned from Angry Birds Launch on Android: Tech News «

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