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.

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

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Comment on Apple’s Greatest Advantage: The Apple Ecosystem by PD

I obviously meant, "Apple creates the standards to which all others strive."

Comment on Apple’s Greatest Advantage: The Apple Ecosystem by PD

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Comment on Apple’s Mac App Store: Gateway for OS X Freemium? by PD

First, I can't believe the paranoia that the Mac App store will be the only way to buy and install apps on a Mac computer. There is no basis for that, it's never been even hinted at. Second, I understand why Apple is not allowing trial and demo versions. Anyone who has ever bought a Windows computer knows that it is rife with frustrating trials and demos. Professional apps don't offer trials and demos, but some smaller boutique and open source apps do. If those companies and individuals choose to continue on that path, trials and demos could be offered on their own websites. Apple is offering, I believe, a central and convenient place for novice and seasoned computer users to find what they need. They are also offering a convenient place for vendors to sell their wares without having to worry about a merchant account, a payment gateway, or a shopping cart. It may or may not work. Time will tell.

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Comment on iOS 5 Wish List by PD

And there are many things the iPhone has that Andoid doesn't have. What's your point?

Comment on iOS 5 Wish List by PD

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