Wow. Apple continues to impress me. At first I was a bit annoyed that as a new Mac Mini user, that I wouldn't have access to Lion because purchasing a new OS just wasn't in the budget. But at $29, they are practically giving it away. From what I understand, Lion is a 4GB download from the App Store! That's not just a few patches; that is indeed, a major upgrade... a very affordable upgrade at that.
There are all sorts of new features that will come with Lion. You can check out the full list at http://www.apple.com/uk/macosx/whats-new/features.html. The new Mail and Mission Control features look like they will be especially useful to me. But seriously, everything seems to have gone through a major overhaul. I just can't wait to get it on my computer. Working on a Mac has been a complete joy--much better than Windows--and these new changes are just going to enhance the experience.
Interestingly enough, it was recently reported that the new Windows OS (Windows 8) is going to be HTML5 & Javascript based! WTF? I know a lot of developers who work with Silverlight or XNA are concerned as to whether these frameworks will be supported by the new HTML5 architecture. I'm not too sure what to say about all of this. I recently decided to give Mac development a try and quite frankly, I'm not regretting the decision at all--especially with Microsoft's new direction.
