

Thanks to its built-in apps, OS X 10.7 Lion lets you hit the ground running as soon as you start using it, unlike Windows 7, where you'll need to install third-party and download-only Microsoft software before you can view PDFs or run an e-mail client. Second, OS X Lion is more powerful than ever. You probably won't have to wait very long for Adobe and other vendors to offer similar updates. Microsoft hasn't said when Office for the Mac will get updated to work with Lion's file saving feature, but I doubt you'll need to wait long. Lion also includes hundreds of major improvements and minor tweaks that combine to make OS X both the most convenient and the most powerful operating system ever.Īpple's iLife and iWork suites get an immediate update that adds the automatic-save feature. Lion also can save documents automatically as you work-so you never have to save a file and can recover previous versions effortlessly and can start apps automatically in the same state they were in when you closed them. It includes convenience and safety features never seen before on a desktop operating system, with the latest of these being iCloud syncing to iOS devices.

At just $29.99, OS X Lion continues the tradition. None of this effects our overall verdict on Mac OS X Lion: Each new version of Apple's desktop operating system resets the bar as the best consumer-level operating system ever created. And finally, a hardened version of Safari is included. Quite a few fixes apply to business use of the OS. Maybe the biggest addresses a problem where restarting always opened the apps that were running when you shut down, even if you hadn't chosen that option. Though the update doesn’t bring new major features, it does fix some behaviors even beyond tightening security. That's the big story behind the latest Mac OS X Lion update, 10.7.4, which patches 32 vulnerabilities.

Apple, welcome to Microsoft's world, a world of constantly sending out updates to counter new security threats to your desktop operating system.
