Ready to Upgrade? Apple OS X Mountain Lion Pros and Cons

Apple OS X Mountain Lion

First there was Tiger, then Leopard, and Snow Leopard, and then Lion and now, as of yesterday, Mountain Lion.  If you are tempted to take the leap but are still wondering if it's worth the time and money, 'Apple OS X Mountain Lion: The Good, The Awesome, and the Could-Do-Better Review' by Chris Taylor,  posted today by Mashable.com,  gives some good insight to the new cat on the Mac block.

"As of the second we published this story, Mountain Lion — more prosaically known as OS X 10.8 — became available in the Mac app store. So long as you already have Snow Leopard or Lion in your cat collection, Mountain Lion is yours for the bargain basement price of $19.99." This is even is less than when Lion debuted at 30 dollars and yet, according to Chris Taylor "some 60% of Mac owners skipped Lion altogether, your humble reviewer included. So first of all, kudos to Apple for letting us prodigal Snow Leopard lovers return to the fold — without forcing us to buy Lion first." 

That is good news for those still using Snow Leopard or Lion but still, is it worth upgrading to Mountain Lion?

"If you own an iPhone, an iPad or both, you’re going to love how much more connected all your devices are. If you’re a frequent tweeter, this is pretty much Twitter OS.  It doesn’t quite live up to all of Apple’s pre-launch hype, however. The integration of iCloud isn’t as intuitive as we would like. Using Messages, which is iChat combined with iMessages on the iPhone, can be an exercise in frustration; that should be smoothed out once Apple launches iOS 6 in the fall.  Another odd omission: Facebook integration. That is coming as an update in the fall."

Coming up under the 'Awesome' improvements, Taylor writes "Ever wanted a To Do List that followed you on every screen you use? That’s Reminders, an app that showed promise on the iPhone and iPad and now appears for the first time on your Mac. Because Siri uses Reminders, you can in theory dictate a day’s worth of doings to your phone while commuting, and have them automatically waiting on your desktop before you arrive. Siri doesn’t appear in Mountain Lion itself, but Apple has done the next best thing and included its dictation engine. Tap the Function key twice (or tap once and hold) in any app and speak-write your way to success; it will learn the nuance of your voice. It’s like having Dragon Dictate without spending a hundred bucks for it."

Read more: http://mashable.com/2012/07/25/mountain-lion-review/

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