So you are ready to spend your $29.99 and download Lion. Here are some great reviews you may want to read.

Cult of Mac – Leander Kahney & John Brownlee
OS X 10.7 Lion Is The First Great PC Operating System Of The Post-PC Age

ars technica – John Siracusa
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: the Ars Technica review

MacWorld – Jason Snell
Lion: The Complete Macworld Review

Just fire up Software Update. Alongside OS X Lion, iWork update, Safari 5.1 and few other Apple updates comes iTunes 4 sporting some new Lion based features, 64 bit and better performance.

What’s new in iTunes 10.4

iTunes 10.4 is now designed for OS X Lion.

You can now use iTunes with OS X Lion’s new Full-Screen App capability, which allows you to use iTunes and other apps without distractions. Navigate between your full-screen apps with a simple gesture.

Note: iTunes is now a 64-bit Cocoa application on OS X Lion and includes a number of important stability and performance improvements. Some iTunes plug-ins may no longer be compatible with this version of iTunes. Please contact the plug-in developer for an updated plug-in compatible with iTunes 10.4.

Today unleashed its Lion with new hardware to boot it from! Here is what you need to know.

Continue reading New MacBook Airs, New Mac mini, Lion Roars!…

Ken Segall:
VIDEO EDITOR returns home to find that his long-time companion has packed and left. His head swirls with multiple emotions, from anger to revenge.

That’s basically the scene that played out in the heads of the Pro crowd when Apple unveiled Final Cut Pro X.

…Apple isn’t actually abandoning the Pros. They’re simply redefining what the word Pro means. FCPX is only the most recent indicator….In the world of Apple, a Pro product used to mean “designed for high-end professionals with needs far beyond those of mortal men.” Now it simply means “the high-performance model.”

So basically, if you aspire to owning the faster/better/more advanced computer or software — congratulations, you’re a Pro.

Nice insight!

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