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Lion hits 1 million downloads in first day
Apple has announced that their newest version of OS X, Lion, has sold over one million copies in its first day. The software was made available yesterday as a digital download through the Mac App store for $29. The system software, which includes new multitouch gestures, full screen mode and new ways to share files wirelessly (among a host of other changes), is available in 123 countries.
Snow Leopard sales double Leopard sales
NPD, a market research company, is reporting that Apple’s Mac OS X Snow Leopard has been doing extremely well since its launch, even when compared to Leopard sales. For example, they have said that Snow Leopard has sold more than twice as many copies as Leopard during the first two weeks of being for sale on the technology market. Furthermore, they are also stating that sales of Snow Leopard only declined 25% from week one to week two while they had declined by 60% for Leopard in l
10.6 and then no more? Hope so.
There’s only so much Apple can do with a product. Yes, even Apple has limits. Mac OS X is getting long in the tooth. Just look to the Leopard features list for evidence. While everything is nicely improved in Leopard, there’s no big innovation, no game-changing features. Mac OS X 10.6 will be the last more »















