Apple Anonymous

[catrancher]

Well, I am now officially Mountain Lioned.

Still getting familiar with it but there's some things that I think I'm gonna like. I like notifications so far even though it's gonna kill Growl. The new Safari seems pretty nice also although I think the integrated address/search bar is going to take some getting used to.

Tom (... continuing to explore...)

[Keith]

I'm really liking it so far

icloud integration is working well, the whole thing seems much faster to me (but perhaps that's just the "newness")

Having played with windows 8, I can see a lot more people moving away from windows when that comes out. I think Apple have done a much better job of moving towards tablet/phone integration without making the desktop OS suck.

[Skywatcher]

I am mountain lioned as well and think the old iMac seems to be running faster than before

My boys are already texting me at work from the screen

Apple dictation cannot understand me at all and I have a very middle english accent

So far so impressed

[catrancher]

the whole thing seems much faster to me (but perhaps that's just the "newness")

Definitely seems "snappier".

Having played with windows 8, I can see a lot more people moving away from windows when that comes out. I think Apple have done a much better job of moving towards tablet/phone integration without making the desktop OS suck.

Did you happen to see this article?

Tom (... death by Windows 8!)

[Keith]

My boys are already texting me at work from the screen

I love imessage being available on the desktop as well as ipad/iphone etc. It's a killer feature for me!

I never really understand why other messaging apps like whatsapp dont have desktop versions

[catrancher]

Apple dictation cannot understand me at all and I have a very middle english accent

I'm a little ambivalent now about the dictation. I don't know about the privacy aspects of it.

Not totally convinced that I want everything I dictate and all my contact information being sent to Apple.

Even though it can understand me perfectly!

Tom (... getting sensitive about privacy in his older age...)

[Skywatcher]

I love imessage being available on the desktop as well as ipad/iphone etc. It's a killer feature for me!

I never really understand why other messaging apps like whatsapp dont have desktop versions

So far its the best bit for me for sure , that and the iCloud - Haven't tried mirroring to the apple TV yet but I can see taht being useful as well

[Keith]

doesnt understand me at all but that's fine and not all that unexpected. I'm a geek and too used to not talking to people for months on end

however, why it has to send to Apple I don't know :/ I can kinda understand it on a cell phone, more processing capacity needed and so on but does it really need more processing power than my i7 imac? Really? :/

edited to add:
I played with an android phone the other day with jellybean installed. I was talking to it normal tone, normal speed and it was understanding 95% of what was said. Not that it ALWAYS replied perfectly, but it was easily good enough to ask questions, dictate etc. Apple need to be careful on this fight...

[josh.p.]

I'm too scared to update!! My macbook only has a dual core processor and 2gb of ram. It's not too slow on lion, but I'm still worried!

[Britchick]

i'm whizzing even fast round t'internet! i like the notes and reminders and messaging!