Apple's next operating system, Lion, OS 10.7, is now available! While this is great news and will be a very nice product with many cool features, you may not be ready for it. All new computers will be shipped pre-loaded with Lion and Apple has already stopped producing Snow Leopard. This means that you will not be able to get a computer or disk with Snow Leopard. Why does this matter? First there are known concerns. Rosetta will not be supported. That means that anyone who uses Office 2008 or earlier, Quicken or any other application that relies on Rosetta 'translation' will not work with Lion.
Second, there are unknown concerns: Which drivers for printers and other devices are not yet ready? What other applications are not supported? What compatibility quirks will there be initially?
We've been playing with Lion and exploring what we can, until the final release in real working environments is tested, there are many questions that remain. It usually takes several updates and 3-6 months to feel comfortable moving to a complete OS overhaul. There is a free download of Lion for new machines purchased with Snow Leopard, so you can get it for free and simply upgrade later, when you are ready instead of when Apple is ready.
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