{"id":2769,"date":"2011-07-20T11:10:45","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T15:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=2769"},"modified":"2011-07-20T11:10:45","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T15:10:45","slug":"mgs-os-x-lion-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/07\/20\/mgs-os-x-lion-review\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 MG&#8217;s OS X Lion Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2011\/07\/20\/os-x-lion-upgrade\/\">TechCrunch<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ten years ago, I was not a Mac user. I had never owned a Mac. I thought I probably would never own a Mac. I was a Windows guy all the way. Sure, Windows Me sucked, but Windows 95 and 98 were solid. And we were on the verge of Windows XP. The Mac was something I was forced to use at school.<\/p>\n<p>Then, on March 24, 2001, OS X hit. It was unlike anything I had ever seen before. 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