{"id":2770,"date":"2011-07-20T11:10:52","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T15:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=2770"},"modified":"2011-07-20T11:10:52","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T15:10:52","slug":"john-siracusas-os-x-lion-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/07\/20\/john-siracusas-os-x-lion-review\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 John Siracusa&#8217;s OS X Lion Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/apple\/reviews\/2011\/07\/mac-os-x-10-7.ars\/1\">Ars.Technica:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mac OS X 10.7 was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/apple\/reviews\/2011\/07\/http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/apple\/news\/2010\/10\/mac-os-x-107-lion-mac-os-x-meets-the-ipad.ars\">first shown to the public<\/a>\u00a0in October 2010. The presentation was understated, especially compared to the bold rhetoric that accompanied the launches of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/apple\/reviews\/2011\/07\/http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/old\/content\/2007\/01\/8583.ars\">iPhone<\/a>\u00a0(&#8220;Apple reinvents the phone&#8221;) and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/apple\/reviews\/2011\/07\/http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/apple\/news\/2010\/01\/apple-announces-ipad-attempts-to-change-the-world.ars\">iPad<\/a>\u00a0(&#8220;a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price&#8221;). Instead, Steve Jobs simply called the new operating system &#8220;a sneak peek at where we&#8217;re going with Mac OS X.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It will take you a while to read this. I&#8217;m going to start at lunch time and finish around dinner but trust me when I say this is the best and only Lion review you should read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ars.Technica: Mac OS X 10.7 was\u00a0first shown to the public\u00a0in October 2010. 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