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Great operating system upgrade. Only petty about...

honeymonster Updated - 28th Aug 2009

A "full" 64 bit operation system. Except it is sorta-sortof isn't quite there yet. Will Apple charge for the next really 64bit operating system "upgrade" as well?

All major OSX applications are now fully 64 bit. Except some of them are not quite there yet. Will you have to pay for the next upgrade to 64bits as well?

Grand Central Dispatch will greatly improve performance. Except not for any current applications and not much for current hardware. You will have to buy a new Mac to take full advantage of GCD. Then you can hope that applications have been rewritten to take advantage of GCD. Which are major rewrites (it is a paradigm change; not just a simple replacement API).

OpenCL can tap into the computing power of the graphics chips. Except many current macs do not support it or use an underpowered "onboard" chip . But you can buy a new Mac with a more powerfull chip. Then you can take advantage of it. Or rather, you can hope that applications are being rewritten to take advantage of it, because that is *also* a major undertaking.

But you can now connect directly to Exchange server from a number of refreshed apps. Except it requires that the server runs Exchange 2007 with the latest service pack deployed . Few organizations are there yet. But hey, at least you will not have to throw additional $$ at Apple to take advantage of this one.

A new malware protection to protect the "secure by design" operating system against the nonexistent threats. Except it only protects against 2 trojans , it updates infrequently and it only protects against malware piggybacking files received through a few select channels.

Look at the bright side. You do get Expose' integrated with the dock.

I can see why Apple has tried to downplay the expectations to this one.