Apple - Mac new OSX mountain lion rlse - jul 25th

[ab]

Looks like apple will be releasing their new OS X Mountain Lion on the 25th Jul.  

Price - $19.99 via Mac app store.

Highly doubt my 2006 MBP can handle its graphics card requirement.

[derby]

Highly doubt my 2006 MBP can handle its graphics card requirement.

is it even on the list of supported hardware?

i think the macbook pro 3,1 (2007) is the oldest officially supported.

[derby]

http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/

Your Mac must be one of the following models:

iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
Xserve (Early 2009)

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/07/confirmed-mountain-lion-sends-some-64-bit-macs-gently-into-that-good-night/

Information included with the first Mountain Lion GM now corroborates the connection to 32-bit graphics drivers as the culprit. While Mountain Lion is compatible with any Mac capable of running a 64-bit kernel, the kernel does not support loading 32-bit kernel extensions (KEXTs). Furthermore, Macs with older EFI versions that are not 64-bit clean won't load Mountain Lion's 64-bit only kernel.

[MendoDave]

I'm buying my first new Apple product in nearly 10 years. Its the I pad 2. I was kind of excited that it had already shipped but what had shipped was the leather case for it. So I guess my leather case will come tomorrow. It's down in Oakland right now.

[ab]

Yep, my 2006 mbp pro 17' is not supported.  Darn.

[DesmoTull]

ooo, Didn't even realize it came out!  Now I have something to do while watching the Olympics tonight.  Thanks!!   

[MendoDave]

So I see that  If I want to print stuff from iPad I have to get the AirPort because....you cant just print to any old 802.11 device. 

[derby]

So I see that  If I want to print stuff from iPad I have to get the AirPort because....you cant just print to any old 802.11 device. 

those pesky printer manufacturers not making print drivers for ipads/iphones... how dare they!?

you can print to printers that support airprint (without an airport), but the printer itself has to support it:

http://ipod.about.com/od/usingios4/f/Airprint-Compatible-Printers.htm

[d3vi@nt]

Might want to hold off a bit if you're a laptop user. There have been multiple reports of significantly decreased battery life, many reporting up to 50% decrease:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/08/03/os_x_mountain_lion_users_reporting_laptop_battery_life_issues.html

I upgraded my MBP and was a little underwhelmed. Seemed like the equivalent of a Windows service pack release...

[DarkStaR]

Works good on my iMac i7. 

[MendoDave]

I'm just going to accept that the I pad is good for some things but it's no replacement for a lap top.

No flash. Pffft! Whatever.....