By Greg Mills
The web is loaded today with Kindle Fire news stories, some suggesting the dread iPad killer has landed … Not really, not for a lot of reasons. A souped-up book reader that can also run a version of the Android OS, but has a small screen and lackluster features isn’t comparable to the iPad.
Read MoreThe common theory is that the iPad is killing personal computer sales. Actually, that doesn’t seem to be the case. It’s killing PC sales on some levels, but not Macs.
In fact, two CitiGroup surveys conducted November, before the iPad 2 was released, at least hints at the possibility that tablet popularity increases receptivity to other gadgets. In a November 2010 survey (before the iPad 2 was released) 3% of survey respondents said they owned a tablet.
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Overall, I like Mac OS X 10.7 (“Lion”), but aside from having to re-learn gestures, which have gone “natural,” the multi-display, full screen situation is a major pain.
Go full screen with an app — and Apple has highly touted the full screen feature — and a second or third display attached to your Mac goes kablooey. You just get an empty, gray linen-like background on all but your main screens.
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The US Patent & Trademark Office has granted Apple a patent (RE42738) for a smart pen in regards to portable computers (think iOS devices and Mac laptops).
Read MoreMac OS X 10.7 (“Lion”) hasn’t been with us long, but I’m already considering what I want to see in Mac OS X 10.8. Features I’d love to see include:
° The ability to rename, delete and trash folders from the Open and Save dialog boxes. Apple should pay big bucks for Default Folder and just roll this into the operating system.
° An expanded Disk Utility that can optimize and defrag Mac volumes.
° The ability to start up from a Time Machine back-up and carry on working, like we can when using SuperDuper! and Carbon Copy Cloner. In other words: system cloning.
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