Apple ha annunciato la disponibilità per il download dal suo Mac App Store del Sistema Operativo Mac OS X Lion, l'ottava major release del famoso ambiente Mac OS, che introduce ben 250 nuove feature.

Il pacchetto software da 4GB disponibile presso l'App Store è tecnicamente un upgrade, il cui costo è pari a $29.99, poichè permette di passare a Mac OS X Lion aggiornando il Sistema Operativo Mac OS X 10.6.6 ("Snow Leopard"); Apple ha inoltre reso noto che il nuovo OS sarà distribuito a breve anche mediante un drive USB commercializzato on line presso l'Apple Store.

L'installazione di Lion richiede un Mac Intel-based con cpu Core 2 Duo, Core-i3, Core-i5, Core-i7 o Xeon, e almeno 2GB di RAM.

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Apple today announced that Mac OS X Lion, the eighth major release of the world’s most advanced operating system with more than 250 new features, is available today as a download from the Mac App Store for $29.99. Some of the amazing features in Lion include: new Multi-Touch gestures; system-wide support for full screen apps; Mission Control, an innovative view of everything running on your Mac; the Mac App Store, the best place to find and explore great software, built right into the OS; Launchpad, a new home for all your apps; and a completely redesigned Mail app.

"Lion is the best version of OS X yet, and we’re thrilled that users around the world can download it starting today," said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "Lion makes upgrading a Mac easier than ever before; just launch the Mac App Store, buy Lion with your iTunes account, and the download and install process will begin automatically."

Additional new features in Lion include:

• Resume, which conveniently brings your apps back exactly how you left them when you restart your Mac or quit and relaunch an app;
• Auto Save, which automatically and continuously saves your documents as you work; Versions, which automatically records the history of your document as you create it, and gives you an easy way to browse, revert and even copy and paste from previous versions;
• AirDrop, which finds nearby Macs and automatically sets up a peer-to-peer wireless connection to make transferring files quick and easy.

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