Mac X Lion | Lion replaces OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

Apple CEO Steve Jobs talks about the new Apple Mac X Lion at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.Apple unveiled a host of products this week, and one of them just happened to be the new OS X 10.7 dubbed “Lion.” Lion replaces OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and has a host of wonderful improvements.

Two new MacBook Air models are displayed during an Apple special event at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, California. Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the new MacBook Air in eleven and thirteen inch models starting at $999. He also announced the OSX Lion operating system for Mac computers.

First and foremost, the new OS X will have integration with the Mac App store. This store could solve a lot of problems that kept Apple behind the PC for so many years. With the Mac App store, independent developers will be able to essentially create software for the Mac there were previous several barriers to entry with this before.

Touch capabilities via the trackpad will be enhanced, and there will be a new “launchpad” which many claim will integrate nicely with the Mac App store functionality.

Furthermore, even though Lion was unveiled, Jobs said there’s “more to come” which could indicate that well there’s more to come. Apple is great at waiting until the right time to release the right information. If the current features are only a taste, I can only imagine how awesome the rest of the New Mac OS X Lion 10.7 will be.

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