We need more graphic drivers!

"Mac OS X 10.7 Lion is anticipated to be released at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference during the first week of June.[/QUOTE]

Not released but anticipated?

I hope not. They just announced a new developer preview of Lion with a few added features. It's never safe to release a product so close to the addition of new features, no matter how small. I expect some sort of announcement regarding Lion though. Personally, I'd rather have Lion postponed till september to be sure it's mostly bug-free. The reality is that no matter when they release Lion, it will have bugs till it's tested on the large scale by the rest of us, but like I said, I don't like the idea of it being released so soon.

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Yes, it's apparently predicted that Apple will release Lion during WWDC. I'm not so sure about that --though I do think early Summer is more likely than late Summer --but it is developing nicely. Since it's also anticipated to be sold and released via Mac App Store there is no need to go GM 6 weeks before the shipping date, although I do think a DVD version could be sold for an increased charge.

Seriously unless you had a very good specific reason to hold off SL was a great update. Much was fixed, it literally made my MBP A much more reliable machine.

I had the same experience with my macbook, and my recently deceased iMac. 4 Years old, and put up with a ton of mischief by yours truly. Gaming actually doesn't suck so bad under SL due to all the performance improvements made over Leopard. OpenGL I believe is the main reason behind OS X's lagging behind windows in GPU performance. Even under windows OpenGL doesn't have the performance of DirectX. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember reading somewhere that OpenGL drivers are much harder to develop than DirectX drivers due to much of the OpenGL implementation residing in the driver itself. I could be way off base though.

Leopard went all the way to dot-8 also.

? didn't notice any improvement of sl against leopard. I would even say that in my systems it made them slower an clunkier, but that's just my uninformed opinion.

We are nearing release here and still no word for RI... disappointing...

I've been very impressed with Snow Leopard, to be honest. Much snappier, quite stable, good power management, and they finally FTFF among a lot of other gripes.

As for Lion... I just don't know what's going on there. Nothing I see that actually significantly improves a new or existing Mac user's experience and/or productivity. Don't get me wrong, I love Apple and own a etc. etc. (yes I am turning into one of those people) but Snow Leopard right now is the pinnacle of the Mac and the best operating system that ever made it into popular use. That Lion will probably be Mac OS X's swan song seems a tad sad, honestly.