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2010 in review: The year for the Mac

31.12.2010
In 2010, iOS (Apple's mobile operating system) and iOS devices (iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad) for much of the year. And for over nine months, Mac users saw the usual computer updates from Apple, but not much else. The combination of the iOS success and the stagnant Mac led some vocal tech analysts, pundits, and even Mac users to ponder anymore. Some even went so far as to declare the Mac dead.

However, Apple gave new life to the Mac in mid-October, when CEO Steve Jobs took the stage and gave Mac users a taste of what’s to come .

To paraphrase literary icon , the death of the Macintosh was an exaggeration, considering what Apple has in the works. On the last day of 2010, let’s take a look back at the previous 12 months, from a Mac perspective.

In October, Apple : Version 10.7, code-named Lion, will have features that are inspired by iOS. According to Steve Jobs, you can think of Lion as, “Mac OS X meets the iPad.”

Lion will allow you to enter a full-screen mode as you work in your apps, and if you use a trackpad, you can swipe to switch between open apps. Lion will also feature the Launchpad, a full-screen display of all your apps (think of it as an iOS-like presentation of OS X's current /Applications folder); and Mission Control, which shows a view of open full-screen apps, the Dock, and the desktop.