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Apple Mac OS X 10.7 Early Review

NOTE:  I am not some computer genius.  I’m a guy who surfs the net a lot and tries to fix his computer himself.  I know a bit more than my parents about computers, but
I am in no way Tim Berners-Lee.

Thanks to the fine folks over at Demonoid, I grabbed a copy of 0x 7 yesterday and installed it on my laptop.

First things first:  You can only run this if you have a Core 2 Duo or i5 or i7.  Don’t think your old G4 Cube can handle this operating system.  Also, Core Duos, sorry, you’re out.  You guys are the new Power PC.  Second, there’s no installation DVD.  You download and launch the .dmg and everything else is taken care of for you.  This was especially welcome to me, because my DVD drive broke after I dropped my laptop.  Just double click the .dmg, and let it sit for around 45 minutes (my black MacBook – 2.2 Ghz core 2 duo – told me it would take 30 minutes, but that bastard lied to me) and then you’ll be done. Continue reading