Combination of the Personal Computer and Mobile

With today's sneak peak of Mac OS X Mountain Lion, Apple took one more step to combining the experience iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad users love to the Mac. Some of these features will be the Reminders App, Notification Center, Game Center, and one piece I really think could a revolutionary, the ability to port your screen wirelessly to a TV or projector using an Apple TV. All of these features are great, and on my iPhone I use them all the time.

Something I find interesting is how both Microsoft with their next major release of Windows and Apple with OS X, are using the markets of smartphones and tablets (mainly iPad) to drive what their innovations are with personal computing. Its really pointing to a path where computers, tablets, and smartphones will all be constantly in sync with one another given services such as iCloud. Really, I think this has been a void in mobile computing that has long been overshadowed. I remember the days of Palms, where I would love spending time writing ideas on my Palm device, but spending many wasted hours trying to sync these ideas over to my Mac/PC, all to find errors, or incapability issues. Finally, producers are waking up to these issues and really making strides to connect the bridge. It really a great direction for people who love our gadgets and I think it opens many more doors for the future.

Also, notably in their sneak peak of Mountain Lion, Apple demonstrated many new features tailored specifically to people in China and the millions of Chinese people around the world.  This also shows a strong sense of where Apple wants to take their strategic position in China. China is a huge market, and Apple is taking a big step to expanding this market with features specifically for the Chinese.

For more information about the Sneak Peaks of Mac OS X Mountain Lion and Microsoft Windows 8, follow the links below:

OS X Mountain Lion:

Microsoft Windows 8: 


Update 10:36am: David Pogue of the NY Times shares his thoughts on Apple OS X Mountain Lion
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