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25/07/11 Filed in: Mail
Great article Scotty, thanks!
Question: 10.7 for iCould? So if I don't upgrade to Lion (I'm heavily invested in Office and Quicken for my biz) then no iCloud? Grrrr.... Please elaborate, because if MobileMe synching goes away, and I don't have 10.7 (Lion) then what happens to synching? More grrrr...
Thanks,
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No matter what, you’ll eventually have to go to Lion. This is a bigger deal than moving from 10.5 to 10.6. Apple and other software companies will begin making software that only runs on Lion so your 10.6 or earlier computer will become less and less useful as it will not have the OS needed to do the things you do. I want to be clear that Microsoft Office 2008 and 2011 do run in Lion 10.7. Office 2004 does not. When I stated that 10.7 will bring the death of Office that was more of a general statement due to the new features in Pages. You can still choose to run Office. It’s just that Pages users will be able to do more with their documents in the future that someone running Microsoft Word.
As for Quicken, that issue will be addressed by Intuit, (the makers of Quicken) very soon I’m sure. I would guess that newer versions of Quicken will be compatible with Lion.
iCloud will require Lion and iOS 5. MobileMe syncing services will continue to work as usual until June of 2012. It’s possible that certain syncing pieces like contacts and calendar may not require Lion after June 2012. I do not know those details.
Question: 10.7 for iCould? So if I don't upgrade to Lion (I'm heavily invested in Office and Quicken for my biz) then no iCloud? Grrrr.... Please elaborate, because if MobileMe synching goes away, and I don't have 10.7 (Lion) then what happens to synching? More grrrr...
Thanks,
___________
No matter what, you’ll eventually have to go to Lion. This is a bigger deal than moving from 10.5 to 10.6. Apple and other software companies will begin making software that only runs on Lion so your 10.6 or earlier computer will become less and less useful as it will not have the OS needed to do the things you do. I want to be clear that Microsoft Office 2008 and 2011 do run in Lion 10.7. Office 2004 does not. When I stated that 10.7 will bring the death of Office that was more of a general statement due to the new features in Pages. You can still choose to run Office. It’s just that Pages users will be able to do more with their documents in the future that someone running Microsoft Word.
As for Quicken, that issue will be addressed by Intuit, (the makers of Quicken) very soon I’m sure. I would guess that newer versions of Quicken will be compatible with Lion.
iCloud will require Lion and iOS 5. MobileMe syncing services will continue to work as usual until June of 2012. It’s possible that certain syncing pieces like contacts and calendar may not require Lion after June 2012. I do not know those details.
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