Apple announces Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

Today, Apple announced the next iteration in the Mac OS family, Mac OS 10.7 Lion. In this new release, Apple has taken some features from iOS and merged them with the Mac OS interface. For starters, there is going to be an App Store for Mac just like the one for iOS, which will provide a one stop shop for downloading applications for your Mac. The App Store won t be exclusive to Lion and will also be made available on Snow Leopard in the next 90 days.

Next feature is Launchpad, which will display your applications in an iOS Springboard kind of way and you can swipe through multiple screens and there is even folders support. Next you have full-screen apps just like you do on the iPad. Finally there is Mission Control, which is a combination of Expos , Dashboard, full screen apps and Spaces. It gives you a quick view of all your open applications, spaces and full screen applications.

Via : techtree