Apple's 'Back to the Mac' event: Enter the 'Lion'

Steve Jobs unveiled "Lion" — a new Mac operating system influenced by the iPad — plus an improved MacBook Air, and other innovations. Is the tech world impressed?

Steve Jobs introduces a new slender MacBook Air model, starting at $999, during Apple's special event.
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At Apple Headquarters on Wednesday, demigod CEO Steve Jobs took to the stage to introduce a host of new products, largely fulfilling commentators' predictions. Perhaps the biggest news was "Lion," Apple's new operating system which can be manipulated via "touch gestures" in an iPad-like manner. Jobs also announced significant upgrades to software suite iLife and debuted Apple's new MacBook Air, calling it "the future of notebooks." Here's a sampling of commentary from tech blogs, which breathlessly live-blogged the event:

Thumbs up to the new OS

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