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Indeed, why would you have Siri look up something when you can more quickly run your own Google search?

That's not a large number of functions, and they're not specifically suited to the desktop environment. With Siri, you can do things like schedule reminders, look up restaurant and business information on Yelp, get information from Wolfram|Alpha, and ask general search engine-style queries. Which brings us to our next point: Limited Use Cases But in these cases, you would probably want a tool more robust than Siri. Granted, if you're disabled or injured, you could certainly make use of a hands-free feature. What's more, as Tunstall-Pedoe points out, 'PCs are also often used in environments where the use of voice would be awkward,' such as inside an open floor plan office. 'PCs typically have a much larger screen and a keyboard and mouse.' Or, in Apple's case, a trackpad or Magic Trackpad instead of a mouse, depending if you're on a laptop or desktop.Д®ither way, hand-driven data entry is a familiar - and generally effective - method for using today's computers. 'I think it is fair to say that the advantages that a voice-powered assistant give are stronger on a small mobile device,' Tunstall-Pedoe said. But these basic use cases just don't transfer to the desktop. Thus, 'Siri, where's the nearest gas station?' With Siri, you can find the answer quickly, and relatively safely, while keeping your eyes on the road. People tend to use Siri because their hands are tied, like when driving. Future MacBooks could easily include GPS chip built-in for more exact positioning, but for now, laptop and desktop geolocation capabilities aren't accurate - or even that necessary. These strategies, however, deliver location accuracy limited to about 150 feet, whereas GPS can peg you within 10 feet of your precise position on the Earth. While MacBooks don't currently include GPS services, various web services (like Google Maps) can figure out your location by using either IP geolocation, or by triangulating your position based on WiFi networks around you.

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Including installs on new Apple Macs, Apple says that it has virtually shipped more than19 million copies of the current operating system, Lion, to date, with a 30 per cent uptake from Snow Leopard users, suggesting the digital download path has been a successful one.All of which begs the question, If a good portion of Siri's functionality isn't even germane to the desktop experience, why even deliver a port?

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The Mac App Store is now the home for all AppleВ software as well as other software from companies such as Adobe and Intuit.ДЄt the time, Apple seemed to be worried that some customers might be put off by a digital download-only offering, and opted to allow them the chance to either go into an Apple store and have the new OS installed by a sales representative or buy a USB drive with the OS installed on it rather than a DVD disk.

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Aside from letting you download the current Mac operating system, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion -available as a digital download through the store when it launched in 2011 - the Mac App Store, much like the App Store for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod, allowed users to download software for a range of applications. The move to software downloads away from disk installs began with the launch of the Mac Apple Store in Snow Leopard. The new update, which is released as a developer preview on Thursday 16 February, means that Apple has finally ditched all form of hard media to distribute all its operating systems and is likely to spell the end of the DVD disk for software in the future. (Pocket-lint) - Apple has confirmed that the next version of its desktop operating system, OS X Mountain Lion, will be available to customers only via the Mac App Store when it comes out this summer.

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