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You missed the obvious ones: support for upgrade and EDU pricing.

It means anyone who bought it during the beta, including macheist people. I think they're still in the process of sending the emails out.

At the moment, you can't do #1 or #2 without right-clicking on the installer, clicking show package contents, and accessing the .dmg. You can then burn a DVD/USB drive/make a bootable partition via disk utility.

I don't think Dashboard is useless. I don't use very many, but the ones I do use (Delivery Status, Weather, NASA pic of the day) I use frequently.

Apple could do a lot more in encouraging Mac/iOS developers to develop them. Creating a Dashboard section in the Mac App store would be a good start. How many people know that Apple's dashboard site even exists?

I'll be watching a stream of the Shuttle launch instead.

I ordered it from Amazon because it was cheaper, so I have to wait till tomorrow for my pointless disc to arrive...

I say analyst's predictions concerning Apple are almost always worthless.

This would be good timing. My Lacie has been acting funny lately, I have a feeling it's about to die.

@TheChezDispenser No reason why they couldn't demo both versions side-by-side for both audiences. I expect that the PC version just isn't ready to be demoed yet, which is of course a cause for concern. Though I hear we'll be getting PC details (footage, screens of the interface, info on the upgraded AI) soon.

This is not a PC port. It's being developed alongside the console versions, the programmers just happen to be overseas:

""All the design and changes to the design has been done in Montreal and sent to [Nixxes]," he told Shacknews. "We review the builds. We review and then give comments about what works and what doesn't. It's the same process. It's the exact same process, except that the programmers aren't in the same office. It's the same game and the same creative team taking care of it."

That's not saying I'm not worried, because the fact that the PC version isn't being done in-house says something about their priorities.