O/T APPLE MAC - OS X Lion

[Bold Seagull]

So, anyone upgraded to this yet? Any good? I'm on the old Leopard 10.5.8 system so would have to upgrade to Snow Leopard first, wondering whether it's going to be worth it....

(I realise it was only released this week!)

 

[Superphil]

Is it a free upgrade for latest Snow Leopard users?

 

[clippedgull]

So, anyone upgraded to this yet? Any good? I'm on the old Leopard 10.5.8 system so would have to upgrade to Snow Leopard first, wondering whether it's going to be worth it....

(I realise it was only released this week!)

Released today.

 

[clippedgull]

Is it a free upgrade for latest Snow Leopard users?

Only free for recent Mac purchasers.

£20.99 to everyone else. Pretty decent pricing.

 

[Springal]

Put it on today, bloody brilliant! Be careful if you use Time Machine though, not many 3rd party NAS support the new versions of AFP yet......

 

[clippedgull]

Put it on today, bloody brilliant! Be careful if you use Time Machine though, not many 3rd party NAS support the new versions of AFP yet......

It does look the business! Will be downloading later or first thing tomorrow.

27,000 word review from Ars Technica Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: the Ars Technica review

 

[Cypriot-Seagull]

Installed through mac app store a few hours ago, easy install loving it with no problems so far. Tested all my apps etc and I think its safe to say that you will not have any compatibility problems. Mission control is a huge welcome. Bring on iOS 5 !!

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Has anyone managed to get their scanner to work with Lion? That's the only thing that's stopping me from upgrading. I have a Canon scanner from 2002 and could only run the software under Rosetta, which is not supported by Lion.

I want to be able to go to Photoshop > File > Import rather than run a separate software for scanning.

Any advice appreciated.

 

[Bozza]

Downloading now - hour or so to go.

 

[aftershavedave]

i have 10.5.8 (leopard) can i upgrade direct to lion or do i need to upgrade first to snow leopard?any of you good people know?

 

[Cypriot-Seagull]

i have 10.5.8 (leopard) can i upgrade direct to lion or do i need to upgrade first to snow leopard?any of you good people know?

you must have snow leopard

 

[Bold Seagull]

Sounds like I might have to do a double upgrade then. It always worries me that as my machine gets older, at the same time the OS gets thirstier and more bulky as it's aimed at the latest machines. Currently have a 2007 MacBookPro 2.4 GHz Intel Duo with 4GB RAM, 500GB HD, which runs fine on 10.5 hence not upgraded till now...

 

[Bold Seagull]

i have 10.5.8 (leopard) can i upgrade direct to lion or do i need to upgrade first to snow leopard?any of you good people know?

http://www.apple.com/uk/macosx/how-to-buy/

 

[Fef]

Just installed - looks good so far; hopefully, there'll be no probl

 

[Springal]

If you are on old hardware or still on Leopard, I'd prob avoid it

 

[Colossal Squid]

I like my Snow Leopard, somebody give me some convincings so as I upgrade yo

 

[narly101]

Loving every minute - my Lion is purring

 

[Bozza]

I've read reports of Lion zipping along on older hardware faster than Snow Leopard, but if I was happy with what I've got and would have to buy two upgrades, I'd probably stay where I was.

 

[RexCathedra]

Forget it -- I wind up using Windows Parallel to run my LiDE 80 scanner....

 

[Cypriot-Seagull]

I like my Snow Leopard, somebody give me some convincings so as I upgrade yo

Apple claim 250 new changes over sl but the only changes you will really notice are probably mission control, launchpad and the new gestures. Having said that if you have a spare 21 quid I would say go for it.