O/T APPLE MAC - OS X Lion

[Bold Seagull]

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

It seems like a bargain for the extras you get...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jul/20/mac-osx-lion-review

 

[clippedgull]

I'm glad I purchased my trackpad now! Gestures look very useful.

 

[Bold Seagull]

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.

May wait a bit. My principle application is Vectorworks, and when upgrading to Leopard, VW11 would nolonger work (well it ran but went crazy with guideline grids) and I had to upgrade to VW12 as well, which was an expensive pain.

I assume Lion lets you create a bootable startup disk after you've installed it given it's a download?

 

[clippedgull]

May wait a bit. My principle application is Vectorworks, and when upgrading to Leopard, VW11 would nolonger work (well it ran but went crazy with guideline grids) and I had to upgrade to VW12 as well, which was an expensive pain.

I assume Lion lets you create a bootable startup disk after you've installed it given it's a download?

How to create an OS X Lion installation disc | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews

 

[Fef]

The new 'Natural' scroll on the touchpad will take a little getting used to, as it's the opposite to what it was before (but the same as on the iPad). I know I can revert back, but I want to get used to it.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

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

:cries:

 

[Superphil]

So is this a new OS, or an update? The website doesn't really explain if it actually does anything different, just a few extras?

 

[Springal]

So is this a new OS, or an update? The website doesn't really explain if it actually does anything different, just a few extras?

Think of it was going from Windows Vista to Windows 7 or similar

 

[Grendel]

Apple claim 250 new changes over sl

And a lot of those are either of no use to you (Korean language support), are things that other operating systems have had for years (full screen, anyone?), or frankly are just there to make up the list up to 250 (slightly nicer looking mouse pointer, more desktop pictures).

AirDrop is superb, though.

 

[Superphil]

And a lot of those are either of no use to you (Korean language support), are things that other operating systems have had for years (full screen, anyone?), or frankly are just there to make up the list up to 250 (slightly nicer looking mouse pointer, more desktop pictures).

Quite, and for £47 to upgrade from Leopard, it's not particulalry cheap.

 

[aftershavedave]

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

i've completed the double upgrade from leopard and imho it's worth it. irons out lots of the small wrinkles with iphoto and itunes and it does seem to work quicker all round (on my 2009 imac and ibook). scanner and printer drivers need to be reinstalled and then launched through image cature, but that took ten minutes. all round, it's a yes from me