For all beta testers: Did you make Lion your main OS?

I did but sorta regret it ... it's not SO unstable that it's unusable, but some features such as no Rosetta and the few bugs that make it annoying to use, do make me regret upgrading. Thankfully updates are coming regularly so things are only improving, and I dual-boot into W7 whenever something needs to get done bug-free.

Dwalls90 said:

I did but sorta regret it ... it's not SO unstable that it's unusable, but some features such as no Rosetta and the few bugs that make it annoying to use, do make me regret upgrading. Thankfully updates are coming regularly so things are only improving, and I dual-boot into W7 whenever something needs to get done bug-free.

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Using Windows to get things done bug free? How ironic.

my answer is yes and no. I'll explain if this puzzles you.
Yes, I did make my Lion a major OS of use on my main machine.
No, I did not upgrade my Snow Leopard installation.

What I did was install it on a partition on a secondary drive in my tower, but I tend to use lion and the snow leopard partitions equally. I usually end up switching back and forth after a week or so of using each. both contain most of the same programs and bookmarks so I can easily do some work no matter which side i'm on, thankfully I haven't had too many issues with programs not working in lion. I did a clean install of lion DP1 and then wiped that and did a clean install of DP2 and have since just done the recommended updates. so yes, I did upgrade my main machine to lion, and no I don't use lion as my sole OS.

Tmelon said:

Using Windows to get things done bug free? How ironic.

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Lol, but let's be mature here, W7 is pretty flawless as on OS, especially for Micro$oft. It's less buggy than 10.7 DP2, and I didn't feel like triple-booting with 10.6 too, so I'll stick to W7 anytime 10.7 DP2 isn't quite reliable enough yet.

Has there been any word on if you will be able to upgrade directly to the full released version from the preview builds?

Whats the best way to backup the entire SL install so that if I wanted to go back I could just reinstall it without having to reinstall all the apps?

No. I still like the exposé and multitouch fluidity of Snow Leopard, and that keeps me from using Lion as my main os.

No. I've moved up early before on previous betas like Snow Leopard... didn't turn out that well. Learned my lesson. Waiting until Final, then I'll deal with the bugs.

I've installed Lion on a separate partition on my hard drive and made it my startup disk. I still have Snow Leopard installed on the side, but haven't booted into it for a couple months.

i'm using it as my main OS now, had SL still installed but haven't booted it for months now so i recently got rid of it. all i'm missing is hotspot shield :-/

I'm using it as my main OS now since preview 1! xD

Yes. On three systems. Worked fantastic with DP2 update 2, regret updating to DP2 update 3 as it has regressed horribly.

I did ( a sort of ) since the first release...But after the second preview and, particularly after the last update I came back to Snow Leopard. It is impossible to use Safari at this point. It crashes all the time when you're downloading something. Horrid! Waiting for better days now...