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Alameda

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Jun 22, 2012
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My wife has a MacBook Pro with a 2.26 GHz Core2Duo. I upgraded it with an SSD and 8 GB of RAM. Performance is nice. It runs Snow Leopard and she is happy with it.

Will performance decrease if I upgrade this computer to Mountain Lion? Should I upgrade to ML?

Thanks!!!
 

Spink10

Suspended
Nov 3, 2011
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1,020
Oklahoma
Does she want any of the features of Lion/ML? If yes - make a backup in case she wants to go back to SL.
 

slu

macrumors 68000
Sep 15, 2004
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107
Buffalo
No. Only upgrade for functionality you can't get with your current version.
 

mankar4

macrumors 6502a
Aug 23, 2007
624
0
USA
I held out on SL for a long time, but I love ML now. It has a lot of "intangibles" that SL doesn't have, I love notification center, and there's nothing I could do on SL that I can't do on ML, now that TotalSpaces exists. For such a low price, I think its a no brainer. While I use my mbpr now, I upgraded my 2007 C2D to ML and its runs just as well, if not smoother, than it did on SL, and runs great as my media server.
 
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