Mountain Lion on the Air

Paulioo · Jul 25, 2012, 11:18 AM

Just installed mine via a purchase from the mac app store. It went very smoothly and was surprisingly quick.

It does seem a lot snappier.

What do you think of it ?

mrs1986 · Jul 25, 2012, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paulioo

Just installed mine via a purchase from the mac app store. It went very smoothly and was surprisingly quick.

It does seem a lot snappier.

What do you think of it ?

Wich

Air do you have? I would like to know if you have 4gb ram or 8gb of ram, because this is what i'm debating to buy mine... I would love 8gb but is hard to find outside the apple store...

eric/ · Jul 25, 2012, 11:55 AM

I say get the 8gb just for longevity sake.

But I have a 4gb 13inch and everything is snappier. Love it. For awhile my instant on was getting bogged down, not it's quick and it fades into operation instead of just ....nothing....*bam*...mouse lag...working fine.

BigMcGuire · Jul 25, 2012, 11:56 AM

Seems "snappy" for me too (13' 2011 Air). But then again, this laptop has always seemed snappy for me - coming from a Dell Latitude D830 business laptop. lol.

It reset my color profile for the display, but other than that, still working with it. iMessage doesn't seem to be much different from the iMessage beta. A lot of my settings were re-set like Energy Savings, put hard drive to sleep when possible, etc... I haven't checked to see if noatime or the motion sensor for the hd were turned back on.

It looks like I lost 5GB of space? I went from 106GB free to 101GB free. Wondering if there's a way to remove the App Store downloads - that would probably free up 3GB+.

TheMadBrewer · Jul 25, 2012, 11:58 AM

I have an Original MacBook Air that I don't use for much. Mostly it's used by house guests who want to check email, etc. But it is always the first computer I upgrade to a new OS X.

I see from the specs that it won't run Mountain Lion. That sucks.

So it looks like 4 years is the max lifetime you can expect to get out of an Apple product if you want OS upgrades.

mrs1986 · Jul 25, 2012, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMadBrewer

I have an Original MacBook Air that I don't use for much. Mostly it's used by house guests who want to check email, etc. But it is always the first computer I upgrade to a new OS X.

I see from the specs that it won't run Mountain Lion. That sucks.

So it looks like 4 years is the max lifetime you can expect to get out of an Apple product if you want OS upgrades.

Thats a nice observation, may I ask if you upgraded the ram on your original Air or is just the base model? Sorry if is an stupid question, when the first air was released i wasnt even thinking on getting a mac, just toooooo expensive at my country....

bembol · Jul 25, 2012, 12:25 PM

I can never tell. LOL

I haven't used any of the new features but like I said it's only $20. I wasted more on gas yesterday.

tbayrgs · Jul 25, 2012, 01:06 PM

Wondering if it is worth installing on a 2011 11" that only has 2GB of RAM? It isn't used for anything intensive--wife has it to use for occasional travel and most difficult task it playing a powerpoint presentation, otherwise it's pretty much limited to web browsing, word processing and email, at least for now.

It's pretty snappy with Lion but from the little bit I've read about ML, sounds like ML is even quicker.

I'm already upgrading 2 other computers in the house so it's already paid for, just wondering if it will improve performance or hinder it.

Thanks.

KathysMac · Jul 25, 2012, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by tbayrgs

Wondering if it is worth installing on a 2011 11" that only has 2GB of RAM? It isn't used for anything intensive--wife has it to use for occasional travel and most difficult task it playing a powerpoint presentation, otherwise it's pretty much limited to web browsing, word processing and email, at least for now.

It's pretty snappy with Lion but from the little bit I've read about ML, sounds like ML is even quicker.

I'm already upgrading 2 other computers in the house so it's already paid for, just wondering if it will improve performance or hinder it.

Thanks.

I have a similar concern. I have an 11 inch air with a 1.7GHz Core I5 processor, 128 GB flash storage and 4GB of ram. It works great for me, but I'm concerned how much space the upgrade to Mountain Lion will take (currently using Lion), and like you, I'm wondering if it will speed my computer up or slow it down. I'm new to Macs and not anywhere near tech-savvy, so I'd appreciate any advice offered. Kathy

abuleban · Jul 25, 2012, 01:52 PM

on my 2011 11", and it all seems good to me, nothing too earthshaking.

Paulioo · Jul 25, 2012, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrs1986

Wich

Air do you have? I would like to know if you have 4gb ram or 8gb of ram, because this is what i'm debating to buy mine... I would love 8gb but is hard to find outside the apple store...

Mine is only the 4gb version but I am seriously impressed by how fast it is.
I do a lot of photo work mainly with iphoto and its amazingly quick, as it is with all other day to day tasks and Ive been using mountain lion now for the last 3 hours and it certainly does feel even snappier than lion did
I don't do video editing though

SchuettS · Jul 25, 2012, 01:56 PM

My 2010 11' Air scrolls so much better with Mountain Lion especially the updated Safari... it feels like a totally different machine.

mrs1986 · Jul 25, 2012, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paulioo

Mine is only the 4gb version but I am seriously impressed by how fast it is.
I do a lot of photo work mainly with iphoto and its amazingly quick, as it is with all other day to day tasks and Ive been using mountain lion now for the last 3 hours and it certainly does feel even snappier than lion did
I don't do video editing though

Thanks Paulioo, its good to know, i'm buying one while a friend is in travel in usa, and the one i can easily get is the 4gb version, i think is enough for me, as i only do coding work on my laptop, nothing to serious... Can you run a VM in yours?

Thanks.

TheRealDamager · Jul 25, 2012, 02:21 PM

Installed it this AM - no issues. Works great so far, but seems like very much a point release - nothing earth shattering in this release. Looks like there is already an update on the App Store.

Paulioo · Jul 25, 2012, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KathysMac

I have a similar concern. I have an 11 inch air with a 1.7GHz Core I5 processor, 128 GB flash storage and 4GB of ram. It works great for me, but I'm concerned how much space the upgrade to Mountain Lion will take (currently using Lion), and like you, I'm wondering if it will speed my computer up or slow it down. I'm new to Macs and not anywhere near tech-savvy, so I'd appreciate any advice offered. Kathy

Mountain lion was a 4gb download but I am not sure if it actually takes 4gb of space as some lion os files maybe over written ?
But I think mountain lion has slight sped up my computer

mouthster · Jul 25, 2012, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SchuettS

My 2010 11' Air scrolls so much better with Mountain Lion especially the updated Safari... it feels like a totally different machine.

Same here on my 2010 13" with only 2gb of ram. Very pleased.

Bob Coxner · Jul 25, 2012, 02:56 PM

2011 13" 4gb. Installed without a problem and seems to be working fine.

Smileyboy · Jul 25, 2012, 03:10 PM

Anyone have a aftermarket ssd? I have the 480gb in mine. Anything to notice with that?

daveishere · Jul 25, 2012, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by eric/

I say get the 8gb just for longevity sake.
But I have a 4gb 13inch and everything is snappier. Love it. For awhile my instant on was getting bogged down, not it's quick and it fades into operation instead of just ....nothing....*bam*...mouse lag...working fine.

Yeah, that's why I loaded my '12 Air with 8GB. I plan on having this laptop for at least 5 years, so i've futureproofed it as far as Apple will allow me to.

Fernandez21 · Jul 25, 2012, 04:15 PM

I upgraded earlier, but afterwards the fans wouldn't stop spinning and it was running hot. I decided to reinstall, and to my surprise the recovery disc on my air was also upgraded to mountain lion. So I did that, and now my computer is much faster and smoother, and I don't think I've heard the fans kick on since then.

Paulioo · 04:26 PM

instant on seems the same ? No difference no lag

scarred · Jul 25, 2012, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Smileyboy

Anyone have a aftermarket ssd? I have the 480gb in mine. Anything to notice with that?

I upgraded the SSD in my 2011 air to one from OWC as well. Mostly everything seems to 'just work' without a hitch. I'm still waiting for Power Nap to be 'available'. We might not get to use that feature, but still holding out a bit of hope for an update.

Paulioo · 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by scarred

I upgraded the SSD in my 2011 air to one from OWC as well. Mostly everything seems to 'just work' without a hitch. I'm still waiting for Power Nap to be 'available'. We might not get to use that feature, but still holding out a bit of hope for an update.

When will power nap be available I presumed it was now a feature of mountain lion but your right its not

scarred · Jul 25, 2012, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Paulioo

When will power nap be available I presumed it was now a feature of mountain lion but your right its not

It requires a Firmware update. I have no idea when it'll get pushed out. It "seems" like some people got it already, but haven't heard anything certain.

Paulioo · Jul 25, 2012, 04:33 PM

Powernap should be available now but its is only for 2011 models onwards with flash storage but I still cant see how to enable it

Jul 25, 2012, 11:18 AM	#1
Paulioo macrumors newbie Join Date: Apr 2012	Mountain Lion on the Air Just installed mine via a purchase from the mac app store. It went very smoothly and was surprisingly quick. It does seem a lot snappier. What do you think of it ? __________________ white iphone 4s, mba 11 i5 , imac 21.5 3.0ghz
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Jul 25, 2012, 11:58 AM	#5
TheMadBrewer macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Marina del Rey, CA	Original MacBook Air I have an Original MacBook Air that I don't use for much. Mostly it's used by house guests who want to check email, etc. But it is always the first computer I upgrade to a new OS X. I see from the specs that it won't run Mountain Lion. That sucks. So it looks like 4 years is the max lifetime you can expect to get out of an Apple product if you want OS upgrades. __________________ 27" iMac; Orig MacBook Air + 11.6" Max; 3 Minis (one a HTPC) Ipods: Many; i; iPad: 3G 64GB mini
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bembol macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: iCloud	I can never tell. LOL I haven't used any of the new features but like I said it's only $20. I wasted more on gas yesterday. __________________ SHIFT_ 27" iMac Late-2012 Base w/32GB RAM & 3TB Fusion apple TV 3 (x2) \| White 72.44GB S^MSUNG Galaxy S4 \| Silver 32GB hTc One
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tbayrgs macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Tampa, FL	Performance on 2011 11" 2 GB RAM? Wondering if it is worth installing on a 2011 11" that only has 2GB of RAM? It isn't used for anything intensive--wife has it to use for occasional travel and most difficult task it playing a powerpoint presentation, otherwise it's pretty much limited to web browsing, word processing and email, at least for now. It's pretty snappy with Lion but from the little bit I've read about ML, sounds like ML is even quicker. I'm already upgrading 2 other computers in the house so it's already paid for, just wondering if it will improve performance or hinder it. Thanks.
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Jul 25, 2012, 01:52 PM	#10
abuleban macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Korea	just installed it on my 2011 11", and it all seems good to me, nothing too earthshaking.
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Jul 25, 2012, 11:55 AM	#3
eric/ Guest Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ohio, United States	I say get the 8gb just for longevity sake. But I have a 4gb 13inch and everything is snappier. Love it. For awhile my instant on was getting bogged down, not it's quick and it fades into operation instead of just ....nothing....bam...mouse lag...working fine.
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Jul 25, 2012, 11:56 AM	#4
BigMcGuire macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2012	Seems "snappy" for me too (13' 2011 Air). But then again, this laptop has always seemed snappy for me - coming from a Dell Latitude D830 business laptop. lol. It reset my color profile for the display, but other than that, still working with it. iMessage doesn't seem to be much different from the iMessage beta. A lot of my settings were re-set like Energy Savings, put hard drive to sleep when possible, etc... I haven't checked to see if noatime or the motion sensor for the hd were turned back on. It looks like I lost 5GB of space? I went from 106GB free to 101GB free. Wondering if there's a way to remove the App Store downloads - that would probably free up 3GB+.
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Jul 25, 2012, 01:56 PM	#12
SchuettS macrumors 6502 Join Date: Dec 2008	My 2010 11' Air scrolls so much better with Mountain Lion especially the updated Safari... it feels like a totally different machine.
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Jul 25, 2012, 02:21 PM	#14
TheRealDamager macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2011	Installed it this AM - no issues. Works great so far, but seems like very much a point release - nothing earth shattering in this release. Looks like there is already an update on the App Store.
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Bob Coxner macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2011	2011 13" 4gb. Installed without a problem and seems to be working fine. __________________ MBA i5 13/4/128, iPad 1, iPad 3, iPod Touch 5g
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Smileyboy macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2008	Anyone have a aftermarket ssd? I have the 480gb in mine. Anything to notice with that? __________________ 2011 MBA 13" i5 480GB, iP5 64GB White VZW, iPad mini 32gb BLACK VZW LTE, ATV 3
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Jul 25, 2012, 04:15 PM	#20
Fernandez21 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jun 2010	I upgraded earlier, but afterwards the fans wouldn't stop spinning and it was running hot. I decided to reinstall, and to my surprise the recovery disc on my air was also upgraded to mountain lion. So I did that, and now my computer is much faster and smoother, and I don't think I've heard the fans kick on since then. __________________ USF student. 3 years ago I was an apple hater, today: 11" Macbook Air, 1.8 GHz Intel core i7, 4 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD ; 64 GB iPad 3 LTE ; 64gb iPhone 5 ; Apple t.v. The koolaid tastes gooood.
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Jul 25, 2012, 04:17 PM	#21
Paulioo Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Apr 2012	instant on seems the same ? No difference no lag __________________ white iphone 4s, mba 11 i5 , imac 21.5 3.0ghz Last edited by Paulioo; Jul 25, 2012 at 04:26 PM.
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Paulioo Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Apr 2012	Powernap should be available now but its is only for 2011 models onwards with flash storage but I still cant see how to enable it __________________ white iphone 4s, mba 11 i5 , imac 21.5 3.0ghz
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