Snow Leopard for me. It does all that I want/need and I couldn't see that Lion offered anything that I wanted/needed.
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Do You Use Snow Leopard Or Lion?
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I still use Snow Leopard. I found a lot of the Lion gestures to be awkward and I didn't particularly like the whole mission control/launchpad thing. Also, the lower battery life on Lion really cinched the deal for me.
I'm not sure why Apple wants to make a hybrid of OS X and iOS; better if they had two distinct, separate OSes and then a third one for those that wanted it, perhaps on consumer products.
I'm not sure why Apple wants to make a hybrid of OS X and iOS; better if they had two distinct, separate OSes and then a third one for those that wanted it, perhaps on consumer products.
For me it's because the Autosave / Versions save schema removes the ability for me to Save As in all of the Apple software.
It's more than a nuisance - it's an insult to users and goes against fundamental User Experience principles.
Also I don't like Lion's Full Screen mode because it takes up its own Space.
This means you can't Hide it, and it takes transition time to expand / contract.
Right Zoom still does a much better job of full screen.
Everything seems to take longer in Lion because of all the animated transitions. I know this can be fixed via Terminal commands to speed it up in a lot of instances, but it still doesn't feel as fast as Snow Leopard to navigate.
In Lion the system admin's password can be easily reset simply by booting from the boot partition and entering some simple commands.
This is a security concern I'd rather not have to worry about.
I don't hate Lion. I just disagree with a lot of its features. And in many cases there is no way to change them back to suit my needs. So I will continue to use Snow Leopard until the limitations of Lion are lifted by Apple or overcome by user "hacks".
Snow Leopard is sleek and effective
I agree. Just like the animal, SLeopard is sleek and efficient and simply a great system, that runs all my apps without a hiccup. I have purchased and installed Lion on a separate HD, but am still waiting to be convinced to move over. There is nothing to entice me - I'm not using gestures, and the whole issue of reopening the last application I was working with (upon reboot) is simply painful and a waste of my time. Thus, in essence, if I were to move to Lion right now, my productivity would suffer. It could have been a much more powerful beast if it weren't tarted up with the IOS look. I also don't get the whole iCloud thing - this, along with the Patriot Act, appear to me to infringe on my rights in terms of what I purchase, where copies of it is installed and how I use it. Thus, it's SLeopard all the way for me.
Eco
I agree. Just like the animal, SLeopard is sleek and efficient and simply a great system, that runs all my apps without a hiccup. I have purchased and installed Lion on a separate HD, but am still waiting to be convinced to move over. There is nothing to entice me - I'm not using gestures, and the whole issue of reopening the last application I was working with (upon reboot) is simply painful and a waste of my time. Thus, in essence, if I were to move to Lion right now, my productivity would suffer. It could have been a much more powerful beast if it weren't tarted up with the IOS look. I also don't get the whole iCloud thing - this, along with the Patriot Act, appear to me to infringe on my rights in terms of what I purchase, where copies of it is installed and how I use it. Thus, it's SLeopard all the way for me.
Eco
You can do the same with a copy of Snow Leopard on a USB flash drive/SSD/HDD.
Lion provides several protection methods:
1. FileVault 2-Whole Disk Encryption*
2. EFI Password
3. AES-128 and AES-256 Encrypted Disk Images (via Disk Utility)*
*Uses AES-NI instructions on Sandy Bridge (and newer) Macs.
I use Lion on my MacBook Air and my Mini Server. At our studio, we use Leopard because we can't use Pro Tools 8 on Lion. We'll be upgrading to a new machine and a new version of Pro Tools soon and will switch to Lion (or more likely Mountain Lion) at that time.
I find using the studio computer maddeningly frustrating now. Multitasking with gestures is so much easier in Lion than it ever was before. AirDrop is fantastic and I hate that we don't have it on that machine. The iMessage beta in Lion is also awesome and would be great to have in the studio.
There are a lot of assumptions made about Lion that simply aren't accurate, mostly by pro users. I'm also a pro user and I can't say enough good things about Lion, I can't wait until we can finally switch to it.
I find using the studio computer maddeningly frustrating now. Multitasking with gestures is so much easier in Lion than it ever was before. AirDrop is fantastic and I hate that we don't have it on that machine. The iMessage beta in Lion is also awesome and would be great to have in the studio.
There are a lot of assumptions made about Lion that simply aren't accurate, mostly by pro users. I'm also a pro user and I can't say enough good things about Lion, I can't wait until we can finally switch to it.
Thanks for the reminder. I had avoided FileVault in the past because I heard it takes a pretty big performance toll on your system. Have you had experience with it and if so has it slowed you down much?
I took the chance and just enabled this on my Sandy Bridge MBP and I can't tell the difference in performance.
actually you can use growl in lion, just go to their website and download it for snow leopard, it works fine for me and i didn't pay for it, not that it really matters anyway as its being done away with in mountain lion
Since I have a Mac Mini Late 2007 with Intel Core Duo Processor, it can run only Snow Leopard. Its fine for me I've upgraded the RAM and runns really well all of my daily Apps and Photoshop as well, iMovie works smooth too. So I don't mind staying with SL I'm just wondering how long will the support last, because when it starts to run out of Apps I'm going to be forced to buy another Mac. Who else is in the same path as I am? 
Since this thread has been brought back to life, my situation has changed since two months ago. None of the answers still apply.
4 systems Mountain Lion
2 systems Snow Leopard
1 system Snow Leopard Server
1 system Windows XP
Windows 8, 7, XP, 2000, MS-DOS, and several Linux distros in virtual machines.
4 systems Mountain Lion
2 systems Snow Leopard
1 system Snow Leopard Server
1 system Windows XP
Windows 8, 7, XP, 2000, MS-DOS, and several Linux distros in virtual machines.
There Won't be a Safari 6 for SL!
I don't know if you guys knew but there won't be a Safari 6, and Updates for Snow Leopard users, oh and Apple has stoped makin Safari for Windows, but I don't care.
I don't know if you guys knew but there won't be a Safari 6, and Updates for Snow Leopard users, oh and Apple has stoped makin Safari for Windows, but I don't care.
What do you/ would you prefer to use? Pros and Cons you feel about using both? (Since you do use both).
The two Mac minis as entertainment servers run Snow Leopard because that is what they came with. Since these systems rarely run anything other than Plex, there is no reason to take the time to upgrade them. Likewise, the server system runs Snow Leopard Server which works just fine with Mountain Lion Clients. It would be a a lot of work to upgrade and there would be little benefit.
All the other systems are used as general purpose personal computers. They all run Mountain Lion. I've got no software that would require having Snow Leopard (or Lion). I happen to be apparently one of few people (or maybe just the silent majority?) who likes autosave/versions/resume because it is far more natural. I also like FileVault 2 for security. Some new features I *don't* like but I don't have to use them either (Full Screen on my dual display iMac, LaunchPad, GameCenter, iCloud). I like the new Reminders and Notes being separated from Calendar and Mail. I find having both system and App Store updates in one place convenient.
I don't like the removal of RSS, the de-featuring of OS X server, and the don't care attitude to support multiple monitors well or workgroup and multiple system sharing. (For instance, Versions doesn't work in collaborative environments or if documents are kept on a server).
what
I was snowleopard for a few weeks, transferrred to Lion , big mistake. Just reformatted my mbp to get my snowleopard back and lemme tell you it is
B-E-A-U-tiful
I was snowleopard for a few weeks, transferrred to Lion , big mistake. Just reformatted my mbp to get my snowleopard back and lemme tell you it is
B-E-A-U-tiful