Any drawbacks in upgrading to Maverick?

I found Mavericks to be a great update. It is just a refined Mountain Lion.

 

I've updated my 2011 mbp and my 2010 Mac mini to Mavericks. The install was hassle free, only problem is with my mini, it just refuses to run on wireless for anymore than 5 mins, but my MacBook runs wireless no problem.
I have re-installed mavericks twice now, and the problem's still there. I have now restored from backup to 10.8.5. on the mini.
I have tried most of the solutions given still doesn't work.

 

Likewise, but there's always a degree of apprehension whenever upgrading to a new OS (kind of like firmware).

All things being equal, I've always opted to save my files and do a fresh install. I find it works better in the long run than upgrading over an prior existing OS.

Thus far, I've no none of the issues I've read about regarding Mavericks. Everything has worked as advertised for me. I find the improvements and features well worth the upgrade.

 

If everything is working and there is nothing you need Mavericks for you might want to wait until 10.9.2.

Having said that, you need to make sure all the software you use will work on Mavericks. And if you use Pages, Numbers and/or Keynote you need to realize the latest version that only runs on Mavericks is still missing features that you may care about.

 

TPcollin, best thing for you to do is create a partition and install Mavericks and see for yourself. Asking people how they like it means nothing. Everyone has different taste. TPcollin, if you decide to do the partition thing then you will have to Google on how to create a bootable drive of Mavericks for a clean install.

 

Not necessarily, just copy out the Mavericks installer, say to the Desktop, run the installer from there. When prompted for installation target, just click Show All Disks and point the destination to the newly created partition.

It works for me all the time, a clean install without the need of a bootable drive...

 

Running great on my little old 13" MBP, see my sig My iMac 21.5" had some issues unrelated to Mavericks but is now <knock on wood> running fine.

Installing a new OS is taxing on the system and if something is on the edge of failure, be it a: hard drive, nvram, ram, etc. the very act of installing the OS can cause something to go over the edge. It may appear the OS is at fault but in reality the root cause was the act of install.

 

If you currently sync your Contacts and Calendar via USB, then don't "upgrade" to Mavericks as this function has been removed - you have to let all your data be stored on other people's (i.e.not your own) servers just to sync your phone and computer. Big FAIL Apple.

 

I upgraded to Mavericks and everything works well. I have 4GB of RAM and my computer used to struggle when I open Parallels and have safari opened in the same time and I was thinking of buy some more RAM. But with Mavericks, the problem seems to be completely gone!

 

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