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Apple Retail Stores Making Preparations for OS X Lion Launch Next Week?
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Like yours? You've just been attacking other people's observations blindly. You're like an anti-Apple fanboy.
I always hoped we'd someday be able to converse with our computers the way we converse with one another, à la Star Trek, then they lost sight of that and started traveling down this highway of rubbing and sensually massaging our computing equipment instead.
I hoped maybe this was going to be the new way we all communicate but when I tried my new three fingered swipe hello gesture at a local café the woman proceeded to beat the crap out of me with her iPad 2.
Fortunately it was lighter and thinner than the previous year's model so there was far less bruising than I would have otherwise had.
Please see Mac OS X Licensing from Mac App Store.
As you could clean install Snow Leopard then migrate, assume that you will be able to install Lion over a clean Snow Leopard then migrate.
Apologies. I meant that support for the 64-bit kernel is not a requirement.
Not totally fine
I see screenshots etc. showing Apple providing the installation of Java for 10.7.
For Lion, I have not yet seen from Apple any information about an image. Let's review this some time after the release of 10.7.
Please send feedback to Apple requesting clarification.
Unofficially, a few months ago: [Phoronix] Early Benchmarks Of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Revisit that site after Lion is released. If not there, benchmarks will be elsewhere.
Don't expect any pre-release benchmark to be a perfect match for what's released.
Not necessarily censorship. In a different topic, https://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=12865607 is an example of very kind moderation that merged multiple posts.
Apple doesn't have a particularly good record of supporting the previous OSX with its new software. Though, Apple did improve after SL was released.
Good idea. I'm a bit hesitant and I upgraded to Snow Leopard on day one with no problems at all. Now, however, I'm running some painfully glitchy programs (DeltaGraph6, EndnoteX4) that I fear will implode if handled roughly.
Also, I've yet to be convinced on the increased useability or stability in the new version. I will wait a little while until I hear some reviews then likely upgrade.
From what I've read mostly on this forum is that very few Apps have taken advantage of OpenGL - what is it about "3.2 stack" that might change that?
Note: It is a bit of a pain skipping over all the personal affronts being made in this thread to get at some real information.
I also await Lion. I will probably do a 2 step process on this. My Macbook Air seems the most ready for the change. May hold off on the Macbook Pro, though. If only because I do have a certain older program or two that is on it, that I'm not sure requires the Rosetta support.
You know the same thing can be said pretty much with any operating system that exists out there.
I had the same thing happen on 10.6.8.
In the case where backups don't work and you have to start new backups from scratch, I'd definitely start the new backups on a new partition or copy the previous backups before wiping that disk. You don't ever want to be in a situation where you have no backup at all.
When I upgraded from SL to Lion GM and launched PS CS5.5 for the first time, Lion popped up and said "you need to download java to proceed, yes?) and then installed java automatically and launched PS.
All this rumble about install Lion at launch or wait for 10.7.1 is just nonsense. And here's why:
1. If you download Lion means you have Mac.
2. If you have Mac means you have Time Machine.
3. If you have Time Machine nothing can go wrong. Even with the worst scenario (which I doubt judging by the GM stability), you can just switch back to 10.6.8 and keep going.
So, again, why wait ?
1. If you download Lion means you have Mac.
2. If you have Mac means you have Time Machine.
3. If you have Time Machine nothing can go wrong. Even with the worst scenario (which I doubt judging by the GM stability), you can just switch back to 10.6.8 and keep going.
So, again, why wait ?
Stella,
Not sure what you mean here.... I had 10.5 on my other MBP forever and never had any issues with software. It also gets regular updates. I've always had the impression Apple has been pretty good about keeping a version or two back compatibility going.
I'm guessing you must have run into some problem before????
Ah, no. I'm arguing a point, if you actually read my posts. Here's a some simple evidence: Look at any post here that criticises the Lion release, suggesting that it will be buggy. It gets down ranked, and the opposite for posts that support it. So why is Lion any different to previous Mac OS releases or any other bit of software? It will be hideously buggy, but most people here don't think, they just support Apple in a knee-jerk fashion.
So, tell me, why will Ion not be buggy and why shouldn't the first release be avoided as per usual? And watch this post get down ranked, LOL.
Okay. Spaces are almost exactly the same and I don't understand how switching between them is any harder. In 10.6 i used cmd+# to switch (cmd+1 cmd+2 etc) in 10.7 i use cmd+# to switch (cmd+1 cmd+2 etc). it is -EXACTLY- the same. The only difference is instead of hitting f8 to zoom out and see all your spaces they show up when you use expose.
As for launchpad, just don't use it? I don't understand. I used it once to look at and haven't used it again. It's just a shortcut to your /Applications folder as far as I can tell.
Mouse scrolling can be put back to normal in system preferences.
Question, if I want a Macbook with Lion installed when do you think it will be available, at launch or a few months after?
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Can't wait. Unbelievable.
Can't wait. Unbelievable.
Two kinds of Mac Users
There have always been two kinds of Mac users.
1. The Mac users who are excited about all the features of the Mac Computers, Mac OS and Apple software. They always want the latest that Apple has to offer and can't wait to get their hands on it.
2. The Mac users who use the Mac because it is the most reliable and stable platform for the software they need to perform their job. They tend to be more cautious and wait until the dust settlers before jumping into a new piece of hardware or a new operating system.
For example: I was going to wait a few weeks, but I am instead buying a second Mac today (with Snow Leopard), for the express purpose of using it for eCommerce Website development. I will be installing MAMP and a fairly large number of specialized web development applications on this machine. This would not be a good time for me to test a new OS.
There have always been two kinds of Mac users.
1. The Mac users who are excited about all the features of the Mac Computers, Mac OS and Apple software. They always want the latest that Apple has to offer and can't wait to get their hands on it.
2. The Mac users who use the Mac because it is the most reliable and stable platform for the software they need to perform their job. They tend to be more cautious and wait until the dust settlers before jumping into a new piece of hardware or a new operating system.
For example: I was going to wait a few weeks, but I am instead buying a second Mac today (with Snow Leopard), for the express purpose of using it for eCommerce Website development. I will be installing MAMP and a fairly large number of specialized web development applications on this machine. This would not be a good time for me to test a new OS.
I am a student who is getting ready to purchase a Macbook Pro. I am trying to figure out whether I should order it before the launch of Lion, or wait until I can buy with Lion pre-installed.
Given that the article mentions potential product delays due to desire for pre-installed systems, I'm leaning towards ordering sooner rather than later. What I need to know is if there are any potential disadvantages that I could face by ordering before Lion's launch. Any insight from the forum would be appreciated!
Given that the article mentions potential product delays due to desire for pre-installed systems, I'm leaning towards ordering sooner rather than later. What I need to know is if there are any potential disadvantages that I could face by ordering before Lion's launch. Any insight from the forum would be appreciated!
Apple is all about Hype, they've got to get people whipped into a frenzy.
It's just what Apple does, they are addicted to their own hype and self importance.
Then there are "The Gullibles" they buy anything Apple