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Booting OS X Lion GM: No Welcome Video, New Introduction to Scrolling

Winni said:
Here's another thing that I notice since I have Lion GM on my 27" iMac i5: The machine is LOUDER than it was on Snow Leopard, Lion fires up the system's cooling fans exactly as much as Windows 7 does it on that machine. And that really is becoming a show-stopping issue for me and will probably cause me to downgrade back to Snow Leopard. I even have a JSCO noiseless mouse attached to my Mac, so I certainly won't tolerate a system whose cooling fans are constantly running (they NEVER did that on Snow Leopard).

Other than that, software that opens multiple network connections (for example Firefox, Kindle, Pulp) is VERY prone to crashing on Lion. The same programs worked flawlessly on Snow Leopard, but on Lion, they crash very frequently.

Also, applications sometimes take a couple of seconds before they even begin to launch -- their icons are jumping in the dock for several seconds before there even is hard disk activity.

And yes, this is not an upgrade installation, it's an installation on a freshly formatted hard disk.

On another note, I find Launchpad and Mission Control rather useless. I don't have a touch device, so whatever might make Launchpad interesting is not connected to my system and Launchpad makes my iMac look like a ridiculously huge iPad and with a regular mouse and keyboard, Launchpad does not do ANYTHING for you to make things more efficient. If you have a touch input device, Launchpad might be nice to play with, but even then it's not much more than a toy app to launch other applications.

I'm not necessarily sold on Mission Control either and use it about as much as I have used that 3D-view on open windows that Windows Vista had.

Lion's Finder looks uglier than Snow Leopard's and behaves more chaotic. There, I said it. If this new Finder is not a step backwards, then it's definitely a step in the wrong direction.

We have a new animation for Dashboard; it now rolls in from the left instead of "falling down". And it no longer hovers on top of the desktop but has its own background now. I'm not sure if that is an improvement either.

Scrollbars and scrolling... Well, scrollbars are still there, but they too have become uglier than before. But the first thing you notice about scrolling with the mouse is... That the window scrolls in the wrong direction! Lion is trying to behave like a touch interface system; you have to configure the "old" behavior System Preferences if you want to have the scroll behavior that you've had for the last thirty years.

What else is new? A recovery partition that can be used to repair or restore a broken installation. It's basically an installation DVD that's pre-installed on a separate partition. That's quite useful, but, of course, it won't be of any help when you experience a major hard disk failure - then you NEED a real installation DVD.

Oh, the Java VM is only downloaded and installed when an application requires Java; Java is no longer a part of the default installation. (And since there is no "customize" button in Lion's installer, you cannot force its installation either.)

Rosetta is gone. If you still have PowerPC applications, you should not consider upgrading to Lion - you cannot run those legacy applications on Lion. Just like you cannot run Lion on 32-Bit Intel or old PowerPC processors.

The two most significant changes in the new version of Mac OS X are probably these:

1. It's a major architectural change. Lion requires a 64-Bit Intel CPU to run, all other systems are left out in the cold.

2. It's the first version of Mac OS X that is exclusively sold via digital distribution through Apple's own Mac AppStore. This forces Apple's customers to use the Mac AppStore even if there is no other incentive to visit the store.

If you're looking for killer features, though, Lion will disappoint you. There are none. Despite everything Apple's marketing department is telling you, Lion is only an evolutionary release, not a revolutionary one.

The upgrade will only cost around 24 Euros, which isn't much. But then again, you don't get much in return either. From what I've seen in the last two days, Lion is basically a glorified Service Pack for Snow Leopard, and Snow Leopard itself was just a glorified Service Pack for Leopard. And both those "Service Packs" did not bring many new features but broke compatibility with older hardware instead: Snow Leopard killed the support for PowerPC, Lion kills the support for 32-Bit Intel Macs and even removes the system's capability to run PowerPC-software.

There is some good news for those who have been worrying about it: Yes, Microsoft Office 2008 does run on Lion, and YES, even its installer works flawlessly on Lion. Some people have posted on the net that Office 2008 can only be installed on Snow Leopard - that is WRONG. I've tested it myself and there were zero problems with the installation on Lion.

But this is probably even more important for some: Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Flash CS3 can also be installed worry-free on Lion! This was a real problem with the dot zero release of Snow Leopard and took Apple at least two point releases to fix it. Well, Photoshop CS3 can be painfully installed and run on Lion.
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Everyone knows that GM in Apple world equals Beta 1 in Microsoft world. Wake me up when Lion reaches 10.7.9 :rolleyes:
 
Winni said:
Here's another thing that I notice since I have Lion GM on my 27" iMac i5: The machine is LOUDER than it was on Snow Leopard, Lion fires up the system's cooling fans exactly as much as Windows 7 does it on that machine.
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And yes, this is not an upgrade installation, it's an installation on a freshly formatted hard disk.
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Is your system still indexing? I’ve noticed none of these issues.

Winni said:
On another note, I find Launchpad and Mission Control rather useless.
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Then don’t use it. I imagine that some novice users will appreciate the similarity to iOS, though.

Winni said:
I'm not necessarily sold on Mission Control either and use it about as much as I have used that 3D-view on open windows that Windows Vista had.
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Did you use Exposé and Spaces in Snow Leopard?

Winni said:
Lion's Finder looks uglier than Snow Leopard's and behaves more chaotic. There, I said it. If this new Finder is not a step backwards, then it's definitely a step in the wrong direction.
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Go to the View menu > Show status bar. Then under System Preferences > General, set Sidebar icon size to small. If the sidebar icons still bother you, wait for CandyBar to be updated. Finishing touch: under Finder preferences, change New Finder windows show to something besides “All My Files”.

Winni said:
We have a new animation for Dashboard; it now rolls in from the left instead of "falling down". And it no longer hovers on top of the desktop but has its own background now. I'm not sure if that is an improvement either.
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System Preferences > Misson Control > Show Dashboard as a space

Winni said:
Scrollbars and scrolling... Well, scrollbars are still there, but they too have become uglier than before. But the first thing you notice about scrolling with the mouse is... That the window scrolls in the wrong direction! Lion is trying to behave like a touch interface system; you have to configure the "old" behavior System Preferences if you want to have the scroll behavior that you've had for the last thirty years.
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So what? Just flip a switch, it really makes no difference. Besides, it took me a whole two or three hours to get used to the new way of scrolling.

Winni said:
What else is new? A recovery partition that can be used to repair or restore a broken installation. It's basically an installation DVD that's pre-installed on a separate partition. That's quite useful, but, of course, it won't be of any help when you experience a major hard disk failure - then you NEED a real installation DVD.
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Copy the installer to physical media.

Winni said:
Oh, the Java VM is only downloaded and installed when an application requires Java; Java is no longer a part of the default installation. (And since there is no "customize" button in Lion's installer, you cannot force its installation either.)
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So what?

Winni said:
Rosetta is gone. If you still have PowerPC applications, you should not consider upgrading to Lion - you cannot run those legacy applications on Lion. Just like you cannot run Lion on 32-Bit Intel or old PowerPC processors.
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Just keep SL on a separate partition if it’s really that important to you, or use a PPC emulator to run the app in MacOS 9, or use virtualization or Wine to run the Windows version of the software (like in the case of classic StarCraft).

Winni said:
1. It's a major architectural change. Lion requires a 64-Bit Intel CPU to run, all other systems are left out in the cold.
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With the exception of the neglected Mac mini, the only 32-bit Intel Macs sold were the very first generation iMacs, MacBooks, and MacBook Pros. These computers are about 5 years old. Yes, it sucks if you have one of the very first Intel Macs and haven’t upgraded since then, but I’m guessing this means less 32-bit code for the rest of us.

Winni said:
2. It's the first version of Mac OS X that is exclusively sold via digital distribution through Apple's own Mac AppStore. This forces Apple's customers to use the Mac AppStore even if there is no other incentive to visit the store.
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This is like complaining that iOS updates are only available through iTunes. Honestly, this is actually better for me…*I don’t even have the optical drive in my Mac anymore.

Winni said:
If you're looking for killer features, though, Lion will disappoint you. There are none. Despite everything Apple's marketing department is telling you, Lion is only an evolutionary release, not a revolutionary one.
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Maybe this isn’t quite as big a deal as Tiger > Leopard, but it’s certainly bigger than Leopard > Snow Leopard. And it’s only $29.
 
After installing Lion GM, could you update to a retail delta update or you have to download the public release version first?

Anyways, Lion is awesome!
 
Three hundred and nine

No Welcome Video in OS X Lion

309 comments. Three hundred and nine comments on the lack of a welcome video?

I'm reading MacRumors less and less these days and this is a good example of why.

Three hundred and nine comments on something as meaningless and trivial as the lack of a welcome video?

No wonder the Mac fanbois have such an appallingly bad reputation; it makes me feel ashamed to even like the Mac.
 
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8J2 Safari/6533.18.5)

I always hated that animation. Every time I had to reinstall my OS, that animation really irritated me.
 
JakeRev said:
Do I need a dev account for installing GM version of Lion?? I wanna know ASAP!!!
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You don't need a dev account to install Lion GM. I installed it on a seperate partition on my mac. I only installed it just to have a play with the finished version, I don't want to upgrade my SL partition to Lion because I'm not a Mac Dev and I don't want to take the risk.

Plus it's only £21.50, at that price it's not worth pirating. One reason I'm glad I made the switch from MS is because the price of the OS doesn't involve wallet rape.
 
Gradivus said:
No Welcome Video in OS X Lion

309 comments. Three hundred and nine comments on the lack of a welcome video?

I'm reading MacRumors less and less these days and this is a good example of why.

Three hundred and nine comments on something as meaningless and trivial as the lack of a welcome video?

No wonder the Mac fanbois have such an appallingly bad reputation; it makes me feel ashamed to even like the Mac.
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The only thing worse than this thread is the post by Winni whining that he now hears his fans (yet another one of those 'silent computer' freaks who have a brain haemorrhage every time he hears a pin drop) or how 'horrible' Lion is.

Btw, it is just as bad in the Windows camp as well - which ever operating system you choose to use you're going to be surrounded by idiots, morons, and half-wits who whine incessantly about crap to the point you wonder whether their life is so perfect they must actually have to make things up so that they can whine.
 
I've used Mac OS back in 1999 for the first time, yet i think that Lion is an awesome OS. Am I the only one?
 
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