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Did upgrading to Lion made your computer slower/same/faster?
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Mine seems to have the same speed in post applications and other day to day uses except for one aspect, and that is start up. That entire start up seems much faster and now once I press "Enter" on the log in screen to sign into my account everything is ready instantly whereas before it would take a minute or so to get ready for use!
So, thus far I am really loving Lion and it's improvements!
So, thus far I am really loving Lion and it's improvements!
I find the start up to be quite a bit slower than it was on Snow Leopard. Other than that, everything else seems pretty much the same.
I noticed start up is a tad sluggish, but once its up and running it seems a bit snappier. Just wish it wasn't so buggy
Not sure if it has anything to do with Lion, but with Lion my Geekbench score is about 100 points up compared with the 2 tests I ran under Snow Leopard.
http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/440573
http://browse.geekbench.ca/user/iwan073/profile
http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/440573
http://browse.geekbench.ca/user/iwan073/profile
Much faster. Safari is much faster, iTunes is faster, switching between apps, everything. Overall just much quicker.
Much Faster. I was even able to turn up my graphic settings in wow.
NOTE: When you first install Lion, the system will index all your data. This process can take some time and is very cpu intensive. So if you try to jump right in and do things while it is indexing then you will feel like the computer is run slower.
NOTE: When you first install Lion, the system will index all your data. This process can take some time and is very cpu intensive. So if you try to jump right in and do things while it is indexing then you will feel like the computer is run slower.
I'm on a late 2006 white macbook with 2gb of ram, and it seems to be running about the same, maybe just a touch slower. Overall, very happy though.
I've noticed that Safari is worlds faster, however my machine seems to struggle switching between spaces. I've encountered the BBoD a number of times. I'm running a 3 year old machine C2D 2GHz with 4GB of RAM.
When you say you can turn up the graphics, you mean like change in shaders or texture?
Bootup seems to take a smudge longer, but once its loaded the OS seems snappier and faster. I can live with that (since I sleep my MBP most of the time anyway)
Running basic apps and games like Team Fortress 2 and Minecraft it feels about the same, Startup is maybe 10-15 seconds longer.
Mine was slow right after it was installed but now it seems like everything is faster than it was before. Not by much but I can notice it.
Your title is misleading IMO.
I Upgraded to Lion. It was a disaster, slow, freezes, but I knew better.
I formatted and Clean Installed Lion, Much faster, stable.
So I voted faster but it wasnt the "upgrade" that did it for me. It was the clean install.
I Upgraded to Lion. It was a disaster, slow, freezes, but I knew better.
I formatted and Clean Installed Lion, Much faster, stable.
So I voted faster but it wasnt the "upgrade" that did it for me. It was the clean install.
I have the same MBP you have (exact same specs except I have a 1TB HDD) and I think it's the same thing but I think it's hotter on the Left side... What do you think?