Do I have enough to effectively run Lion

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  1. effectivepull, Jun 8, 2012

    effectivepull macrumors newbie

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    I want to upgrade from Snow Leopard to Lion but I'm scared to death of my computer slowing down.

    This is what I have: iMac 27", Inte Core i5, 2.66 GHz, 16GB of RAM

    Do I have enough? Will my system slow down running Lion?

    I'd appreciate any feedback. Thanks so much!
     
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  2. GGJstudios, Jun 8, 2012

    GGJstudios macrumors Westmere

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    Your iMac will easily run Lion.

    Apple - OS X Lion - Technical specifications
     
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  3. QuarterSwede, Jun 8, 2012
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    QuarterSwede macrumors G3

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    I'm running Lion smoothly on a 2.16 C2D with 3GB. You have plenty of power and RAM.
     
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  4. effectivepull, Jun 8, 2012

    effectivepull thread starter macrumors newbie

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    I'll give it a go. Thanks, guys.
     
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  5. BrianBaughn, Jun 9, 2012

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    One Caveat: Older applications that run via Rosetta in Snow Leopard will not run at all in Lion.
     
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  6. AcesHigh87, Jun 9, 2012

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    Assuming you don't need any PPC apps you will be more than fine. My macbook (Early 2008, C2D, 2GB RAM) only slowed down slightly with Lion; you have 8x the amount of power so you shouldn't see any issues at all.
     
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  7. holmesf, Jun 9, 2012

    holmesf macrumors 6502a

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    Lion doesn't run any slower than Snow Leopard. You may find some cases where Snow Leopard performs better and some where Lion does.
     
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  8. effectivepull, Jun 10, 2012

    effectivepull thread starter macrumors newbie

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    Thanks so much everyone. I made the plunge. So far, so good - kinda. Chrome is periodically having problems uploading all of the pictures/graphics on websites I visit. A quick refresh of the page seems to fix the problem. Hopefully this goes away with the next update of Chrome?
     
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