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good riddance os X Lion

It's not the keyboard. It's that I never learned to type. I went to school when the rage was typewriters, and I never took that class. Computers were just becoming a staple when I graduated. Although I do type better and faster on the bluetooth Mac keyboard than any other I have encountered!
 
Amazing Iceman said:
I use VLC or another player I have to avoid this, or simply use my iPad to play videos. Now the question is: wouldn't watching videos at Full Screen while working affect my productivity?

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There are three kinds of people in this world:
1) Those who like change and adapt.
2) Those who complain and don't want to adapt, but eventually will adapt.
3) Those who completely refuse to adapt and are proud of it,
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Two more. . .
4) Those who like good or useful change but reject change for the sake of change.
5) Those who work with what they perceive is as the best whether it's the latest or nor.
 
scottsjack said:
Two more. . .
4) Those who like good or useful change but reject change for the sake of change.
5) Those who work with what they perceive is as the best whether it's the latest or nor.
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we could make these lists up all day, to accommodate our opinions.

change is NOT always good, but it happens just the same.
and lion will mutate into the best it can be, whether we like it or not.

at SOME POINT in the future, most of us will move to it, or 10.8, or...etc..

who runs 10.3 anymore??
 
I went from 10.4 - 10.5 then within a week went to 10.6 - now I've recently got a new mac pro with lion - its overall usable / ok ish but I found a few apps crashing on open, QuickTime pro not working and general stuff not 100% so after a week, went to 10.6.8

S looks like I'll be missing 10.7, but will be going to 10.8 / 11.0 or windows as my next Os.
 
steveOooo said:
I went from 10.4 - 10.5 then within a week went to 10.6 - now I've recently got a new mac pro with lion - its overall usable / ok ish but I found a few apps crashing on open, QuickTime pro not working and general stuff not 100% so after a week, went to 10.6.8

S looks like I'll be missing 10.7, but will be going to 10.8 / 11.0 or windows as my next Os.
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hear u, but...whatever was happening (i.e. QT not working) suggests a specific problem, not a general OS issue. were the other apps NOT compatible with lion??

and what if 10.8 requires 10.7.x to update? what if you want to buy an app that requires 10.7? what if 10.7.4 is near-perfect? :rolleyes:
 
Joos24 said:
OH....my apologies sir..:rolleyes:..you didn't actually create that poll, you just put up a retarded chart… and trying to say that the poll that you did post in reflects the declining ratings…
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And seriously, did you even read the "source" link I provide with the "retarded" chart? They're the ones talking about Lion sales leveling off. And the App store rating for Lion is a significant drop compared to what it was the first 2 months it was released. No hate from me... just sharing the facts as observed by others my friend.

Snow Leopard is being buried into the earth as we speak but you'll have to deal with it.
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I am dealing with it by actually using it. And ironically, with the exception of iCloud and the iOS eye-candy crap it runs everything you're using on Lion. Much faster I might add. Not bad for a dead OS. :) I can even run PowerPC apps just a good as you... oh wait. :eek:

You've already said you hate Lion or in different words so why not go to the Snow Leopard forum and enjoy being around members that say good things about it?
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There are more people here in this forum to save from Evil Lion. I shall prevail. :D

Dude. I didn't start this thread. For god's sake man… read the title. What would you expect to find in here?

fisherking said:
and what if 10.8 requires 10.7.x to update?
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Just like users have a way now going from 10.5 to 10.7 Apple will always offer an upgrade path. Shouldn't be a problem.

Besides, I own Lion anyway. (Free upgrade with MBP purchase).

what if you want to buy an app that requires 10.7?
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Never happen. "Under the hood", iLion is the virtually the same as SL once you get past the iOS clutter.
 
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fisherking said:
hear u, but...whatever was happening (i.e. QT not working) suggests a specific problem, not a general OS issue. were the other apps NOT compatible with lion??

and what if 10.8 requires 10.7.x to update? what if you want to buy an app that requires 10.7? what if 10.7.4 is near-perfect? :rolleyes:
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i think qt pro is hit / miss - if you update from 10.6 with qtpro already installed its ok, but clean install on 10.7, and ive heard issues
also mpeg streamclip doesnt work properly, i cant remember exact apps - the biggies, adobe master collection and final cut studio loaded up ok.

Ill see what 10.7.8 is like / 10.8 before deciding - at the moment 10.6.8 is fine, for me as all apps i need for work are fine. An alternative would be a pc with adobe master collection only. :(
 
jameslmoser said:
Really? I havent found an app yet that requires Lion.
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I imagine some new applications will start requiring it. The ARC memory management scheme does seem rather nice, not nice enough for me to switch my deploy build to 10.7 but I could see how other developers might.
 
People need to get over this. yes we all know lion is ****. Get over it. Those who claim to like it, let them live their denial. We have all been screwed in the past by buying something we thought would be good but turns out a dud. But its only $30, so it wasn't that bad of a scam...life goes on, thread locked...
 
laudern said:
People need to get over this. yes we all know lion is ****. Get over it. Those who claim to like it, let them live their denial. We have all been screwed in the past by buying something we thought would be good but turns out a dud. But its only $30, so it wasn't that bad of a scam...life goes on, thread locked...
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that's just sad.

with EVERY OS (and for that matter, apps, movies, life, everything), some people are happy, some aren't.

if lion isn't working for you, so it goes. if it IS...so it goes.

this forum is so much better served by peeps helping each other with issues, rather than griping because they're not getting what they want...
 
josh1231 said:
After resetting my printing system among other attempted fixes, my Canon MP620 still would not install. Being that it worked fine prior to the printing update that was installed ~ a month ago as well as Apple's documentation stating it did work with Lion, I felt the easiest course of action was a format.
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I managed to get my MP620 (WIFI) working under Lion, but this wasn't without a struggle. I had to install it in Cups first before the OSX install program was able to see the printer. I even had to stop my firewall to get it installed.
 
fisherking said:
that's just sad.

with EVERY OS (and for that matter, apps, movies, life, everything), some people are happy, some aren't.

if lion isn't working for you, so it goes. if it IS...so it goes.

this forum is so much better served by peeps helping each other with issues, rather than griping because they're not getting what they want...
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Tough I can agree with you in part, if we don't say what is wrong, Apple won't know what to fix. Hopefully those with either bugs or dislike for the new "features" have sent their grievances directly to Apple, but by also complaining here, we help to make sure Apple knows what is wanted.
 
WSR said:
Tough I can agree with you in part, if we don't say what is wrong, Apple won't know what to fix. Hopefully those with either bugs or dislike for the new "features" have sent their grievances directly to Apple, but by also complaining here, we help to make sure Apple knows what is wanted.
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If you complain here, apple will not know. File a complaint direct.
 
klaxamazoo said:
I imagine some new applications will start requiring it. The ARC memory management scheme does seem rather nice, not nice enough for me to switch my deploy build to 10.7 but I could see how other developers might.
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Not likely... Lion didn't provide any new Frameworks that app developers will take advantage of that aren't already in Snow Leopard. Lion really wasn't much of an upgrade. I'll say it again, Lion is an iOS themed commercial for apple to sell its notebooks to people who have iphones and ipads. Thats pretty much it... its garbage. Its like the marketing department took control when Steve wasn't able to fend them off anymore, and the took a great intuitive OS and make it a sales pitch.
 
WSR said:
Tough I can agree with you in part, if we don't say what is wrong, Apple won't know what to fix. Hopefully those with either bugs or dislike for the new "features" have sent their grievances directly to Apple, but by also complaining here, we help to make sure Apple knows what is wanted.
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Nice try but Apple doesn't follow these boards. This is just a place where people come to share their miseries. And thank goodness Apple doesn't follow these boards, there are some new things about Lion I actually like and this forum is so mean vocally that we could lose them if Apple obeyed their every command. :rolleyes:
 
I think you guys are kidding yourselves if you think corporations don't pay attention to user forums. This is the biggest Apple forum on the internet, isn't it? Much smaller companies than Apple have employees that look at sites like this.

I doubt Apple would ever have an active presence here, but someone is looking at some point.
 
Aliens

I beg you to unstack windows in Lion Apple...


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jameslmoser said:
Not likely... Lion didn't provide any new Frameworks that app developers will take advantage of that aren't already in Snow Leopard. Lion really wasn't much of an upgrade. I'll say it again, Lion is an iOS themed commercial for apple to sell its notebooks to people who have iphones and ipads. Thats pretty much it... its garbage. Its like the marketing department took control when Steve wasn't able to fend them off anymore, and the took a great intuitive OS and make it a sales pitch.
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Probably the best definition of Lion I've read to date.

Sorry... I could only take away 1 of your negs. :D
 
phyrexia said:
I think you guys are kidding yourselves if you think corporations don't pay attention to user forums. This is the biggest Apple forum on the internet, isn't it? Much smaller companies than Apple have employees that look at sites like this.

I doubt Apple would ever have an active presence here, but someone is looking at some point.
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Uh, the biggest Apple forum on the internet?? Well I dunno about that but you should keep in mind that this is "Rumor Site" and it's not the best place for a company to take extremely seriously. Apple does have their own discussion forums. Another thing, there's a major difference between complaining and constructive criticism, MR does more complaining and that tends to get overlooked due to being overly excessive and annoying.

Although many people have legitimate issues I hardly ever see a post where someone takes responsibility for their system issues, they always blame Apple or Lion. When someone comes here with a major rant they always leave out the important things like their system type, all softwares and haxies installed and such. This leaves them open game to press blame without accepting it. Do you honestly think Apple can take posts like that into consideration? That's why they prefer to have people report issues on their website in the designated area.
When people complain here they are looking for the majority to join in on them and gang up on Apple. When you have to send your concerns to Apple you are alone, but I'm sure Apple takes you more seriously that way. Just sayin'.
 
Amazing Iceman said:
And sooner or later you will have to update to Lion, so why wait?
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That's just one way to look at it.

While it's true that Lion will be the sole version of OS X going forward, that in no way is an indicator that it's better for all users.

I've spent quite some time optimizing 10.6.8, and its ideal for me.

In addition because I tend to be an early adopter, I took a slightly different approach. Always one to be Pro-Apple and eager to experience their latest, I bought a new 13" Lion equipped MBA.

This allows me to have the best possible Lion experience since it's sure to have the appropriate combination of hardware & software direct from Apple. My take on Lion? It's not bad, yet there are "features" that I find annoying, that I don't need, and that even when turned off or ignored, still have a negative impact on my work flow.

Am I condemning Lion? Absolutely not.

As an individual who's computer use is as a professional in a demanding work environment, speed and efficiency are paramount. Therefore I'm not inclined to jump on the bandwagon just because Apples anointed Lion as "The Greatest". What I have now is the fastest & best solution for my requirements.

For those with different needs I can see where Lion is the best for them. I'm not one that has to "be right" to be happy or effective. Nor do I bash a product because it may not fit my current needs.

Finally, I wouldn't be surprised that as Apple has more time to work on future revs, that it may end up being just right for me. That's one aspect of Apple I like and why I've remained loyal for two decades. Apple is a company that continues to refine and improve.
 
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