Is Mountain Lion worth it?

[mecolema]

I know it's only $20, but I wonder whether or not it's worth it for me to get Mountain Lion. Right now, I have a 2008 Macbook with Snow Leopard.

I'm skeptical about the switch because (a) I have a lot of old AppleWorks documents that I occasionally need access to, and (b) I won't be able to take advantage of many new features (e.g., swipe gestures) because my computer is so old.

What do you think? Is it still worth it?

 

[andybosik]

Yes!

I know it's only $20, but I wonder whether or not it's worth it for me to get Mountain Lion. Right now, I have a 2008 Macbook with Snow Leopard.

I'm skeptical about the switch because (a) I have a lot of old AppleWorks documents that I occasionally need access to, and (b) I won't be able to take advantage of many new features (e.g., swipe gestures) because my computer is so old.

What do you think? Is it still worth it?

I wasn't too impressed with Lion, but Mountain Lion works very well and snappier on my Late 2008 MacBook!

 

[imageWIS]

I wasn't too impressed with Lion, but Mountain Lion works very well and snappier on my Late 2008 MacBook!

Do you have the 2.0 or the 2.4?

 

[andybosik]

Do you have the 2.0 or the 2.4?

2Ghz Core 2 Duo w/4Gb Ram

 

[imageWIS]

2Ghz Core 2 Duo w/4Gb Ram

5400 or 7200 RPM hard drive?

 

[andybosik]

5400 or 7200 RPM hard drive?

5400 soon to be replaced by ssd!

 

[imageWIS]

5400 soon to be replaced by ssd!

Cool thanks. I upgraded to this: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...igital_WD5000BPKT_Scorpio_Black_SATA_2_5.html

WD 500GB Scorpio Black 7200 RPM, so far, so good, definitely a speed bump.

Is ML running faster than SL on your machine?

 

[east85]

I have the specs in my signature and my late 2008 is running much smoother on Mountain Lion than it did on Lion. However, I did do a clean install.

 

[mecolema]

Are you sure the upgrade will work with my 2008 laptop? The Apple site says Macbooks have to be 2009 or later…

I have a 5400rpm hard drive with 4GB Ram. (2.1 Ghz Core 2 Duo.)

 

[Drew017]

Are you sure the upgrade will work with my 2008 laptop? The Apple site says Macbooks have to be 2009 or later…

I have a 5400rpm hard drive with 4GB Ram. (2.1 Ghz Core 2 Duo.)

Actually, the 2008 aluminum unibody MacBooks are supported (because they have the same specs as the early '09 MacBooks)

www.apple.com/osx/specs

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I know it's only $20, but I wonder whether or not it's worth it for me to get Mountain Lion. Right now, I have a 2008 Macbook with Snow Leopard.

What do you think? Is it still worth it?

Of course! ML is well worth the money!

I'm skeptical about the switch because (a) I have a lot of old AppleWorks documents that I occasionally need access to, and (b) I won't be able to take advantage of many new features (e.g., swipe gestures) because my computer is so old.

If you do have the aluminum macbook, you will have full multitouch support! And the only feature you won't be able to use will be Power Nap because it only works with Macs with built in SSD drives (unless you have one already)

Not sure about Apple works... If I were you, I'd find an 8GB+ flash drive and install Snow Leopard on it (along with AppleWorks) so you can access your files

 

[u49aa2]

And the only feature you won't be able to use will be Power Nap because it only works with Macs with built in SSD drives

actually only the new macbook air and just recently the retina MbP support power nap (if my memory serve well)

Cheers

 

[mecolema]

But that's just it! I don't have an aluminum Macbook—I have the old-fashioned plastic Macbook made in July 2008. So I probably can't do Lion or Mountain Lion, right?

 

[Drew017]

actually only the new macbook air and just recently the retina MbP support power nap (if my memory serve well)

Cheers

ahh my bad! You are correct!

 

[east85]

But that's just it! I don't have an aluminum Macbook—I have the old-fashioned plastic Macbook made in July 2008. So I probably can't do Lion or Mountain Lion, right?

You should be able to do Lion.

 

[mrboult]

But that's just it! I don't have an aluminum Macbook—I have the old-fashioned plastic Macbook made in July 2008. So I probably can't do Lion or Mountain Lion, right?

You CAN run Lion. But not MountainLion.

Lion runs fine on my mother's 2.0gz core2duo MacBook (2GB RAM) from 2006. She doesn't exactly do anything intensive, but she runs mail,iTunes,iPhoto,ical,word,Skype,safari etc etc. . . and often all at the same time as she always forgets to quit properly. . .

I agree with many that Snow Leopard was a better OS. But on my end we all use iCloud for syncing devices, so Lion was necessary with MobileME's discontinuation and all.

 

[AppleFanatic10]

Mountain Lion is 100x better than Lion. It's faster, has better features and doesn't lag as much as Lion did/does.

 

[minifridge1138]

What I recommend to anyone that asks: Stay on Snow Leopard unless there is something in Lion or Mountain Lion that you NEED.

 

[PriapusZA]

What I recommend to anyone that asks: Stay on Snow Leopard unless there is something in Lion or Mountain Lion that you NEED.

For instance, iCloud as MobileMe is now gone?

 

[minifridge1138]

For instance, iCloud as MobileMe is now gone?

Yes, if you need either of those then you should upgrade.

I don't use either and I'm sure there are other people that don't.

 

[nnd]

I have a 2009 MBP on Snow Leopard and iCloud still syncs wirelessly via iTunes to my phone though, so maybe that could solve your issue if you only need iCloud?