Left Lion

But this is the case with every new operating system no matter what computer you use, common sense to keep using the OS you already have until new OS is well established and all faults ironed out.

I was perfectly happy using snow leopard however i was kinda forced into Lion as Logic 9.6.1 just wouldn't work for me in SL upgraded to Lion and all is well.

 

I really like lion and have been using macs since tiger. It didn't take much relearning for me. I really enjoy the new gestures and I use mission control and launchpad all the time.

I guess the difference is that I didn't have a bunch of software that wasn't compatible, so my transition was quite smooth.

 

I gave it about 60 days. Even though I did not have any compatibility issues, it's Autosave (a huge timesaver but badly implemented to be honest), constantly-reordering Launchpad, Mission Control (linear Spaces and crippled Exposé), Automatic Termination, loss of fine brightness and volume controls, inconsistent gestures and the general sloppiness that made me upgrade to Snow Leopard.

 

And that my friends is the key. Older software, more trouble. Newer software will give you a smoother transition

 

The longer you wait the bigger the lurch is to any new software.

It's not going to get better for you, so make sure your current system lasts a LONG time. Or simply run your machine from either system; boot into Lion from say an external if you want to use some new stuff, and into SL if you like that.

BTW, just because Lion has features like Lauchpad or versioning doesn't mean you have to use them. There are tons of alternatives to Pages, Launchpad etc that you might find more useful (although not Spaces, sadly).

Rob

 

for the most part, i see little reason to downgrade. but it has to be said that at the same time, i can't think of any major development in lion that would make me upgrade if i was still on sl.

 

I voted on that poll that I was sticking with Lion, but I ended up reverting to Snow Leopard.

Since then, I've tried Lion again and I've reverted to Snow Leopard once more.

I'll likely be staying here.

 

Back to Snow Leopard for me

Bugginess, Autosave flaws, useless Versions, annoying document locking, and clumsy Duplicate/Save As is sending me back to Snow Leopard. First time I've ever gone back to an older OS, and the first time I've ever seen a Mac OS I didn't like. Sending back my new Lion-locked iMac and getting a refurb with 10.6 loaded, that way I can wait out this nonsense and jump to 10.8. Nuts.

 

"Missing" Control is too mouse happy. How do I use the keyboard with it? (Like Expose allows in SL). I can't believe some dumb ass coder forgot to at least enable the arrow keys so I could select a window without lifting a hand to the trackpad. (And no... CMD+TAB 10 times, then CMD+Tilde a dozen more isn't the same so don't even start).

MC is for laid back, casual one-handed browsing - nothing more.

 

I doubt it was some dumb ass coder. Lion has the stink of 'design by committee' about it. --Too many team meetings and not enough hard work ensuring that the end result is logically complete and consistent.

 

I agree. It is pretty clear that Steve Jobs was not able to be as heavily involved as we were all used to. Hopefully Apple will find someone to say NO to things until they are perfect like Steve used to do.

 

You guys are giving OSX way too much credit for being prominent in Apple's grand scheme of the future. iOS is their bread and butter. I accepted that long ago but the sneaky bastards actually tried putting iOS in the MacBook. Never saw that one coming.

And as far as those "team meetings" go… I'd be pleasantly surprised if the OSX staff had more than 2 or 3 full time coders. Apple is known to be underwhelming with regard to project manpower. And Steve? I don't think he ever micromanaged anything since the iPod. Perhaps some with the iPhone. Even less with the iPad. And other than MacBook hardware "style", he most likely became bored with OSX just after Tiger. (Starting with Leopard I think others just ran with it and left him in the dust).

 

Looks to me as if Lion is gearing up for future iMacs being touch screen, as launchpad turns my iMac into a huge looking iPad ... yep I can see the plan here.