Lion... It Grows On You

The last Apple operating system I ever used was back in 2004 or 2005. It was some pre-2000 OS I believe, on one of those plastic all-in-one CRT Macs. Plastic seethrough blue, simplistic layout.

So really, I don't think I'll feel awkward using Lion Can't miss what I didn't try before-hand.

 

So it felt sluggish compared to SL, but it feels better now?

I'm really looking forward to using what Apple has been working on. I have an i7 iMac with 16GB memory, so I'm not worried about sluggishness. Bring it on, I can't wait!

(backup plan is also in place just in case of disaster )

 

Yup, same here - looking forward to the final release. I've also got a redundant backup... you know, just in case

 

That would probably be OS 9 on one of the first iMacs. Lion is waaaay better than that, so I'm sure you'll like it.

 

I'll reiterate.

Lion is the best release since Tiger. Leopard added some great UI additions which changed the entire outlook from Tiger; I think if we look carefully the UI additions themselves are a huge upgrade since Leopard/SL.

Lion is simply awesome!

 

Exactly, although i have to admit that i started to love it from very beginning.
Now i even have a Lion backup, so goodbye SL.

 

Is Resume compatible with the Microsoft Office 2011 suite?

 

Hey so I was wondering, is lion slower? or does anyone know this?

I mean they added a bunch of features, they did however simplify some things such as mission control adding all the other functions together.

So I'm wondering is there an effect on the speed, is it faster, slower, slight difference, or about the same.

Honestly there are only like 3 features i would use on lion if I were to have it right now.

 

I actually liked Lion from the very first moment I started using it. But I agree that it continues to grow on you as you use it

 

It's too hard to say. Assuming everyone has the proper hardware (requirements), a fresh install is going to feel fast and snappy just like any other OS. The true test is what happens over time. For me, using the base Late-2008 MacBook Pro w/4GB RAM, it hasn't struggled. It isn't always smooth but I could attribute that to early drivers and could be improved with future updates.

From reading the threads, Mission Control is a hit/miss depending user, you'll have to test it out yourself to come to a conclusion.

There are reasons to like Lion but depending on the user, it might or might not be an upgrade option now but maybe in the future.

 

Not yet.

 

Its growing all right, growing my swap to 4gb

 

lmao.

 

I still can't decide whether to downgrade to SL or keep the beta and upgrade tonight/tomorrow. I'm sure I will love Lion when the final is released (with no ****ing bugs).

 

I was all ready to upgrade to Lion until I found out that they were killing Spaces as it exists in SL. That's my primary way of moving around apps, so of course I wasn't terribly happy about that.

But after giving Lion a try, and finding out eactly how the new Spaces works, I think I can still use it *essentially* how I use it today. So it looks like I'll be upgrading immediately.

There are plenty of features I won't be using, such as launchpad and dashboard (which I already haven't used in Leopard/Snow Leopard), but Lion as a whole should be a great upgrade

 

Need to send Lion to Gb Anonymous.

 

Err...assuming you're using GM, that is the final version. Small chance Apple releases a second GM.

 

I too, love Lion and don't have many issues. Although it took a couple days to get used to it.

Although Steam is leaking memory right now. At least it isn't hemorrhaging like Safari likes too.

 

I just noticed this about Safari...it won't save passwords if you check the "remember me" on forums. You can leave the page and go back to it but once you quit and then go back to the site, you have to login again. I've tried to reset Safari, delete .plists, checked keychain but it won't save!

 

Safari remembers me here on MR.

 

I can't get it to save for some reason.

 

I'm not booted into Lion right now...

What happens if you go into Safari's preferences under "Auto Fill" and toggle on the "remember passwords" option?

 

Works for me. Clean install, by the way.

 

I kept going back and forth between Lion GM and SL but I started to realize that every time I'm in SL, there are more and more things that I'm missing that are in Lion. It's weird but the list keeps growing to the point that over the past few days I started to use Lion full time and I'm not missing SL at all now. Yep, it's a good OS.