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Lion on my 2011 quad core

lavrishevo

lavrishevo

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So, this post will not be particularly edifying but I just wanted to report that Lion is running very well on my quad-core. Boot times are a bit slower then Snow Leopard the overall performance seems to be the same as Snow leopard.

The UI changes are nice and overall and I do like the upgrade. It is not drastically different then Snow Leopard but the additional features are useful and refined. I really like the new mail. Launchpad is convenient as well. So far, all of my software is working as it should.

The major ones includes:
FCP 7
Office 2011
iLife & iWork
CS5 Master Collection
Cyberduck
Vmware Fusion

The upgrade was easy and painless. On my Macbook Pro it took about 35 min to install. Anyway, if you have any questions I am glad to answer to my abilities.
 
lavrishevo said:
So, this post will not be particularly edifying but I just wanted to report that Lion is running very well on my quad-core. Boot times are a bit slower then Snow Leopard the overall performance seems to be the same as Snow leopard.

The UI changes are nice and overall and I do like the upgrade. It is not drastically different then Snow Leopard but the additional features are useful and refined. I really like the new mail. Launchpad is convenient as well. So far, all of my software is working as it should.

The major ones includes:
FCP 7
Office 2011
iLife & iWork
CS5 Master Collection
Cyberduck
Vmware Fusion

The upgrade was easy and painless. On my Macbook Pro it took about 35 min to install. Anyway, if you have any questions I am glad to answer to my abilities.
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cool screen shots please :)
 
Does Lion bring updated drivers ( better performance and / or bug fixes )?

Or is it just a feature upgrade and nothing more?

Has Lion improved battery life and system responsiveness?
 
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mark28 said:
Does Lion bring updated drivers ( better performance and / or bug fixes )?

Or is it just a feature upgrade and nothing more?

Has Lion improved battery life and system responsiveness?
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No driver updates that I have seen.

Battery life seems to be on par with Snow Leopard but I have not done any specific test.

Performance, again, seems to be on par with Snow Leopard. If it is faster it is only slightly. I have not noticed any drastic improvement really anywhere. This does not make it any less of a worthwhile upgrade.

As of now, no crashes or bugs. Seems very stable.
 
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If you have a 3rd party SSD installed, does trim work?
 
mark28 said:
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If you have a 3rd party SSD installed, does trim work?
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Sorry, I'm running the Momentus XT hybrid so I can't answer that one.
 
I might clone my drive and test it out. Glad to hear CS 5 is working. I do need Pro Tools 9 to work, though...
 
mark28 said:
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If you have a 3rd party SSD installed, does trim work?
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It wasn't for me when I had a Crucial C300 in a 2008 MacBook.

I had a ridiculous amount of beach balls with my Lion, but I did a clean install and that all went away. I love it overall, I just miss my 4 finger swipe to show desktop.
 
schizbomb said:
It wasn't for me when I had a Crucial C300 in a 2008 MacBook.

I had a ridiculous amount of beach balls with my Lion, but I did a clean install and that all went away. I love it overall, I just miss my 4 finger swipe to show desktop.
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I believe an easy workaround for this will be to set up an empty space, with nothing in it. Then you would just have to four-finger swipe right or left to the next empty space to show a clean desktop.
 
schizbomb said:
It wasn't for me when I had a Crucial C300 in a 2008 MacBook.

I had a ridiculous amount of beach balls with my Lion, but I did a clean install and that all went away. I love it overall, I just miss my 4 finger swipe to show desktop.
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How do you clean install Lion? With a clean Snow Leopard?

The 4 finger swipe is replaced by four fingers plus the thumb fanning out. (Opposite of LaunchPad) It takes some getting used to but the feature is still there.

Don't upgrade to Lion if you use Vuze. The OS seems to be lacking good Java support so it messes up downloads.

I've also found Finder and some other windows to randomly not pull up when requested. Had to relaunch Finder to get it working again. Also, when opening new programs like 1Password, it pops up in the background instead of on top. Weird stuff. Hope 10.7.1 comes out within a couple of weeks.
 
mark28 said:
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If you have a 3rd party SSD installed, does trim work?
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It doesn't
 
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