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Mountain Lion & 2011 MBP speed
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Nice!! I got the same spec as your but i also have datadoubler
I want to upgrade too but I have many photography apps that may not work properly with ML.I'm currently running ML on my 2011 MBA and it smokes! Great release! Way faster than Lion.
definitely snappier here as well. safari is seriously faster.
overall, been running ML 8 hours, and seems stable.
worth the update (so far, for me anyway...)
overall, been running ML 8 hours, and seems stable.
worth the update (so far, for me anyway...)
Well, this is promising.
I was beginning to think only my 2011 MBP was slow with Lion...
Sandy Bridge is a super fast CPU, even people with Windows on the 2011 say it's faster than Lion (from a few posts I read around here).
I use all of the Adobe Creative Suite (mind you, it's still CS5.5, not CS6) and other stuff, and it is definitely faster.
I did an upgrade, but when I have some free time in a few weeks I'm going to do a fresh install off a USB stick. It's being a bit picky but I would like to start fresh
AirPlay is worth $20 alone. The speed response is worth more.
I'm happy that Apple is back on track for the Mac. I had a feeling they stopped caring about Mac users and focused more on iOS.
Have you had any issues at all with CS5.5 on ML? I want to upgrade, but it always makes me a little nervous that something isn't going to work. I know ML is basically a revised version of Lion (from what I've heard), but hearing a definite answer from someone that uses it. I checked roaringapps, but it looks like not everything has been tested yet.
Not a single problem. Only thing that happened after the update was that when I launched Photoshop, it asked me to download Java 6 (again) and off it went.
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Definitely!
Even with an SSD, Lion felt sluggish.
I'm on the base speed HDD for the 2011 Mac but Mountain lion makes this thing blaze.
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I havent timed yet but i am about to do a shutdown and then a startup and ill let you know what the time is. but even when its a sleep as soon as i open the lid its on with lion it took a few seconds.
Edit 9 seconds from sound to desk top.
When I had the HD in there before the SSD, my 2011 MBP felt like a 2006 MBP with Lion.
So I updated to ML, and I already have a SSD. Where will I experience this performance boost. I'm still exploring all the new features, but speed and performance are my main concerns.
Mostly in overall performance. I like the additional features, especially AirPlay and Messages. There's a lot of other little additions that will take time for me to learn/use, but performance and speed were my main concern as well.
Even my SSD is running a tad bit faster, for some reason.
Not sure as I don't use VMware...but I don't see why not? ML is kind of a minor upgrade, unlike Tiger to Leopard, etc.
