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OS X Mavericks Adoption Pushing Toward 50%
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You guys are stuck in "Other" with the handful of super-secret OS X 10.10 testers.
Doesn't that make you feel special.
Still on Lion.
Don't see an urgent need to upgrade, even though it is free.
I also need to make sure my printer will still work, and that I won't have any problems with my Drobo, CrashPlan or Backblaze.
I'll probably upgrade soon. I refuse to be a beta tester when it's first released
I feel the same way. I was going to say: "Not bad for a beta OS." A lot of people have no choice when buying new Macs though
moj's First Rule Of OS X: Don't Touch It With A Bargepole Until There's A '.2' On The EndI'll probably upgrade soon. I refuse to be a beta tester when it's first released
Exactly.
And if it isn't 100% and they can quit supporting older versions, then who cares?
How loyal are they really if they haven't bought a Mac since 2005?
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Agreed. It's easily the best OS X release since 10.6.
I tried downloading Mavericks for my 2010 white MB during the first week it was released and it kept failing so I gave up and haven't tried since. Not sure if I ever will. I'm still on Lion and loving it. Mountain Lion had too many memory problems.
I can understand sticking with Snow Leopard, but why the hell would you stick with Lion or Mountain Lion?! you've already got the app store, the update is free, and all of that hardware supports it...
2011 works fine (as far as Office:Mac goes) but I don't know about older versions (which I'll assume he probably has).
In general, I've haven't run into any software that failed to run the same on Mavericks as it did on ML. I'm usually an early adopter and even tried a couple of the betas before it came out and had no issues.
Naturally, ymmv.
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Lots of machines can't be updated past Lion (first release with iCloud and all of those processes) but I can't understand the huge number of mountain Lion.
I thought that it would be 30% 10.6 (compatibility with PPC apps, can't update their machines, do not want Lion) and 70% on Mavericks (better than 10.8 and 10.7 on every single way).
Those 18% 10.8 users and a few of those Lion users should be on Mavericks. I hope they update soon so we all can benefit from better, 10.9 ready, apps.
Due to how people manage their computers (less upgrades, less software updates) wouldn't it be better if Apple polished more the OS and released a new version every 2 years? My machine is faster than when I bought it (2011), but Mavericks still could be faster and there are some bugs.
Lots of machines can't be updated past Lion (first release with iCloud and all of those processes) but I can't understand the huge number of mountain Lion.
I thought that it would be 30% 10.6 (compatibility with PPC apps, can't update their machines, do not want Lion) and 70% on Mavericks (better than 10.8 and 10.7 on every single way).
Those 18% 10.8 users and a few of those Lion users should be on Mavericks. I hope they update soon so we all can benefit from better, 10.9 ready, apps.
Due to how people manage their computers (less upgrades, less software updates) wouldn't it be better if Apple polished more the OS and released a new version every 2 years? My machine is faster than when I bought it (2011), but Mavericks still could be faster and there are some bugs.
I'm still running Snow Leopard because my black MacBook (2006) has 32-bit hardware. After getting the CPU fan, battery and keyboard top replaced at the Apple Store in 2012, I could probably keep using my MacBook until 2016.
I'm still using my 2008 black MB as well. I'll keep using it and my 2010 white MB till they die before I get a new Mac.
I'm running Mountain Lion, and I didn't upgrade because Adobe software didn't work properly in Mavericks (that might have fixed now, though).
This is probably very true. Sometimes when I have upgraded my aging 2009 iMac to a new OS it broke the drivers for my 2005 printer. Thank goodness that wasn't a problem with Mavericks, but it nixed some other software. Things like Parallels also become outdated with a new OS. So for those like me who detest leaving the OS X environment, that is $80 (or at least $50 for an upgrade) that we have to shell out.
Because
- all our apps run on ML just fine, incl. Parallels
- we've heard horror stories of the new OS' RAM usage / speed / bugs.
So: why bother if Lion / ML runs just fine, without kernel panics etc?
I think anything running 10.7 or 10.8 would be compatible. 10.6 runs on 32 bit systems that don't support Mavericks.
How so? In terms of adoption?
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I had not heard any RAM usage issues with Mavericks. I have experienced very few bugs with it. Speed is good. And this is all on my iMac 2009.
BTW, how is the campaign to get a 17" MacBook Pro coming?
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There is probably an answer to that question out in some forum. Depends on your version of Adobe.
66.666% of my Macs are running Mavericks with the other 33.333% running Snow Leopard.
I share your surprise, Lion certainly wasn't one of Apple's finest moments.
I share your surprise, Lion certainly wasn't one of Apple's finest moments.
No rush
I'm still on Mountain Lion and it's been rock-solid for me.
Each successive iteration of OS X tends to introduce disruptive changes which could significantly affect my workflow... so I'm usually content to wait for 2 iterations. This gives me ample time to assess the new way of doing some things (and come to terms with losing some features )
I've been on
- Tiger
- Snow Leopard (so far, my best OS X experience)
- Mountain Lion
and even though (free) Mavericks brings some nice power-saving features (which would definitely benefit my 2009 MBP), I'm still very happy with ML.
I'm still on Mountain Lion and it's been rock-solid for me.
Each successive iteration of OS X tends to introduce disruptive changes which could significantly affect my workflow... so I'm usually content to wait for 2 iterations. This gives me ample time to assess the new way of doing some things (and come to terms with losing some features
)I've been on
- Tiger
- Snow Leopard (so far, my best OS X experience)
- Mountain Lion
and even though (free) Mavericks brings some nice power-saving features (which would definitely benefit my 2009 MBP), I'm still very happy with ML.
In my case, Microsoft dropped support for Office '08 so I stuck with ML as I know everything works.