Ha! Thats a stretch MacRumors, the graph clearly shows the difference as being .15%. Or basically nothing.
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OS X Yosemite Beta Usage Beats Mavericks' Pace by 4x as New Features and Look Draw Testers
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I came to comments to make this exact statement.
Also, as a registered iOS developer, I was tickled pink to have said access to OS X.
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Really? I had a 2010 MBAir running Mountain Lion and never had any problems. Ended up selling it before Mavericks dropped, but I wouldn't have hesitated to upgrade.
If only 1 person was using the Mavericks DP last year, and this year, 4 people are using the Yosemite DP, that still makes it a 4x increase, does it not?
Just because the total amount of users is still less than 1% of the OS X market does not make the headline any less true.
But again, agreeing with others, I myself am using the DP because they allowed me to have it with my iOS dev account.
Yes, that's what happened to me. I have an iOS account, and then grabbed the 10.10 preview (to my surprise!)
I tested it on my 2008 alu macbook. It's crushed it. I have to roll it back to 10.9, it just can't handle the OS.
Thats unfortunate, I kind of expected that. :/
Are you using the 2.4 version? Upgraded RAM?
LOL. You're having performance issues, so you do what any reasonable person would do- refuse to install a free incremental update to Mountain Lion, called Mavericks, that focuses on performance and battery life issues. One proven in multiple third party tests to make even ancient Macs use dramatically less RAM and have longer battery life. One designed to get things done as quickly and efficiently as possible to get your CPU back to low power mode ASAP. Makes sense.
That's what I love about MR- it's where logic goes to die.
Of course you knew all that. You, like all reasonable people, did your homework read the features and the review before making an informed decision that power and performance just aren't a good fit for you. You've been thrilled with the result- an entire year of weaker than necessary performance and battery life, just as one would expect.
Guess what...
I remember the exact same "OS X Mavericks scored higher usage." too OS X 10.9 came out..
The same thing happens with every singe OS.... Why wouldn't it ? Apple adds features people like..
It can happen to everything. Its getting old news quickly....
Its just marketing crap.... Nothing to worry about really.. People will buy it regardless.
I remember the exact same "OS X Mavericks scored higher usage." too OS X 10.9 came out..
The same thing happens with every singe OS.... Why wouldn't it ? Apple adds features people like..
It can happen to everything. Its getting old news quickly....
Its just marketing crap.... Nothing to worry about really.. People will buy it regardless.
I know, I for one, am difinately looking forward to the fall release of this bad boy!!
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My oldest daughter says the same thing.
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My oldest daughter says the same thing.
2.4, only 4gb of ram because I can't find the 8gb pair cheap anywhere right now.
It was a lot of CPU load and fans blazing, ram should lighten the load.
I'm sure a few more betas it would get more stable. But it kind of reminded me of the Aero interface in MS Vista, sucking on the resources for some pretty interface.
Should run nice on my late 2013 Retina though (can't risk trying it on my main work machine though)
I’ve upgraded my RAM to 8GB.
Then again, developer previews have always been slower than release versions as they contain irrelevant code for release. Maybe it gets better. Still, at least we have the option to revert to Mavericks, unlike some other operating system.