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Roundup of OS X Mountain Lion Reviews: 'Faster and Smoother', 'Incremental', 'Bargain at Twice the Price'
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Thanks. I tried a search and most of the hits were regarding Lion, not Mountain Lion. MS fixed the issues with Office 2008 and Lion quite a while ago. I'm hoping ML doesn't break it.
Yes it is VERY LATE. when you remember that Mac OS X was not written at Apple but at "NEXT" and was called "NESTstep". But going back further NEXTstep was just BSD UNIX with a graphical point and click front end. BSD came from the University or California at Berkley and they got it from Bell Labs.
Mac OS X's birthday is if you trace it back to Bell Labs is 1969.
But you can go back farther. the name "Unix" is literally a joke. It is a take-off from the name "Multics". Multics was a much larger and more complex OS developed in 1960's and unix was a clleaned up and much smaller OS that used the best ideas from Multics. The ideas in Mac OS X have roots that go back to the md 60's and code that dates from the early 70's
Andriod is of course Linux. and Linux is a re-implenmentation of UNIX. Almost an exact copy. IOS borrows much from Mac OS X. So to day much of the code inside our operating systems is older than many (most?) users.
So Yes, it is LATE in the cycle but I think UNIX is here to stay. Most casual users only interact with the screen just like most drivers only interact with the car's controls (shell, brakes, turn signals,...) but most of what makes the car work s stull they dont see and mostly don't understand. Same with Mac OS X.
So far so good with ML. Love the new messages App. It will be even better once iOS 6 launches.
Too bad full screen Apps are still totally worthless with more than one monitor. Can not even run two of them. You still have to have one blank screen to use a FS App. Unbelievable it made it into lion this way. I struggle to imagine the process that led to it to still be broken in ML (And it is broken).
Too bad full screen Apps are still totally worthless with more than one monitor. Can not even run two of them. You still have to have one blank screen to use a FS App. Unbelievable it made it into lion this way. I struggle to imagine the process that led to it to still be broken in ML (And it is broken).
My iMac gets a little nuts periodically, switching back and forth rapidly between running applications. Can't seem to figure out what it wants to have in the foreground. Probably should have waited for 10.8.1 before upgrading.
Did you do a clean install or simply upgrade on top of the existing OS X? One thing that you could do is create a new partition on your boot HD and clean install Mountain Lion and observe if the issue still occurs.
So is Mountain Lion worth it? What is it going to offer my 2010 MB Pro with a soon to be SSD over my Lion I have?
fan keeps spinning
The fan of my macbook air keeps on spinning after installing Mountain lion, anyone got the same issue?
The fan of my macbook air keeps on spinning after installing Mountain lion, anyone got the same issue?
If you use messages it is worth it. It is also quite a but snappier. (For me anyway).
You will not be able to use airplay mirroring on 2010 though.
Wish my 2011 MBP could use Power Nap, although I understand why it doesn't. Think I'll run my upgrade later today.
Don't really use messages, would use iCloud though, is it more stable? Is it faster?
I don't see them as being anti-Apple at all. To people like you, you only want to see Apple fan-sites where they only talk good about Apple and never anything bad or objective, even when they deserve the harsh criticism.
I'd rather be mired Apple's "skeumorphism" then have to deal with the vomit factory that is Windows 8 metro or Windows Phone. More to the point why is skeumorphism NOT a problem for windows 7 or MS office, but it's all of a sudden a problem for OS X?
Twice the price?? It's 10 bucks less than Lion.
I found that "Bargain at twice the price" a confusing statement.
Thinking more about it, perhaps the author was saying "Even if it was twice the price of $19.99, it would be a bargain."
Quicksilver now, Quicksilver forever.
Wait, bad example. Anyways...it is not the first time I have seen concerns about iOS being the Windows XP of paradigms and standards to creep into OS X itself.
Safari on my Mountain Lion 2010 Mac mini is completely useless. Every time I click on more than 3 websites, the entire program hangs up, beach ball comes out and the app starts eating RAM like crazy. Like gigs of ram, and I have to force quit. The processor also maxes out. I upgraded this morning from Lion. Not sure what to do next. I repaired permissions and verified the disk for fun, no help. Example: I opened safari, clicked on macrumors favorite, clicked on Forum, program is toast. (I'm back at work now, ran home at lunch).
Funny, I bet you haven't even used both the platforms you just mentioned. Of course naturally I anticipate you'll state otherwise. If you truly tested a Windows 8 OS on MS's demo device they passed out during one of their recent developer's conference, I ask you to read out your serial # of your device. Otherwise all you did was test out their CP (consumer preview) version.
As far as Windows Phone OS, you do realize that MS has repeatedly issued challenges to many other smartphone users ($100 a person) to prove that their products are faster at the everyday stuff and they have a very high track record of beating almost everyone.
I'm a 4S user, if Windows Phone had the all apps I needed, I would've switched. The simple fact is, most people shun Windows phones because they're made by Microsoft and it has the name "Windows" and you're unable to get over it due to bigotry.
HOLLLLLLLYYYYYY.......
This thing is SCREAMIN' ~!!!!
Just finished installing on a macbook pro early 2011 w 16GB RAM. Yeah -- 16GB RAM, so what.
Anyways... it WILL be slow initially as Spotlight needs to re-index EVERYTHING from the beginning!! But once Spotlight gives you an estimate... things start to speed up...
On integrated gfx... the UI is still pretty damn SLICK. On discrete gfx... wow. It's like a brand-new iPhone.
I don't like how they've removed an entire row in Launchpad however. I had all my LP icons all set up perfectly. Well... let's see if them LP icons move all by themselves now...
This thing is SCREAMIN' ~!!!!
Just finished installing on a macbook pro early 2011 w 16GB RAM. Yeah -- 16GB RAM, so what.
Anyways... it WILL be slow initially as Spotlight needs to re-index EVERYTHING from the beginning!! But once Spotlight gives you an estimate... things start to speed up...
On integrated gfx... the UI is still pretty damn SLICK. On discrete gfx... wow. It's like a brand-new iPhone.
I don't like how they've removed an entire row in Launchpad however. I had all my LP icons all set up perfectly. Well... let's see if them LP icons move all by themselves now...
Since I am not going to see the new Batman movie in theaters and not get the large tub of popcorn; I can upgrade to Mountain Lion instead and download the movie for
Seriously at $20 how can you not upgrade.
I have a 2006 MacBook Pro... That's how.
I'd rather a valid comment than passive-aggressive negative votes. What good does negative voting do other than to inflame others? Someone may have a valid point, and yet the usual repeat offenders come around and negative vote them, burying their comment without any civil dialog as to why.
Also, a lot of new users to MacRumors get stung if they post a question or comment and never return. It's tantamount to bullying.
I'd rather have better discussions than people simply negative voting comments. I've noticed much fewer instances of anger and vitriol since it was removed; less people feel passively silenced by negative votes on their comments and thus participate in better discussions. It also allows those who typically vote and don't post to voice their frustration, thus making them known (I've already found out who a few of them are and ignored them as they bring little positive discussion to the table). Lastly, it allows helpful comments to surface more readily, making it easier to weed through hundreds of unnecessary commentary.
Now, on topic. While Gizmodo definitely has an agenda, they still have a few valid points regarding Apple's direction in OS X.