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will you recommend Lion?

linuxcooldude said:
I've upgraded 4 Mac computers to Lion with no problems which are Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and a Mac Mini. Three are 2009 models and one 2010. All boot up faster. Mail is greatly improved. Spaces are improved and more useful. Now I can sync them all between iCloud with my calenders. I like it.
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Nice try Mr. Cook.
 
YMMV [your mileage may vary]
bascially, you might have a bad experience, you might not. So go for it :) [i haven't read the last page so i have no idea if you posted]

to be more clear: you have my ultimate recommendation.
 
I won't reccommend lion

QuickTime pro doesn't work
1/2 apps crash on open
Some missing plugins (ie mpeg streamclip)

iPhone spellcheck always auto corrects
Bit awkward getting to the library folder (have to find it then add a alias)

Feels too much like a beta - this on a brand new mac pro

I have downgraded to snow leopard where everything is fine- think I'll be running windows 7/8 in 2 years time n my mac pro!! As I'm predicting the next mac Os wil be 'mac iOS' or IPad for mac
 
Upgraded last week on my old and wanting to be retired iMac Core 2 Duo... no major problems, just a few preferences that needed tweaking (like the stupid scroll) over all though not really seeing any reason for the upgrade. I did it mainly for photostream to my new iPhone, since it was only $29 for the upgrade, other then that I would not have bothered.

All my apps still work fine, never crashes, none of the problems mentioned here. Second monitor works as always not sure what the other poster meant by making it a "paper weight"
 
VydorScope said:
... Second monitor works as always not sure what the other poster meant by making it a "paper weight"
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I think the reference is that if you have 2 monitors and put an app into Lions's Full-screen mode the second monitor is virtually useless. It goes blank, since Lion puts Full-screen apps into there own space without a desktop behind it. Thus, you can't have a video playing in one Full-screen mode on the 2nd monitor and continue surfing he net on the first. Which by the way is something I often do in Snow Leopard.
 
WSR said:
I think the reference is that if you have 2 monitors and put an app into Lions's Full-screen mode the second monitor is virtually useless. It goes blank, since Lion puts Full-screen apps into there own space without a desktop behind it. Thus, you can't have a video playing in one Full-screen mode on the 2nd monitor and continue surfing he net on the first. Which by the way is something I often do in Snow Leopard.
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Ah not had the occasion to try that yet. I have run Netflix maximized, just not in the new full screen mode. That works fine, so the marginal screen space I would pick up in full screen mode would not be worth loosing the second screen thats for sure.
 
If a new machine or a clean install I would say yes based upon the experiences I've read online and those of my own. Many of the "sob stories" seem to involve certain laptops but maybe that's just a sign of the preponderance of those nowadays.

I'm using an iMac i5 with both a magic mouse and trackpad. I'm now too spoiled with the new navigation that combo provides with Lion to go back. I did have hiccups with iCal on my install but splurged on BusyCal & Fantastical and solved that issue.

There are some tweaks that will give it further polish in the next one to two versions but still very pleased I took the plunge. One just needs to make a bootable Snow Leopard backup with your data at hand as a safety net.
 
If you're going to use iCloud, you will need Lion.

If you are not planning on using iCloud, lucky you. You get to stay on Snow Leopard and avoid this train wreck of an OS.
 
I can't recommend lion...No front row first of all (which if you don't use is not that big of a deal), but it also runs much slower on my computers, and some programs, such as aperture now take forever to load.
 
If it's a Mac Mini, iMac or Mac Pro, I would recommend it.

If it's a Macbook of any kind, then I wouldn't recommend it.

Lion is good for what it offers as features, but in terms of performance and power efficiency, it's simply a huge step backward.
 
Feeling bullied indeed...

With all the Icloud stuff happening to my Ipad and Iphone today I am feeling bullied into Lion and it's the first time i can say as an Apple user that I am annoyed with the company. When I asked the guy at the apple store what does or doesn't work today he shrugged at me. Was going to go home to buy it.

Just glad someone sent me this link, ( http://roaringapps.com/apps:ios-table ) after they made this mistake, or I would have been furious learning this after installing. I get we have to have some personal responsibility but would have been nice if Apple warned customers.

I am strong enough with my Apple to help friends with small issues but am hardly as skilled as many of you here who seem pros.

We are all being essentially moved because of the way Apple will build in the future - yes?

Icloud is the new thing even for those of us who pay for a .Mac/Me account - yes? Starting next year we lose many of the things .me users find most helpful - yes?

-- I saw we will soon lose Idisk which I find very useful to securely share large files with co-workers (I work in entertainment and there are times we need to quickly share files via remote but don't want to risk sharing it just anywhere) It is why, along with the email address, I pay $99 a year.

-- I understand we all had .me itunes account opened for us and automatically merged with our original Itunes account? This ended up clearing out, in more than one application on my iphone and Ipad, purchased content. I have now spent over 2 hours researching and correcting how to get back lost apps and purchased items within things like Hipstimatic.

-- Lion, although not very expensive as an update, will end up costing me over $400 to purchase new programs like Quicken, Office, Norton, etc and those are just the ones people are certain don't work with Lion. If I don't my computer won't work the way it did prior to the update - yes? And in some cases like the old Quicktime Player, which still lets me convert things which the new one doesn't, might lose function completely - yes?

So either I don't do Lion and end up hosed next year (and can't use Icloud) OR add Lion and go broke updating and/or re-buying new programs that work just fine today?

In this economy might have been nice for Apple to have tried harder on this one. Is there any plan to make the Cloud available on the previous operating system?

Any suggestions to those of you who are more skilled than I am? Seems everyone is split down the middle on making the leap at all.

Any Advice?

(edited to add: I went to ask a similar question on the Apple official forum and they deleted my post. Wow, apple - just wow!)
 
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Do a clean install

There are issues. I upgraded from SL and had alot of problems, bad battery life, spinning beach balls and several Kernel panics.

To solve the problems I went to the MAC store and they did a smc and triple PRAM reset (the geniuses said the triple reset is more thorough) they also recommended a clean install. After the SMC and PRAM reset the battery life was better but still had issues with kernel panics and beach balls.

After clean install Lion is now working great, no issues. I also clean installed all apps, and used migration assistant to move music and photos.

Good Luck
 
Generally, yes I would recommend it except in two cases:
- you need to use old PPC apps (Lion doesn't support Rosetta),
- you're someone who struggles changing habits (Re. Mission Control v. old Spaces and Expose.)

Actually Mission Control is awesome, much more intuitive and I actually use it. Before, I couldn't really get around to using Spaces and Expose; I couldn't really relate to their philosophy.

One thing though, Lion's UI strengths are truly unleashed when you use a trackpad.
 
10.7.2 has improved over 10.7.0.

I pretty much forced myself to use the new stuff, and in three days, I was hooked. I don't understand why people don't like launchpad. Opening an app is so easy now!!
 
Short answer: No

Long answer: No way because Lion is 100x worst than Snow Leopard
 
already upgrade my OSX to lion. no beach ball issue or whatsoever
and to my surprise Lion is fast than my Snow Leopard Experience. too far from what i read here

I'm still on 4gb RAM. can't wait for the 8gb to arrived :)
 
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