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Should I bother installing OS X Lion or should i stay on Snow Leopard?
My MacBook (White,2010) runs on 5gig RAM,Core 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz.Will Lion cause any slowdown issues on this config?
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First of all, word hit the street today that Mountain Lion is coming out this Summer, so if you haven't upgraded yet and really want to, you should just wait for that.
Personally, I have not been recommending Lion upgrades to anyone. It changes too much, has been buggy, and doesn't really add anything so compelling that it is worth changing years of behavior for.
Lastly, if you do decide to upgrade to either Lion or Mountain Lion, you need to do some checking around to make sure all of your critical apps will run. Anything that requires Rosetta to run will not work on Lion or later versions of OS X. Quicken users got burned by this.
Personally, I have not been recommending Lion upgrades to anyone. It changes too much, has been buggy, and doesn't really add anything so compelling that it is worth changing years of behavior for.
Lastly, if you do decide to upgrade to either Lion or Mountain Lion, you need to do some checking around to make sure all of your critical apps will run. Anything that requires Rosetta to run will not work on Lion or later versions of OS X. Quicken users got burned by this.
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It depends how you choose to use it. There are a few negatives and a few positives in my mind.
I'll start with the quirks and if I don't scare you off I will go to the pros :)
Full screen apps are nice when used on the laptop, however things get hairy if you use a multiple monitor system. (Or in my case try plug my laptop into a TV) Those apps will only full screen on the main display, forcing you to use display mirroring or switching the external monitor to be the "primary" monitor
Internet recovery has been more of a hassle than a benefit to me. I cannot use it with a certificate-based wifi encryption scheme (which is what my work uses).
I love the new gestures, they have increased my productivity greatly. The new mail app is quite good, it is a huge improvement in the gmail front.
I do not use the mac app store (with the exception of installing lion) but with Mountain Lion coming out that may have to change.
I'll start with the quirks and if I don't scare you off I will go to the pros :)
Full screen apps are nice when used on the laptop, however things get hairy if you use a multiple monitor system. (Or in my case try plug my laptop into a TV) Those apps will only full screen on the main display, forcing you to use display mirroring or switching the external monitor to be the "primary" monitor
Internet recovery has been more of a hassle than a benefit to me. I cannot use it with a certificate-based wifi encryption scheme (which is what my work uses).
I love the new gestures, they have increased my productivity greatly. The new mail app is quite good, it is a huge improvement in the gmail front.
I do not use the mac app store (with the exception of installing lion) but with Mountain Lion coming out that may have to change.
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We installed Lion on essentially the same configuration (4 GB RAM) and have had no issues. Not sure what 'bugs' are being referred to in the earlier post realizing that all operating systems have 'bugs'.
As to compatibility, if you are currently running something like Quicken, it may not supported under Lion as stated earlier. So you might want to check your major applications for compatibility before you make the jump.
As to whether or not to wait, It may be that you will have to first upgrade to Lion before you can get Mountain Lion and you would have lost 6 months on Lion.
As to compatibility, if you are currently running something like Quicken, it may not supported under Lion as stated earlier. So you might want to check your major applications for compatibility before you make the jump.
As to whether or not to wait, It may be that you will have to first upgrade to Lion before you can get Mountain Lion and you would have lost 6 months on Lion.
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I would stay on Snow Leopard on a pre-2010 MacBook, regardless of the amount of RAM you have.
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