What model are you using? Newer Intel machine? Do use use some device that uses iOS? This might make a difference.
The other thing to think about are old apps. If you are using something that runs under emulation using Rosetta they won't work in Lion. For example, an old printer with old drivers.
I had a meeting today talking about Lion and whether the college is upgrading - our decision was to wait. I personally am waiting I had a few problems with Snow Leopard (I got it day one) and thought a month would be good.
My MacBook is 4 years old. It's an Intel Core 2 Duo, but since it's an older machine, I wonder if it has enough horses to run Lion well. My other Mac is a 7 year old iBook. It still runs Tiger so that I can use my even older HP1100 printer.
I hate to say it as a devoted Maccie, but one thing I've noticed over the years is that Safari and FF have gotten kludgier and kludgier. I don't know if it's the fault of my old MacBook, the Mac OS, the browsers, or that pages have just become more complex. I used to be able to leave my iMac and iBook on for weeks at a time w/o needing to restart browsers. Now, I have to shut down FF after each use just to play it safe, and if I open Safari while FF is open, my whole system slows to the point that I have to reboot.
Unless your MacBook has more than 4G RAM I won't recommend Lion. The iBook sounds about the same age as mine and is probably a PowerPC machine which won't run Lion. Mine is a dedicated music machine hooked up to a turn table. Someday I will get all those OLD albums digitized.
I use Safari and FF and agree that they have problems. What version of FF are you using? 3 and 5 are good, 4 is a kludgy mess and not recommended. A number of people I know use Google Chrome and are very happy. I keep thinking I'll change and then inertia wins.
I've been "in charge" of about 150 assorted Macs all purposed to run high-end graphics software. I mostly do illustration and 3D animation. I've been using Macs since the ancient Mac SE and rate myself as very devoted.
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Date: 2011-07-23 12:47 am (UTC)What model are you using? Newer Intel machine? Do use use some device that uses iOS? This might make a difference.
The other thing to think about are old apps. If you are using something that runs under emulation using Rosetta they won't work in Lion. For example, an old printer with old drivers.
I had a meeting today talking about Lion and whether the college is upgrading - our decision was to wait. I personally am waiting I had a few problems with Snow Leopard (I got it day one) and thought a month would be good.
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Date: 2011-07-23 02:58 am (UTC)I hate to say it as a devoted Maccie, but one thing I've noticed over the years is that Safari and FF have gotten kludgier and kludgier. I don't know if it's the fault of my old MacBook, the Mac OS, the browsers, or that pages have just become more complex. I used to be able to leave my iMac and iBook on for weeks at a time w/o needing to restart browsers. Now, I have to shut down FF after each use just to play it safe, and if I open Safari while FF is open, my whole system slows to the point that I have to reboot.
Pages have just gotten ridiculously complex.
And GET OFF MY LAWN!
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Date: 2011-07-23 03:44 am (UTC)I use Safari and FF and agree that they have problems. What version of FF are you using? 3 and 5 are good, 4 is a kludgy mess and not recommended. A number of people I know use Google Chrome and are very happy. I keep thinking I'll change and then inertia wins.
I've been "in charge" of about 150 assorted Macs all purposed to run high-end graphics software. I mostly do illustration and 3D animation. I've been using Macs since the ancient Mac SE and rate myself as very devoted.