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silentsim · 02-25-2011, 07:30 PM

Signed up as a dev...here's to Lion..

MickMcGeough · 02-25-2011, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by silentsim

Couple of updates:

OS X Lion adds TRIM Support for those rockin SSD's
Minimum Core 2 Duo required for Lion.
Seperate Recovery partition added so no longer will need recovery disk/usb

Awesome.

silentsim · 02-26-2011, 12:35 AM

For a dev preview this is pretty wicked stuff, VERY stable.

llama64 · 02-26-2011, 09:55 AM

Is there any really compelling reason for someone to upgrade their OS to the new version?

This release seems to offer even less then Snow Leopard did.

To me this just looks like a bunch of neat features I'll never use when I upgrade my Macbook in 2 years.

FanIn80 · 02-26-2011, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by llama64

Is there any really compelling reason for someone to upgrade their OS to the new version?

This release seems to offer even less then Snow Leopard did.

To me this just looks like a bunch of neat features I'll never use when I upgrade my Macbook in 2 years.

The SSD support alone is worth it to me.

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Originally Posted by silentsim

For a dev preview this is pretty wicked stuff, VERY stable.

How is app support in Lion? Stuff like Handbrake, VLC, Office etc. Any hitches with any of your apps so far?

sclitheroe · 02-26-2011, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by silentsim

OS X Lion adds TRIM Support for those rockin SSD's

On Apple OEM SSD's as far as I have read...

sclitheroe · 02-26-2011, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by llama64

Is there any really compelling reason for someone to upgrade their OS to the new version?

This release seems to offer even less then Snow Leopard did.

To me this just looks like a bunch of neat features I'll never use when I upgrade my Macbook in 2 years.

By this logic, 10.4 was probably the last version of OS X you ever needed. (and that's OK...)

The multitouch stuff, the file versioning, the suspend/resume/session state for apps, etc, are all nice refinements. The rescue partition might save your *ss one day. Finder being able to merge folders is a frickin miracle. As a heavy user of Spaces and Expose, the new launch centre or whatever its called looks good.

I dunno, there's lots to like here. More importantly, perhaps, is that it shows strong ongoing commitment to the desktop by Apple. OS X definitely lost some momentum the last few years, but it looks like its on the upswing again.

silentsim · 02-26-2011, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by FanIn80

The SSD support alone is worth it to me.

How is app support in Lion? Stuff like Handbrake, VLC, Office etc. Any hitches with any of your apps so far?

App support is excellent. I encountered an error with DropBox but it was a quick fix- just needed a plist to edit. Only thing I really use that *isn't* compatible is the 1Password Safari extension. So for now, I am using Firefox. 1pass will have the extension for the updated safari build soon.

The apps you mentioned (VLC,Office,Handbrake) all work. Note- I only tested Office 2011 and not previous versions of office

Yorkshire Flame · 02-26-2011, 01:05 PM

Silentsim, how is the OSX Server admin being integrated? Is it just in a menu, or do you have to activate it as a 'server' when you install?

And as far as Snow Leopard was concerned, there were a ton of upgrades under the hood. For what it cost, Snow Leopard was well worth the upgrade.

silentsim · 02-26-2011, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Yorkshire Flame

Silentsim, how is the OSX Server admin being integrated? Is it just in a menu, or do you have to activate it as a 'server' when you install?

And as far as Snow Leopard was concerned, there were a ton of upgrades under the hood. For what it cost, Snow Leopard was well worth the upgrade.

when installing Lion you can Customize the install to include server, by default it is un-checked.

Flabbibulin · 03-04-2011, 07:13 PM

Received Lion Beta this morning and have been fooling around with it through out the day... some pretty cool stuff, but the inverted scrolling is weird.

Anyone else?

silentsim · 03-04-2011, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Flabbibulin

Received Lion Beta this morning and have been fooling around with it through out the day... some pretty cool stuff, but the inverted scrolling is weird.

Anyone else?

FYI inverted scrolling is an option...i changed it back to normal myself

sclitheroe · 03-04-2011, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by silentsim

FYI inverted scrolling is an option...i changed it back to normal myself

Do you own an iPad? I can't recall, just curious.

Reason I ask is I catch myself occasionally scrolling the wrong way in certain apps now on the Mac, like the twitter app, after using those same apps on the iPad where its naturally inverted.

I wonder if the inverted scrolling is going to appeal primarily to iPad users, or if the new metaphor for scrolling (moving the content up, not the view port down) will catch on with the general public.

silentsim · 03-04-2011, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by sclitheroe

Do you own an iPad? I can't recall, just curious.

Reason I ask is I catch myself occasionally scrolling the wrong way in certain apps now on the Mac, like the twitter app, after using those same apps on the iPad where its naturally inverted.

I wonder if the inverted scrolling is going to appeal primarily to iPad users, or if the new metaphor for scrolling (moving the content up, not the view port down) will catch on with the general public.

Yeah I do. Sold it a week and a half ago though to buy the upcoming iPad 2.

MickMcGeough · 03-16-2011, 12:13 AM

Developer video walkthrough of Lion:
http://www.macrumors.com/2011/03/15/...ion-developer/

MickMcGeough · 07-19-2011, 12:15 PM

Appears to be coming tomorrow:

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/19/...ns-overnights/

ETA: Official.

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/19/...mac-app-store/

sclitheroe · 07-19-2011, 06:18 PM

So who's planning a fresh install, and who is just upgrading, and why did you pick one option or the other..

photon · 07-19-2011, 06:21 PM

Upgrade, because a fresh install seems like too much work.

silentsim · 07-19-2011, 07:38 PM

Since it's through the MAS, you can't do a straight "fresh" install...unless you download it then use the methods on the net to burn it to a DVD...which then you can.

Myself, I cleaned out my 2 computers, backed em up w/ SuperDuper, and a fresh install of SL. Tomorrow I will UG then to Lion, and put on files as I need them from my NAS. (Where i backed the files up!)

Combined with Dropbox I have my documents all good to go already!

FanIn80 · 07-19-2011, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by sclitheroe

So who's planning a fresh install, and who is just upgrading, and why did you pick one option or the other..

I upgraded from my existing Snow Leopard to Lion for Beta 1, and then did a clean install of Snow Leopard and upgrade to Lion when the GM was released on July 1st.

Both worked pretty good (Lion bugs aside), but tonight I just finished a clean install of Lion without first installing Snow Leopard. I don't know how much of a performance update it will make, but it gets rid of some of the annoying things that get installed or fiddled with along the way (when upgrading an existing install).