Wasn't aware this thread had grown to over 12KB so I've shortened it, then sent from wrong address, Lion = stress!! here is what I'm trying to post:
Didn't have a problem with Leopard or Snow Leopard. But after using mac OS's since 1987 every upgrade has been a huge improvement and universally accepted. I do miss rosetta, but I only needed it for two programs and did find a replacement for the one the other isn't made anymore but that was ok, I could live without it. Lion is just defective and buggy and I'm not alone, others agree. When an OS destroy's it's own programs there are major issues.
Why they just flipped things around and called it normal I'll never understand, but to others it may be normal. Mac has had us doing things a certain way for decades. Mac OS X was revolutionary but not so backwards and upside down users couldn't use it. Lion just missed it's mark in a major way and it's just sad, it may not hurt apple but it's hurt it's loyal customers and users who bought mac because it was the best. Now, the machines are still the best but usability has been severely damaged and I don't see where it will improve. When developers stop developing programs many mac users still used, doesn't that say something? Yeah, only one comes to mind, Eudora, which I have not used in 11 years but Lion is so bad I wanted to get it and couldn't. Many other programs have suffered the same and stopped developing.
Oh well,
Laura SMMUG Ambassador
On Oct 31, 2011, at 5:30 PM, List Account wrote:
Although you can upgrade from Lion to Snow Leopard with most Macs - including the early 2011 new iMacs - if you try to do it on a new late 2011 Mac mini you lose Thunderbolt connectivity and your speed falls to 25% of pre-upgrade speeds - presumably due to some loss of ability to use more than one core. I know it isn't Lion that's quicker because Snow Leopard runs faster on the early 2011 iMacs than Lion does.
The fact that I can't get a new Mac mini with Snow Leopard has stopped me from buying one. All because of a $29 operating system I can't buy a $1,000+ Mac mini. Crazy really, but then I haven't replaced my four year old iMac at home either because I can't get one with a non-glossy screen.
As far as upgrading from Lion to Snow Leopard (going the other way is surely a downgrade! lol!) is concerned for other machines, I've read of loads of people who have tried Lion and then gone back to Snow Leopard. This isn't just because there's no Rosetta and businesses have legacy apps, but because it's so darn' buggy and unreliable.
I don't know if it's the worst Mac OS ever, but it's certainly as bad as Leopard.
Cheers,
Mac
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