What is your reaction to using Lion?

Safari is very unstable. Do not like the new finder. Should have left 10.6 installed.

Well,

The new OS is good. My major issue with the new OS is the fact that it completely shut down my use of After Effects 7. AE is a program that I use for business and graduate studies and to not allow this to work is problemsome to say the least. So, in my being a fan of Apple since I could remember and I'm 36 this is the one time that I have been less than happy with Apple. And, the crazy thing is I was so excited about the new update I updated all three of my MAC systems, then the one I use for all my editing work hit me with a surprise.

Love the full screen display wish this had been the case when I bought my Macbook in April as I might have gone for a smaller screen 😉

Well, try it on a 27" screen - It is not only way too large, but that is not why I got a 27" screen. I got it so I can have several apps/windows open at the same time. So, that feature will be ignored completely.

I think Apple have been watching to many video's of people trying to make their mac like their iPhone, also it just seems like deja vu of final cut pro, yet another one of Apple's blunders, they've gone to far with the war on adobe; such as removing support for adobe flash player, CS5.5 is now running slower than snow leopard, they've also destroyed the server OS

Terence Devlin wrote:

I note all the comments are interface ones. Versions is whole new paradigm and alone is worth the price of upgrading.

As usual you make a very good point, as there is much more than UI eye candy.

My first impression: mixed feelings.

What I like:

• Versions: nice concept, although the way it is technically implemented leaves room for discussion. I really hope this will be supported by many 3rd parties. Microsoft, do you hear me?
• Mail: a big step forward that was long overdue. And I'm not talking so much about the GUI.
• The new File Vault: finally I can get rid of PGP Desktop for whole disk encryption.
• Local snapshots by Time Machine when the backup destination is not available.
• Gestures: until now I never seriously used the trackpad, but since a few days I am. And yes, it takes time to get used to the gestures, but it works great, even on a MacBook Air.
• Core Storage: it seems that Apple finally restarted thinking about the future of the HFS+ file system.

What I don't like, and these are almost all GUI issues:

• Layout: the "grey" icons in the sidebar of the Finder and the the "leather" layout on iCal and Adress Book. But I guess we'll see some 3rd party developers adress our needs. Candybar, anyone?
• Mission Control: I used Spaces extensively and the way to assign applications to a "desktop" is just pathetic. Once again a 3rd party developer might jump in.
• Launchpad: I won't use it but for the people who come from an iPhone/iPad world and never had a Mac might find it useful.
• Safari 5.1 memory use.

Eric

I like it. It's not a revolution, but I think we should be satisfied about that. After all Snow Leopard is a very good OS, and I'm glad Apple did not rebuild something that is good, but instead expended it's possibilities so it's now even a little better. Sure, there are people that do not like the new system. Customers in the appstore can vote on their appreciation. In the dutch store 890 people voted. About 840 people voted "good" or "excellent". Just 5% did not like the new system. That does not leave much room for discussion.

I'm surprised to see some extreme negative reactions on this thread, because I can not really relate to this kind of criticism. I've worked with the system for a while and it's stable and it had some improvements that really make sense. I'm a iPhone and iPad-user as well and I like what Apple is trying to do, In OS X Apple gives me the oppertunaty to work in the same way as my mobile devices. If you don't want that, just ignore these new features, you can restore your old way of scrolling. Whatever you like. I will make use of the new features and have configured Launchpad allready. It's a better way to get all your Apps in a logical order, with a good overview. I work with a trackpad for over a year and like the "gestures"-methode. The mouse is "out".

Some of the criticism is about Apps that do not work (proparly) with Lion. You can't blame Apple for that. e.dante - for instance - has big problems with After effects form Adobe. I understand your not happy. But hey, there are sites were you can find what programs give issues and what programs will work without a problem. You could have known there are a lot of Apps form Adobe that have issues with Lion. They will be solved, I'm sure. But you should not have migrated to Lion before you were sure that important apps would work for you. You should not blame Apple IMO. I have seen many transitions to a new OS. And this is a basic rule.

There are some bugs, but that will be fixed in the comming weeks.

And it's not true this never happened before with Apple. There were these same issues when Leopard arrived. There were the same issues when Snow Leopard arrived. And there will be the same issues the next times. If Apple would wait untill every third party would be ready for an upgrade we would still be waiting for OS X Tiger. In juli and august third party will clean up their act.

I've also seen negative remarks while people have not even worked with the system themselves. They just read negative comments and drew their conclusions. Or they don't realize you can alter the behaviour of the system juist by making some adjustments in the systempreferences. Come on people!

The next weeks I will try to understand the new features and enjoy.

I hope and I know a lot of you will too.

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I do really like Mission Control (even though i liked the "all apps" view from my top left corner hotspot before just as much) and I think the finder looks cool even though it's missing some aspects. I'm excited to use Air Drop when i find someone else who has Lion haha. Launch Pad is kind of silly, trying to be an iPhone, but it's kind of fun i guess. I don't really love the grey look and feel of the back screen when viewing Mission Control, but that's just aesthetics.

The biggest issue I'm having right now is that Adobe Flash Player does not let me allow/deny or change settings in any website that allows for webcam integration. I need to use this for work and am trying to find out how to fix it. Apparently it'd s known issue from Adobe but they dont KNOW how to fix it. If anyone has any thoughts on this issue, let me know, thanks!

I don't know, maybe it's only me, but I actually like change.

Reading many comments here, it seems some people crave change... as long as nothing ever changes.

The scrolling is different!

There are new gestures!

OMGDDOTFHSIFOMBB (Oh-My-God-Drop-Dead-On-The-Floor-Having -Seizures-In-Front-Of-My-Baby-Brother) !!!

And key repeat is too iOS, where is my key repeat, I'm foaming at the mouth and it's Apple's fault!

WHAT THE Fancy Ukulele Craving Kryptonite!

I don't get it.

I have been playing with Lion for 24 hrs now and I love it. I love it because it different and really nice to use.

So, yea, like everyone, I have to get used to new gestures and habits, but then again, that's what CHANGE is about. I think? Or maybe I never had the same dictionary as many people.

Now, before anyone with foam still at the nouth throws the Apple-Fan-Boy bucket at me: just don't. I am very, very bad at being a 'fan' by nature.

I am not paid for writing this — which is a shame, because these fingers of mine are gold, really —, only merely throwing an objective insight.

Like many, I am not thrilled with the key-repeat-of-doom problem which for some seems to equate alien invasion (Independence-Day-style, like the world is ending and Lassie is dead). I logged on to Dev account and filed a bug report for that. In the coming weeks, this will be fixed. Despite what many think, Apple do listen to their customers. If they were not, you would be pesting on the zillionth nasty trojan on your PC right now.

So, in all honesty, how about a nice cup of getting a grip?

OS major changes don't come every other day. When they're scheduled, I read about it. I check info. I READ stuff about it. Reading is tiresome, I know. Please wait in line until chips can be wired to your brains and the said info can be uploaded up there while you sleep or take a shower.

Wipes off sarcastic grin.

I backed up my SL stuff befoe installing Lion. Ran the Lion installer. I am not experiencing most of the glitches some people are screaming about. My wi-fi wasn't dead on reboot, I did not lose my emails, my fingers learned new tricks (that can be fun in alternate universes as well) and everything just ran smoothly.

I just decided I wanted that change, you see. I am glad I did.

Operating my stuff has never been easier and slicker, and seriously, it barely took an hour before I got used to gestures thing (after I set it in System Preferences). So, am I special? Oh yeah! However, you are that special too, kids.

If in the end you are THAT afraid, harmed and seizuring all over the floor because of change, may I suggest you just sit comfortably and smoke a big fat blunt telling yourself that change is evil? Indeed, considering the so-called cravings for novelty and progress from the hordes of thristy crowds and the ultra-conservative mindset to it, maybe change is just not for you. And it's cool, mind you. Just don't get there. Stick with what you know and feel comfy with. It is finem really. Just try and do not put yourself through too much stress. Keep your foot in the old zorld, but then be honest and do not pretend to be a cool geek who lives in the next.

Ah, but I'm mean. I tend to call a duck by its duck name, you see. Bad, bad me.

This is more philosophical than technical, I'm afraid. However, isn't it the real sap behind it all?

Give it 24 hrs, give it a week. If you really like change (remember Life's an adventure, hence thrills due to change, etc) you won't regret it.

Right now, I sure would not trade a Snow Leopard for a Lion.

I'm looking at my desktop display and think it really needs a magic pill's good kick into evolution (a word that has so many brains exploding). So I guess I'll just hit the Purchased tab and roar it into it.

In the meantime, have fun.

There are videos of people making thier mac like an iPhone? Wha? Boy, I thought the youtubes of Epic Rap Battles, like Sarah Palin vs. Lady Gaga was stupid. But all of this eyecandy and silly changes is reminisce of the FCPX debacle. I mean seriously, changing the direction of the trackpad swipe to be "natural." Who is Apple kidding, they are just toying with us now.

Love it.

Dude, I'll have what your hav'in.

I'm all for sharing! WooHoo! 😉

Dom, the fact that you can't use full screen apps on an external monitor has nothing to do with fear of change. It has to do with the fear that Apple is no longer for professional users. They used to make COMPUTERS before they made smartphones. It seems like all the focus went into make everything iOS-like and not OS X-like. As such, professional users like myself, who have for so long defended Macs as being just as powerful and professional as Windows machines, have been left out in the cold. Especially in light of FCP X, which is just iMovie with a few more bells and whistles.

I like it in general is no like a lot of new things but now is more responsive and with more nice and cool features that you really can use and enjoy and things that make the experience easier and better for everyday use .. The idea is like use a computer like if is a mobile device so doing more things with less effort ... Like with Final Cut Pro X apple is moving from the market of the just people that have the money to pay for pro stuff and the time to be in front of the computer but may no using it 100% to people that are creative and don't want to be in front of a computer long time to do nice things and learning crazy programs or applications,i think is a step in the way computing is changing and we shall be proud being a part of it ... New generations of young people energy can't be wrong ...

I can understand if a non Apple app doesn't work but Preview is a fundamental app and at too many people crashed. Apple are you becoming Microsoft?