Does anyone recommend OS X Lion?

ABSOLUTELY!!

I just completed an install of Lion on my Macbook Pro running Parallels (Win XP) and bootcamp with Windows 7, running Apache, PHP, and MySQL. I feared I would have to reinstall either my Windows VM, the bootcamp dual boot of Windows 7, reconfigure PHP (getting Apache httpd to run the PHP module, re-write the new php.ini file, or re-install MySQL. The install did NOT break ANY of these and left everything intact. After installation, I was back to a completely configured, fully operational system just as I had everything setup in Snow Leopard!

This is amazing! Cudos to Apple... this is by far the most intelligent OS I've ever used.

Not sure this is helpful but I just downloaded an update to the "migration Assistant". I am still utilizing "Leopard" as my os until the new os is refined a little better....

Charles Dyer wrote:

I call the new Address Book and iCal leather look the Lady Heather Look, in honor of a certain periodic character on CSI. Someone at Apple has issues and really needs a visit from Lady Heather...

LOL! There's a way to change it back (someone posted it earlier in this discussion). I changed iCal back but kept the Address Book; I actually like it.

Kittendaddy likes the Lady Heather iCal. Of couse, he never uses his iCal... 😝

# 9000. When saving a document, I am not allowed to see or save into my user's Library folder, even though I have set "Show Invisible files" to true in the Finder and CAN open that folder from the Finder.

# 9001. I have Show Scrollbars set to Always On. Position the mouse over the Favorites Side Bar in the Finder (where there are no scroll bars) and using the mouse wheel, or using a finger, scroll up and down. The Favorites area - which has no scroll bar - bounces up and down as if it had a scroll bar. But it doesn't have a scroll bar so why does this happen?

#9002. Right click to remove AirDrop from the Favorites bar. Now try to put it back. Good luck.

#9003. Open AirDrop. On the Mac Finder, command up arrow opens the parent window of the folder. Hit command up arrow. You're at the top level of your computer with all your HDs visible. AirDrop is no where to be seen. Why is the root the parent of AirDrop if AirDrop is not in the root?

This is freaking Vista levels of stupid.

OH, WAIT! I can make an alias of the Library in my user folder and then I can open up the Library (which I have permissions to see). Why does someone have to go to this length to save a file into a specific location?

Message was edited by: Alex Zavatone

And how much is Apple paying you to say how much you like this OS??

First of all, I would recommend waiting a few months until some of the really bad bugs get ironed out.

Then, I would take a look at Address Book and iCal, and when you are done laughing thinking someone is punking you by installing Windows shareware apps and passing them off as Apple's apps, just bow your head, and walk away from Lion.

Seriously, be really sure you need it. If you use Safari, iCal, Address Book, and you do not like this Linen/Leather/Cutesey thing, the tech improvements just are not worth it. For the price, you get a chapter from the "What not to do in User Interfaces" book that outshines any improvements.

Yes, I reconmended

Like anything new you just need to get some used to it.

Good luck and have fun with Lion

Not paying me anything. I have it on 2 machines and like it a lot. Yes, I did have to learn some new ways of doing things, like natural scrolling, but that didn't bother me at all, I do like Mission Control and Bounce mail was useless.

But no one forced you to upgrade and I always have a clone of my old system ready before upgrading in case something goes awry.

And I saw the same type of posts when Tiger, Leopard and even Snow Leopard were released.

I just installed Lion on my 2.16 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo with 2 GB of memory. This is the pre aluminium iMac. Wow, Lion is way faster on this computer. Some applications take a tad longer to launch, BUT after they do things are way faster to navigate and do things. I like it. The new mail program is really nice.

Even though I agree, I really, really, really wish people would quit saying staements like this:

"But no one forced you to upgrade..."

One of the responders on the Apple Support community put it this way:"Many Mac users are not very experienced with the platform. Ease of use is Apple's marketed attraction. Apple has marketed this "upgrade' as a no brainer. It is cheap. And it is so easy it can be installed just by clicking a couple buttons on the App Store. Apple marketing made this look like a no-risk proposition. Many people who have come to trust the brand got hoodwinked into thinking this upgrade could be made without issues. For some, this was clearly not the case. Apple has hurt themselves with this one."

So while no one forced anyone, many did not suspect they would encounter problems and they have.

So my best advice to this topic is No, don't upgrade until the techies have run the gauntlet and worked out the bugs.

Stuart, mine did it twice so be warned. It took all night and the next afternoon, and then it reset itself and did it all over again... and yes mine too took a very long time to index but its quick as S*%# anything now and mine is 160GB,

On par with you about apple should have not run us through the mud at OUR expense... that's not equitable nor smart in my book - they'd better offer something special to those that had a problem, but I'm not gonna hold my breath for a company in todays environment to do something right. I personally wouldn't be opposed to the full blown video editing suite, or Humm.... let me think 😎

Ease of use is Apple's marketed attraction. Apple has marketed this "upgrade' as a no brainer.

I'm there man, Im there with you on this - they should make a concession for our agrivation.

Timothy Rock wrote:

Hi PC2,

I do have new Macs, but I also have a very extensive set of of print and web publishing and photo editing apps/programs that Lion didn't, for the most part, support. Would be crazy to spend days trying to fix everything for a $29.95 "upgrade". Was less time consuming to just get rid of it. Some programs like Quark 9 worked just fine. But others just didn't. I did try Lion for a while, but for what I do, saw no real advantage to keeping it. You know, the economy isn't that robust and most people using Macs in their business just can't dump expensive programs in favor of a similar Apple version just because Apple comes up with some new ideas. Most of the world does not run on Apple. I don't like Lion for two reasons. It won't do what Snow Leopard does for everyman's computer, so where's the improvement? And Apple is trying to cram its programs down our throats by ignoring older software that quite a few people not only still use but depend on. I know this seems blasphemous to some to actually criticize Apple, but it's true. I have used Macs since 1987 but it is only in the last few years do we see this sort of attitude. A while back, Apple made great efforts to go cross platform. Now it seems to be reversing that gracious stride. Turns me off. So I am back to Snowy and I will suggest to others to do the same.

I do feel your frustration Timothy Rock!!! I have felt the pain in programs I use/used even going back to Leopard, so you will get no argument from me. I hope this transition will work itself out by the next few ".2 to .3" updates. I'm afraid Apple is going down a road that will not be turned around. Yet, maybe there is hope, wishful thinking? I hope not. I know there are the hard core Apple followers, which you and I are probably considered part of but we do not blindly accept new stuff just because Apple has put them out there. Your comments are valid and worth other's to read. Lion was not ready for it's release just as Final Cut X was not ready for the Pro world. Maybe in six months it will be truly ready for the real world.

I use Office 2008. Office 2004 does not work (PPC code)

I continue to be amazed at how Apple is apparently supposed to be responsible for whether third party publishers' applications work on Lion and if they don't, Lion wasn't "ready" for release.

Apple provides the operating system and the hardware. The third party publishers had over a year to get their products ready for Lion; if they didn't, blame them.

Lion has its quirks but for the most part it works beautifully; it's up to third parties to get their act together and update their applications accordingly, and by the same token for users to determine whether the software they want to use will work with Lion.

It matters not whether Lion was free, $29 or $299.

I understand it's frustrating if you have an app or configuration that doesn't work with Lion, but unless it's a case of Apple software included with Lion not working properly in Lion, it's simply not Apple's fault, nor their responsibility.

It's sort of like complaining that Apple doesn't fix Flash bugs; Flash is the property of Adobe and whether it works on any particular platform and how well it works is solely under Adobe's control, not Apple's, no matter how much you believe otherwise.