I currently have a Macbook pro 10.6.8 and i'm interested software upgrade What are the advantages and disadvantages for upgrading my software.

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I currently have a Macbook pro 10.6.8 and i'm interested software upgrade What are the advantages and disadvantages for upgrading my software.

Ok... the only reason why i want to uprade my software is because of StarCraft 2. For those that don't know, Heart of the Swarm is coming out this March. I've been eagerly waiting for this expansion. I just read that SC2 HOTS will not be able to support any software below lion. I currently have 10.6.8 and i was wondering what are the disadvantages and advantages (aside from being able to play this expansion) of upgrading my software? Are there any draw backs, etc.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Feb 2, 2013 1:47 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 2, 2013 2:02 PM in response to Kulot1n10

the advantages of upgrading is that you will be using a more current version of OS X and therefore more software updates will be released for it. The only downside is if you have any PPC apps, they will not run on 10.7 or higher. Heres how to find if you have any PPC apps:http://tidbits.com/article/12156

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Feb 2, 2013 2:02 PM in response to Kulot1n10

I can't tell of many disadvantages to upgrading to Lion, because I know of none, but there is one in particular... If you use applications that are PowerPC applications, you won't be able to use them at all, like iMovie HD '04. And Java is not supported natively, so you will have to install it if you want to use Java apps like Minecraft.

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