Q: how is this new OS X Yosemite ..is this better than mavericks ..i want professional review ..plz help

Apple likes you to adapt. I am not drinking the Kool-Aid on the whole flat design concept. I do not like it, it's very "retro" and visually hideous as far as I am concerned. I would think the evolution would have been more in the direction of REALISTIC than cartoonish primary colors. Functionality is very good here, and on 2 different Macs here I have noticed performance improvements. I just hate having to go back and fiddle with so many settings after an update. My preferences should be sacred. Besides, Steve isn't with us any longer. I would be curious as to how many of these so called "improvements" were originally nixed by Steve-o.

it's better in many ways !! I would suggest not to upgrade right now. The latest release has some bugs such as wifi issue, spotlight web result, battery draining etc. Please wait for next update !!

Adapt? Apple has essentially used the same tired shiny Aqua interface since 2000! I was getting sick of looking at it. And meanwhile everyone and their mother was copying it with shiny icons, so it was time to get a new look. I was hoping they would doing something new and fresh, and less shiny, and they did.

Regarding the original question, I have been using Yosemite since the public beta. I like it better than Mavericks, and I like the new look. But besides cosmetics, it's a solid OS with many great new features.

While Aqua may have looked dated to some, the fact is it was visually lush and detailed. The iconography was rich and drew you in. Each was like a little piece of artwork. Retina displays really showed up just how intricate some of the icons were.

The U/I worked well and the font worked across all displays. This is not the case for Helvetica Neue, where many users of non-retina screens are complaining of the font being too small / blurry / eye strain (Search for: system font too small - can I enlarge / change font and you'll see the complaints flowing in.)

In so much as a refreshing of the U/I, I appreciate Apple taking a stab at a new visual  approach, but I don't think going from Aqua to a  'Playskool' color palette, kiddy looking icons, flat everything (which honestly is following behind Android & Metro (MSFT)), and eye straining font was a step in the right direction at all.

For some reason many elements feel like a wire frame, blocking for production versus a finished product.

YMMV.

After several months of running and testing beta, and almost a month being "live" on the latest release on several different Macs, I would NOT recommend that anyone upgrade to Yosemite unless they are in a position to play around and experiment.  There are just far too many bugs and problems, and Apple Support doesn't seem to be acknowlegding, let alone fixing the problems at this point.  The beta was a better product than the garbage OS version released to the public; it did not have most of the problems being reported now.  Not sure what went wrong between the final beta and the actual release (there were 2 days in between), but something went horribly wrong.  We am now up to over 35 work-arounds and "patch fixes" and still are having problems with Apple software and hardware not getting along with itself.  We gave up on all non-Apple hardware and apps and will probably never be able to get those to run properly on Yosemite.  This just doesn't fly in a real-world work environment.  Most unstable, unreliable OS Apple has produced.

No problems at all, on a variety of Macs, old and new.

Funny, real professionals seem to be using Yosemite without issues. Professionals like Alex Lindsay, CEO of Pixelcorps, formerly of Industrial Light and Magic, Lucasfilm, a real professional who worked on Star Wars Episode 2. His company seems to be using Yosemite just fine. Real professional tech journalists don’t seem to have noticed the myriad of show stoppers you allege either.

So excuse us if we take your tirade with a tiny grain of salt and chalk it up to someone who has no clue what they are doing, regardless of your supposed experience. We just don’t believe you know what you are talking about.

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JohnnyP123456 wrote:

 

After several months of running and testing beta, and almost a month being "live" on the latest release on several different Macs, I would NOT recommend that anyone upgrade to Yosemite unless they are in a position to play around and experiment.  There are just far too many bugs and problems, and Apple Support doesn't seem to be acknowlegding, let alone fixing the problems at this point.  The beta was a better product than the garbage OS version released to the public; it did not have most of the problems being reported now.  Not sure what went wrong between the final beta and the actual release (there were 2 days in between), but something went horribly wrong.  We am now up to over 35 work-arounds and "patch fixes" and still are having problems with Apple software and hardware not getting along with itself.  We gave up on all non-Apple hardware and apps and will probably never be able to get those to run properly on Yosemite.  This just doesn't fly in a real-world work environment.  Most unstable, unreliable OS Apple has produced.

Yet you do not or cannot list one single universal bug or issue? That is pretty poor when the OP asked for a 'Professional' opinion.

Pete

petermac87 wrote:

 

JohnnyP123456 wrote:

 

After several months of running and testing beta, and almost a month being "live" on the latest release on several different Macs, I would NOT recommend that anyone upgrade to Yosemite unless they are in a position to play around and experiment.  There are just far too many bugs and problems, and Apple Support doesn't seem to be acknowlegding, let alone fixing the problems at this point.  The beta was a better product than the garbage OS version released to the public; it did not have most of the problems being reported now.  Not sure what went wrong between the final beta and the actual release (there were 2 days in between), but something went horribly wrong.  We am now up to over 35 work-arounds and "patch fixes" and still are having problems with Apple software and hardware not getting along with itself.  We gave up on all non-Apple hardware and apps and will probably never be able to get those to run properly on Yosemite.  This just doesn't fly in a real-world work environment.  Most unstable, unreliable OS Apple has produced.

Yet you do not or cannot list one single universal bug or issue? That is pretty poor when the OP asked for a 'Professional' opinion.

 

Pete

I agree. I've had a fine experience with it since the public beta. I have found no major bugs, and while there might be some minor things, I can't even think of one off the top of my head.

Love the flat, translucent look. It's more modern and very clean. I was so sick of the fake wood of Photo Booth and other icons that seems dated.  This looks great and the OS X works very well.  I replaced a Late 2009 iMac with a new 27" iMac (Yosemite already installed) and then installed Yosemite on my Early 2011 MBP with no problems what so ever.  I especially like the Handoff feature.