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Would people recommend downloading the Beta on their main computer? I'll only be using CS5, Microsoft word, Safari, itunes, Mail etc. Is it stable?
All the programs you have listed seem to run for me, although I haven't used any of them for an extended period of time yet.
The only programs I've come across that don't boot are Parallels 7 and VMWare Fusion 4.
I have a work iMac, which is still on 10.6, so I've got it running on my 2009 MBP. Seems stable so far.
Stable? No. Useable? Yes.Originally Posted by Shannon
I ran the first release of Lion and it worked but was still annoying on the day to day, this is the same. It's kind of like using Windows Vista :P Honestly I don't think many of the features are even that good to bother, but it is interesting to see how the preview operating system changes bit by bit with every new preview but I honestly don't have the time for that. Whatever you do make sure to back everything up so you can go back if you want to.
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That's what I found. I partitioned my HDD and ran the preview on that new partition. Seriously, for the lay man Mac user that just cares about the candy, the only new things are the notes and reminders app and the notifications centre. I was over it in about half an hour. I look forward to using those things but it's not game changing enough to want it now now now.
No.
For one thing, developer previews are time bombed. That means you need to keep re-installing the OS as new DP's come out and there is no guarantee an 'upgrade' to the next DP is possible (i.e. to install the next DP you may need to wipe and re-install)
By all means install it on a second partition and play around with applications and whatnot (presuming you're a developer) but not as a main OS (even if you are a developer).
This release seems to be following the Leopard->Snow Leopard model. The first (Lion/Leopard) sets a lot of the fancy UI and some new concepts. The second (Mountain Lion/Snow Leopard) builds on that and refines the underlying OS.
Does anyone know what is scribed on the new notes app icon?
Nothing legible.
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Not the case at all. It adds some new apps and notifications. The good thing about Snow Leopard was that it made everything faster and laid the foundations for the future. Lion ruined the quick boot and shut down to slower then Leopard levels and Mountain Lion hasn't improved on any speed aspects.
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You serious?. It's a developer preview with all sorts of unfinished code probably with a lot of debugging turned on. ML is not going to be as fast as if could be until it reaches RC status. It has some new stuff but it otherwise incremental to Lion, just as SL was incremental to Leopard. Not sure where you're seeing (losing) your quick boot as Lion is as fast as SL ever was on all my machines.
Are you serious?! My Lion boot up and shutdown speeds are as fast as they where on Snow Leopard. It sounds like there is a problem with your machine.
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Aw.. I was expecting moreNothing legible.
It looks like the "here's to the crazy ones" spiel just written in script.
Holy $#!T Steeley, how did you pick that. Looking closely at that I can make out the words, a nice but very subtle touch.
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1. The rhythm of the text. 2. Working for years with a guy who scrawled instructions to me just like that.
I think Apple's just establishing a pattern with all their product cycles:
iPhone -> iPhone 3G -> iPhone 3Gs -> iPhone 4 -> iPhone 4s -> iPhone 5?
Tiger -> Leopard -> Snow Leopard -> Lion -> Mountain Lion -> OS XI/iOS X?
Annual releases* with a major update/overhaul every second year. At the same time it looks like they're staggering it so the iPhone (and potentially the iPad) gets a major overhaul one year and then OS X does the next
* I know that the OSs weren't annual but that's where it's heading.
Just curious.. If I do time machine backups on a DEV Mountain Lion... Will I be able to do a clean install when the GM comes out and restore frm Backup?
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You probably could...but I wouldn't restore anything but documents. There's no way to know, without going through everything, exactly what's changed under the hood. You'd end up restoring preferences and application files that wouldn't include months up updates, features and revisions.
The iWork apps don't seem to work.
I have the iWork 09 DVD, not the Mac App Store versions (not sure if it makes a difference?)
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