Been a windows guy since I found out what a computer is. Two days ago, I purchased a Macbook Air for school. This is one of the best things that has ever happened to me. I don't have a single problem that the author mentioned. He probably upgraded an old Mac to Lion and is having all these problems.
I haven't had a single crash. Launchpad is a good thing to happen. There's no clutter when you are trying to look for an application.
If you are thinking about purchasing a Mac with Lion or upgrading to Lion, don't believe this guy.
OS X Lion: Apple’s Vista moment
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Re: OS X Lion: Apple’s Vista moment
#12I'm pretty disappointed with Lion. Though, I don't see the problems this guy mentions... There are wireless problem on my iMac.. even after the update to fix the wifi problems... but I'm most disappointed with the complete "FU" Lion gives to multi-monitor support... using mission control is really really painful in a multi-monitor setup. Not to mention I don't actually get to use the new fullscreen apps because Apple hates that I have a second monitor I'd like to use (Just guessing here... why else would these blatant multi-monitor issues exist if not to intentionally hurt me?).
Re: OS X Lion: Apple’s Vista moment
#13I don't experience any of the issues the guy mentions in his article. Sometimes I wonder how some people's configurations get so wonky that they have all these issues. It's clearly an atypical case.
His having had such problems with XP that he was looking forward to Vista [1] certainly supports that idea.
[1] Two assertions I have never, ever heard before.
Re: OS X Lion: Apple’s Vista moment
#14I agree with about a third of this. I like the new gestures, but some of the new UI animations are gratuitous. Launchpad seems pointless, and I've had a couple issues with Spotlight. One thing that REALLY bugs me is that pinch and zoom in Safari randomly stops working.
Re: OS X Lion: Apple’s Vista moment
#15Things broken in Lion for me -
1) Flash is broken very badly in Google Chrome. Slightly lesser broken in Firefox.
2) Resizing a video playing window will show artifacts.
3) There is a lag in the desktop showing up after credentials are entered into the login screen.
4) A small number of apps appear to start automatically on bootup. I dont know if Leopard is trying to remember what I was running before I shutdown.
All things being said none of them is a major issue. Then again I was a Vista user back in the day and I was just as satisfied with it. My only nitpick with Vista was that copying directories with lot of small files was very slow.
Re: OS X Lion: Apple’s Vista moment
#16I don't experience any of the issues the guy mentions in his article. Sometimes I wonder how some people's configurations get so wonky that they have all these issues. It's clearly an atypical case.
Me either. He specifically mentions Steam, and I was just playing TF2 last night on my 2008 MBP with no issues. I have not personally experienced any of the items that that he is reporting on either of my home systems, both of which are running Lion. This article smacks of link bait.
I would have to disagree. Have experienced at least 5 of the things that he mentions on two separate Macs.
Address book, which he doesn't mention, has also been redesigned and had a number of very useful features removed.
Re: OS X Lion: Apple’s Vista moment
#17I agree with about a third of this. I like the new gestures, but some of the new UI animations are gratuitous. Launchpad seems pointless, and I've had a couple issues with Spotlight. One thing that REALLY bugs me is that pinch and zoom in Safari randomly stops working.
I had had an issue where some gestures quit on me. I found that if I went to the settings, unchecked, and then rechecked the broken gesture, it worked again. Hasn't happened again.
Re: OS X Lion: Apple’s Vista moment
#18I don't experience any of the issues the guy mentions in his article. Sometimes I wonder how some people's configurations get so wonky that they have all these issues. It's clearly an atypical case.
Maybe he is having small hardware issues. Sometimes you won't notice them until you upgrade lets say your video driver (or parts of the OS using them different).
Re: OS X Lion: Apple’s Vista moment
#19Been a windows guy since I found out what a computer is. Two days ago, I purchased a Macbook Air for school. This is one of the best things that has ever happened to me. I don't have a single problem that the author mentioned. He probably upgraded an old Mac to Lion and is having all these problems. I haven't had a single crash. Launchpad is a good thing to happen. There's no clutter when you are trying to look for a…
isn't 2 days a bit too early to speak?
Re: OS X Lion: Apple’s Vista moment
#20Things broken in Lion for me - 1) Flash is broken very badly in Google Chrome. Slightly lesser broken in Firefox. 2) Resizing a video playing window will show artifacts. 3) There is a lag in the desktop showing up after credentials are entered into the login screen. 4) A small number of apps appear to start automatically on bootup. I dont know if Leopard is trying to remember what I was running before I shutdown. All…
Try flushing your Browsing Data in Chrome. Fixed flash for me.