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OS X Lion: Apple’s Vista moment

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Re: OS X Lion: Apple’s Vista moment

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Post by dasil003 »

jeromeparadis wrote: post #125

It's amazing and infuriating how almost each OS X release breaks many existing applications. They may cost 30$ or 60$ bucks a pop, but then you have to upgrade other vendor's app and it ends up costing you hundreds of dollars. In Lion, I've read they changed the time machine format. Another reason for me to not upgrade is I'll have to buy something else to replace my MediaSmart server that centralizes all my backups…

Wait, which applications make Lion support a paid upgrade? I haven't run into a single one yet.

Re: OS X Lion: Apple’s Vista moment

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KirinDave wrote: post #114
mrtron wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used spaces before and prefer mission control. I also have an external monitor so I am not sure what he is talking about it not supporting a second screen.

Pre-Lion, the spaces interaction with second screens was outright bad. It was wrong, it did not work well, it simply wasn't even considered in the design. Now, each set of spaces is segregated by monitor, instead of every set being paired. If you're actually trying to manage lots of simultaneous tasks on multiple monitors, this state of affairs is radically better (and is the default for many Linux window managers, w…

Yeah I'm not sure I love Mission Control, and full screen mode definitely has its issues, but I used Spaces for years and it insurmountable problems (windows disappearing, difficulty moving windows/apps around). Likewise, Exposé was almost useless to me with the volume of windows I had.

Mission Control has its issues, but it already seems much more powerful. Four finger swipe and control arrow integration makes it at least usable. I'm still figuring out how space reorganization works, but I'm at least as productive as I was with SL Spaces.

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