David
I upgraded and had no problems on my iMac. Had to reinstall iphoto on
the MBA though. CS5 Photoshop works fine on both.
It's definitely better suited to a trackpad or magic mouse so it's
better on the MBA. After a few days using it I have to say I'm totally
underwhelmed by it on the iMac. There actually isn't a single thing I
think WOW. In fact here I think the 'iOSification' of it is a bit odd.
Launchpad looks terrible on my 20 inch screen with its oversized icons
so can't imagine how it looks on a 27". Can you reduce the size of the
icons? No. Hail CMD Space and Spotlight... haven't quite got to the
stage of forgetting what the app is called yet!
It's also very GREY! And as for the leather iCal - pretty sure I got a
Mac because I thought it was well designed and sophisticated! ;-)
Finder has lost some useful functionality which is probably the biggest
annoyance for me but other than that I'm glad it didn't cost me more!
So my advice would be don't bother. You hit the nail on the head when
you said it was cheap but could prove expensive...
Just my 2 penn'worth...
Pat
On 25/07/2011 22:46, David Ransom wrote:
I am a big Apple fan with an iMac Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.66 GHz machine
running 10.6.8 Snow Leopard and I was looking forward to Lion coming
out. However, after reading comments on the internet, and all the
messages from SMUG early upgraders, I have decided that I will probably
not to take the plunge myself.
I have a Canon scanner that works perfectly. Thanks to people on this
list I was able to keep it working when I upgraded to Leopard by using
CanoScan Toolbox X version 4.1.3.0, a PowerPC application that will not
work if I go for Lion. It seems I would have to buy a new scanner even
though I have a perfectly good one now.
I have Creative Suite 4 from Adobe, and have not upgraded to Creative
Suite 5 because it is just too expensive, and CS4 is great for me. It is
not clear whether CS4 will actually work with Lion and I believe there
are problems with CS5.
If I was to go to Lion I would probably consider buying iStudio
Publisher from the App Store at £12.99, to use instead of Adobe
InDesign. I already own VectorDesigner that I could use instead of Adobe
Illustrator. I already own Pixelmator which I could use instead of
Photoshop. It would be nice to give Adobe a kick in the pants. The
problem is that I have a lot of InDesign files that I would like to be
able to open in a few years time . . .
I think I am going to stick with what I have now unless someone can tell
me why I should go for Lion. I wonder how many other people feel the
same way? Lion appears to be a bargain price upgrade at first glance,
but it could turn out to be very expensive to me in the long run.
David
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