Are you satisfied with Mountain Lion?

[Mr. McMac]

Since I purchased my new mac mini a few weeks ago, I've gotten 3 or 4 kernel panics when I reboot (over the course of few weeks). It's strange because the mini was running perfectly fine at the time I rebooted, and would run fine afterwards. I've done the extended hardware test a few times with no problems reported.

Is this a Mountain Lion issue?

The mini's connected via HDMI to a Samsung HDTV, an Apple Bluetooth Keyboard, and a Logitech USB Wireless mouse.

 

[fivenotrump]

never a better .0 release

Smooth updates on both Macs. First class O/S!

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I think you mean "knock on wood."

"Touch wood," implies a different connotation.

"Touch wood" is a British English idiom, and appropriate here.

 

[SR45]

Since I purchased my new mac mini a few weeks ago, I've gotten 3 or 4 kernel panics when I reboot (over the course of few weeks). It's strange because the mini was running perfectly fine at the time I rebooted, and would run fine afterwards. I've done the extended hardware test a few times with no problems reported.

Is this a Mountain Lion issue?

The mini's connected via HDMI to a Samsung HDTV, an Apple Bluetooth Keyboard, and a Logitech USB Wireless mouse.

MacMini 2011 > Dell U2412M connected via thunberbolt > 16 GB ram > 5400 rpm Hdd > integrated video > Apples Wired keyboard > Logitech small USB wireless mouse > Clean Install after an Update earlier, and no issues at all. All programs up to date for Lion and Mountain Lion. No fancy Extensions other than "Do Not Track Plus" and "Ad Block"

 

[DaKKs]

Aside from the horrible iOS-ification, I'd say that ML is well on its way to be the next step after Snow Leopard. Lion was a clusterfrak that should've never seen the light of day.

 

[Elven]

Very suited, being a more recent Mac convert ( SL ) ML is a good step forward, Lion always felt a little "in-between worlds" were ML is much more focussed.

Wish I could word it better, may do a blog about it sometime.

 

[Mr. McMac]

MacMini 2011 > Dell U2412M connected via thunberbolt > 16 GB ram > 5400 rpm Hdd > integrated video > Apples Wired keyboard > Logitech small USB wireless mouse > Clean Install after an Update earlier, and no issues at all. All programs up to date for Lion and Mountain Lion. No fancy Extensions other than "Do Not Track Plus" and "Ad Block"

I called tech support and they told me to do a safe boot which would clear out the cache, etc. So far so good. I might try a wired keyboard instead of bluetooth. Lets see what happens. My '09 iMac hasn't had a problem even though I didn't do a clean install.(wired keyboard) The Mini had a clean install, kind of strange really. I'll keep you posted

 

[Carl Sagan]

Aside from the horrible iOS-ification, I'd say that ML is well on its way to be the next step after Snow Leopard. Lion was a clusterfrak that should've never seen the light of day.

A couple apps and notification centre is hardly iOS-indication, get a grip!

 

[mabaker]

iMac 2009 with 4850 graphic card. ML works flawlessly. Wish they brought Bluetooth texting back from Tiger, though.

 

[SR45]

I called tech support and they told me to do a safe boot which would clear out the cache, etc. So far so good. I might try a wired keyboard instead of bluetooth. Lets see what happens. My '09 iMac hasn't had a problem even though I didn't do a clean install.(wired keyboard) The Mini had a clean install, kind of strange really. I'll keep you posted

Please do and good luck. Some times I do a clean install with a new OS, just to get the old code off. I than install one program at a time to make sure that works, specially if the software is of the older version.

 

[0038396]

Love it.

 

[TheSniper]

Overall? YES. Totally? NO

All, I do not think one can easily answer yes or no to this question.
For me Im pretty happy with all of the Apple products in general and overall.
I was born into the MS world and free'd by apple. now this being said.
does not mean I despise MS or think Apple is the end all of O/S's

For example, One thing I now dislike but use to like:
PRE Lion Those of us who had multi screen setups. using full screen mode was
very nice. until Lion and then ML. now Full Screen mode? renders the secondary or 3rd monitor USELESS! this has been the case for some time now with no
solution on the horizon.

If I premised my answer on this one fact. I would HATE the new Lion/ML.

Narrow vision causes narrow solutions.(choose wisely)

Go Apple!

 

[jackgreenfield]

I've been sticking with Snow Leopard all of this time. Skipping Lion was a no-brainer, but it seems like ML has worked out some of the kinks, so I may take the plunge soon. Or should I just wait for 10.9??

 

[The Bulge]

Pretty happy with Moutain Lion.

 

[WSR]

I'm sticking with SL.
The loss of Downgrading of Expose and Spaces, and ML's Full-Screen mode with multiple monitors are deal-breakers for me.

Other problems for me with ML are the loss of "Save As..." and "Do You Want to Save?", and limited control over Resume, Versions or AutoSave.

 

[pionata]

No, I upgraded to Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard about 1 year ago. I think Mountain lion is crap. It intentionally slows down Macs built before 2010, even if they're quads with 16 gigs of ram, the open GL drivers are bad - it's now impossible to play a game on one screen and watch a movie on the other, they've messed up expose and replaced it with a ****** application called mission control, they've removed the immensely practical scroll arrows... And stuff just crash 3 times more often.

Apple is becoming what I've always hated about Microsoft: a cash grabbing enterprise.

 

[MJL]

.....Apple is becoming what I've always hated about Microsoft: a cash grabbing enterprise.

What else did you expect with Steve Jobs gone and the shareholders running the show?

 

[thestickman]

I wish SL would run on my Mini....not a fan of ML.

 

[Attonine]

I'm Ok with ML. Only problem has been constant crashing of Safari.

 

[spiderman0616]

I came from Windows, so the answer for me is: Yes. Very much so.

I've been using Windows for about 15 years now, so for me, Mountain Lion was a breath of fresh air. I've seen some people here say that they don't understand why people hate Windows so much after moving to Mac. For me, there are 3 reasons.

1. Integration. I love the way it integrates with my iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. I love that iMessage and iCloud in general are now baked right into the OS, as my wife are daily iCloud users.

2. Maintenance. I don't feel like I really have to do any. I moved all my media backups over, set up Time Machine on an external drive, and within an hour or two, I was USING my new Mac, not setting it up or learning how to do stuff. I'm not running any 3rd party security software, and the OS is running like new 5 months after I first booted up. I cannot say the same thing for Windows. Even Windows 7 started running slower after a few months, and that's with me barely messing with it at all.

3. Ease of use. This kind of goes back to #2 I guess. I am very comfortable in Windows and know how to accomplish whatever needs to be done. But I feel like on OSX, I just fly through everything. It's less clunky, less cluttered, and more stable. I love the feeling of using my computer instead of tricking my computer into doing what I want it to do.

So needless to say, I am beyond pleased with Mountain Lion. I'm on a late 2012 model Mac Mini, and I'm 100% thrilled with it. I use it with our large HDTV as well as with my workstation I have set up at my desk when needed. I am still on my iPad or iPhone most of the time, but when I'm home and have the time, I still being on my full blown computer instead of a mobile device.

 

[Eithanius]

I came from Windows, so the answer for me is: Yes. Very much so.

I believe this thread started off with the OP upgraded from a previous Mac OS X release and asked of the opinions of others whether are they satisfied with the current Mountain Lion release compared to previous versions...

Windoze is a totally different league altogether, and even if given a crappy LION (not Mountain Lion) to a switcher, (s)he will say a big YES...

 

[SpyderBite]

Love it. Great iOS integration and performance boosts.

I think people who say otherwise:

1: Hate change
2: Run antiquated software
3. Don't rely on an iCloud ecosystem

 

[WSR]

Love it. Great iOS integration and performance boosts.

I think people who say otherwise:

1: Hate change
2: Run antiquated software
3. Don't rely on an iCloud ecosystem

4. Actually used their computers to the fullest by using Spaces/Expose in SL.
5. Have multiple-monitors and want to a Full-Screen mode that doesn't make the extra monitor's nearly useless.
6. Want more control over Resume, Versions or AutoSave instead of Apple forcing us into only one mode.
7. See the advantages of "Save As..." and "Do you want to Save?" over Versions.
8. Overall want's Apple to give all of us the choice to use the Mac in the way that work better for us wether it new or old. We aren't talking about Apple removing features that virtually no one used.