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How many of you will upgrade to Mountain Lion on release day?

Upgrade immediately or wait and see how it goes for others?

  • Soon as I can

    Votes: 234 80.1%

  • Wait to see how it goes for others

    Votes: 58 19.9%
  • Total voters
    292
Dragoro

Dragoro

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Nov 27, 2010
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Will you upgrade to Mountain Lion on release day or wait a while to see how it goes for others upgrading?
 
I usually wait, but not this time, ML seems stable and offers improvements to Lion.
 
I depend on shooting tethered and learned my lesson on Snow Leopard. If the other software is compatible, I will upgrade to 10.8. It's difficult to explain to a Client that they can't preview the images on the monitor when they're paying me so much.
 
I think you forgot the category "I can't upgrade to ML" in the poll.

Personally I don't think I'll upgrade at all. Will wait for a new computer to do that.
 
urm... wrong section?


anywayz, personally not upgrading, but waiting for the apple store to switch over to ML pre-installed ... then i'll purchase it straight away (not sure if that sounds stupid of rather ordering it then upgrade myself but... oh well)
 
I voted "soon as I can" but only for one of my devices; my rMBP. I believe it will work very well with ML based on the newness of the device and the reports from testers.

However, my two Minis and my 2009 iMac will not quickly go to ML. In fact, this past weekend I just upgraded my iMac from SL to Lion. That was not pretty. So I will hold off on a few point upgrades to ML before upgrading them.
 
Upgrade as soon as I can.

- If I don't like it or if it's too buggy, well, I just downgrade to Lion again. :)
 
Will wait at least a week....

All you beta testers have at it.

Seldom is Apples testing representative of the real world. Look back over the last 2 years and tell me it is!
 
Actually both.

Day one through up to date on my 2012 MBA.

Wait to see compatability issues on my main machine: iMac as that has too much crucial stuff on it to lose functionality.
 
Probably upgrade in the first couple days, but I plan to take a CCC backup image first, so if anything I use regularly breaks, I can revert and try again after a few point releases.

That's the key; make an image of your current system with Carbon Copy Cloner before you upgrade. This makes the upgrade zero-risk; if anything goes wrong you can revert without losing a thing.

Not to mention, it makes an excellent full backup in the unlikely event that your data gets damaged.
 
Dragoro said:
Will you upgrade to Mountain Lion on release day or wait a while to see how it goes for others upgrading?
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I am already on ML GM and it works beautifully on the rMBP. A few compatibility issues with some older apps, but nothing an update can't fix.
 
Not on my home system. But I may upgrade a work Mac as a test sacrifice. :)

In general, I wait for the .1 release before upgrading important systems. Also gives time for my 3rd party software to catch up a bit.
 
Fortunately for me, all my (Intel-native) 3rd-party software is either ready for Mountain Lion now or will be with a few minor changes. Yes, there is still one PPC-only program I use occasionally, and I must boot into Snow Leopard to run it.
 
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