as the title says, If lion isnt coming out tomorrow as the rumors say, are you going to install the Golden Master and be done with it or are you going to wait for the next rumored date which is July 14 for apple to officially release it?
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If lion isnt coming out tomorrow, are you going to install the GM?
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I don't have a problem waiting until it's released.
Even if I was impatient, I'm not a developer, so I can't get the GM anyway.
Even if I was impatient, I'm not a developer, so I can't get the GM anyway.
Since I am not a developer, I will be waiting for the official release.
Agreed.
I have no business reason to install GM, so I will just wait for the official release date to ensure I have both proper and full support.
Patience is a virtue, especially when it comes to my computer systems
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Since I am not a developer, I will be waiting for the official release.
Another +1 here. I see little reason to go and get the GM when the retail version is immanent and I'm not a developer
Personally... and I might be the oddball here but I'll probably just go about life as usual. It's only an OS for a laptop.
Software updates, yes. But with support he meant being able to call Apple and say 'fix it' if it doesn't work.
You don't get it.
If you were to install Lion now, you'd be on your own if something went wrong. Call Apple and say "I'm installing Lion and <foo> is wrong" and they'll say "sorry, can't help you bye <click>". The same for Snow Leopard and they can help you.
That will only change when Lion is officially released. It'll be the same software, but the support is entirely different.
Did the OP mention hardware support?
Because if he did, then yes, I didn't get it.
If he didn't, then my reply was spot on.
My impression is that he's worried about software support and I don't see there being any problem.
We are a few days - 2 weeks shy of official Lion release. Installing the GM is going to give you the same release as the retail and I don't expect there being any major hardware problems or otherwise caused by the installation of it.
i certainly don't. lol and i get pissed when people won't let me email them instead
Yes. On an external drive I boot from just to play with. Im still on Snow Leopard.
I can't believe there are people here that will download that thing on the day it's released and install it on top of SL with no way of going back. But hey... go for it... and scream loudly about the bugs and features so us hold-outs can get onboard with 10.7.1 by the end of August. Much appreciated!
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Unless you use your Mac to earn your living, I think your statement is pretty irrelevant to the average consumer or enthusiasts just wanting to have the latest. No harm in having a bit of fun exploring a brand new OS, even though it may be riddled with early bugs.
It isn't the end of the world. As Apple has shown with SL, early OS updates will be swift.
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Unless you use your Mac to earn your living, I think your statement is pretty irrelevant to the average consumer or enthusiasts just wanting to have the latest. No harm in having a bit of fun exploring a brand new OS, even though it may be riddled with early bugs.
It isn't the end of the world. As Apple has shown with SL, early OS updates will be swift.
I'm going to wait with upgrading until I get netatalk with replay cache support working in Ubuntu 10.04 (so I can make time machine backups over lan)
But I'm not that impressed either.
But I'm not that impressed either.
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Yes, I need my mac to earn my keep. But be we student or part of the work force most of us depend on our macs to at least augment daily tasks. But of course, All FaceBookers and Tweeters... upgrade to your heart's content and don't look back. I'm counting on these types to merrily skip and hop through the minefield of bugs which are inherent in any dot-zero release.
Maybe even a few early adopter FCPX users can take the plunge as well.
True enough but "exploring" to me implies finding a way back to where you started if need be. Unlike Lewis and Clark though, most OSX Lion up-graders will be stuck in DeadSkunk, North Dakota waiting for the missionaries to bring them updates. (No thanks. I've been to DeadSkunk).
Yes, but Apple updates won't help if that oddball application you have only works properly in SL. (As I recall, there were a few of those).