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borostef

macrumors 6502
Feb 10, 2012
333
42
Zagreb, Croatia
In some way I have to agree with the thread starter... I think that Apple is slowly (and still reversibly) becoming an iOS company.
The MacPro fiasco, and it is a fiasco... Steve would either not have released the so called update to the line, or would have said something like "It is new because I say so", either way... get some or become HP, Acer, Asus or something like that...
Putting Mountain Lion out there, without any real improvements (except iOS stuff, that some people will find really useful, and majority will not) would have not happened with Steve in charge.
If you wanted to amaze the iOS crowd you should have at least waited for iOS 6 and Facebook integration, than you could at least say "Boom, there it is!"...
No MacPro update, no iMacs, no MacMini... just a glorious, shiny laptop, that still needs to prove it's worthiness...
I hope I'm wrong, but things seem a bit fishy to me...
 

SR45

macrumors 65832
Aug 17, 2011
1,501
0
Florida
All computers have problems and its expected. I'll be dead before we ever have world peace, a fountain of youth, or any bug free computer (regardless of mac, pc, or linux, or whatever).

And if the OP is unhappy, he/she can go to the Microsoft platform, and all will be well. :D

Thus far, no real issues to report. Some small glitches, but Apple will fix those in the future updates. Just be a little patient, give some trouble reports to Apple and enjoy the new OS as much as possible.
 

cocky jeremy

macrumors 604
Jul 12, 2008
6,500
7,168
I haven't had one issue. All of my software has been working flawlessly, Mountain Lion upgrade, iMessage, speech-to-text, etc.

Same here. Safari crashed the first time i opened it, but other than that, it's been totally perfect. Faster, more stable, less RAM usage overall, etc. In Lion i would typically have about 3 GB of RAM free. In Mountain Lion i keep about 4 - 4.5 GB of RAM free, and i do that while running MORE applications.
 

SDAVE

macrumors 68040
Jun 16, 2007
3,578
601
Nowhere
Actually ML is a fairly good release, even for a .0.

I had zero problems from upgrading from Lion to ML (I plan to do a clean install soon).

It's as good as Snow Leopard. $20 is a no brainer.

If Apple releases 1 update per year for $20, I'm for it.
 

hafr

macrumors 68030
Sep 21, 2011
2,743
9
In some way I have to agree with the thread starter... I think that Apple is slowly (and still reversibly) becoming an iOS company.
The MacPro fiasco, and it is a fiasco... Steve would either not have released the so called update to the line, or would have said something like "It is new because I say so", either way... get some or become HP, Acer, Asus or something like that...
Putting Mountain Lion out there, without any real improvements (except iOS stuff, that some people will find really useful, and majority will not) would have not happened with Steve in charge.
If you wanted to amaze the iOS crowd you should have at least waited for iOS 6 and Facebook integration, than you could at least say "Boom, there it is!"...
No MacPro update, no iMacs, no MacMini... just a glorious, shiny laptop, that still needs to prove it's worthiness...
I hope I'm wrong, but things seem a bit fishy to me...

I'm pretty sure it would have, to be honest. It's not like every single thing that Apple did was a big ol' "holy ****"-moment before he passed away, and you will always have people saying "this isn't enough, it's not the Apple I know and love".

To believe that Apple really changed that much since his passing is to look for something that just isn't there. If he would have passed away before the 4S, you would have probably said that if he were still alive it would have been iPhone 5 with the tapered design. Before Lion and it would have been "Steve would never have allowed this PoS to be released!"

He wasn't god, he wasn't almighty, he wasn't perfect, not everything he touched turned into a golden massage chair with a coffee maker and a beer cooler, and there isn't really anything to indicate that Apple has become any different than it would have been with him still alive.

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And you do? I'm not saying I know Mr. Jobs thoughts, but I also will not subscribe to the "If it has an Apple logo on it, it must be perfect." philosophy.

No, but you sure seem to have a "but if Steve Jobs had anything to do with it, it probably is" philosophy ;)
 

jtcedinburgh

macrumors regular
Sep 26, 2010
141
2
I'm very pleased with ML. It might be in my head, but it seems to liberate my Retina Macbook Pro, which just seems to feel more cohesive and sorted running ML than it did with the Retina-modded Lion.

No problems to report. Have yet to investigate battery life and some of the new features, but all in all I'm happy so far.
 

vmachiel

macrumors 68000
Feb 15, 2011
1,774
1,440
Holland
I'm also surprised by the many problems that occur with people installing mountain lion. I use many of the functions available in OS X and haven't had a single issue.

Luckily, this forum has always been great at solving problems:)
 

Stewahn

macrumors newbie
Mountain Lion - Mail, Preview, Textedit crash

when I upgraded from SL to Lion both programs Preview and Textedit crashed right after I started them. Since I did not use them that often it did not bother me much. Now I upgraded from Lion to Mountain Lion the two new features such as reminder and notes have the same issue and most unfortunate: MAIL CRASHES after starting the prog. Sorry fanboys, but I am pretty pissed now. Cant wait to get in touch with the support hotline tonight...
Do you guys have the same issues?
 

honem

macrumors newbie
Sep 15, 2010
20
0
You do realize Steve Jobs gave the company a four year road map just before his death right ?

He knew his health was declining so he worked on a road map for Apple's products and services for the future to ensure the company wouldn't go under without his guiding hand there.

Tim Cook was appointed to lead as he's brilliant at operations. He's insanely good at things like sourcing high quality components at cheap prices. One of the reasons why the iPods are so cheap is because of his work. Tim's just following the pipeline Steve set out for him.

Rolling in his grave. LOL

Comedy gold!
 
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borostef

macrumors 6502
Feb 10, 2012
333
42
Zagreb, Croatia
"Tim Cook was appointed to lead as he's brilliant at operations. He's insanely good at things like sourcing high quality components at cheap prices."

And that is the thing that made Apple great... Don't think so...
If Steve Jobs have prepared the road for Apple for the next few years (which you do not know for a fact) that is great... But what after that four years... If they do not come up with new ideas (which I hope they will, really like their computers) do you really think that their savior will be the guy who can get the best price on components?
Anyway, this is all speculation... We'll see... Hope for the best
 

HurryKayne

macrumors 6502a
Jun 9, 2010
982
13
This if only Cook and its board didn't choose to simply not follow Jobs guide lines.
What we had till here :
Ipad spec bump,
MacBookPro 2012
Ios 6 (with Maps disaster , so they say apologizing) and unchanged old skeumorphed GUi;
Ridicolous Mac Pro Cpu Bump;
Thunderbolt tech ..left unused (no external gpu for example or reduced prices);
No Imac 2012:mad:,while Imac 2011 still sold at full price after over 500 days since its release)
with a strange marketing strategy beside..then..if they plan to cut desktops why to sell the Classic MacbookPro 2012 at over 2200€ while 6970-i5-Imacs are at 1915€....(and this while on 26/10 Windows 8 lands not saying its good or not even if i see this positive for Apple users..i mean there's more with competition);
Iphone 5 ( an enlonged spec bumped 4S ).

And what for the future?
Ipad mini..;
Ipad 4 (spec bumped 2012?);
maybe a new Mac Pro somewhere in the 2013...;
Apple I-Tv...they said (rumour sites)Xmas but it won't .
This with the complete silence over Apple desktops future by Mac Sites,
not even a question and very very few leaks/rumours
(except iphone 5 - Ipad mini)
maybe due to the Cook double down.

Frankly Cook isn't pleasing anyone but himself.
 
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