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What's your verdict?

What's your grade of Mountain Lion?

  • 1 star

    Votes: 14 7.1%

  • 2 stars

    Votes: 8 4.0%

  • 3 stars

    Votes: 17 8.6%

  • 4 stars

    Votes: 58 29.3%

  • 5 stars

    Votes: 101 51.0%
  • Total voters
    198
mabaker

mabaker

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On my Late 2009 Mac Mini it is flying fast. I didn't expect that performance will improve that much. Definitely tangible gain there.
 
I've only had it installed for an hour, but I gotta say I like ML. Dictation is really cool, Safari is definitely better, battery life got slightly better, notes are useful.

I'm annoyed by:
- battery life status - anyone knows if you can display remaining battery time? It seems that there's only % option and you gotta point on the battery to see time status.
- notifications center - is there a way to get rid of it from the main status bar? Really don't need it and prefer the old layout.

Other than that it's nice.
 
Definitely the upgrade needed for rMBP's along with the software updates.

But like many, OS X is really starting to age in my eyes. Apple needs to reinvent their desktop computing experience, because this is just getting old. ML is great and fast and has a bunch of improvements, they just need to start making moves to grow more competitive.
 
Auzburner said:
Definitely the upgrade needed for rMBP's along with the software updates.

But like many, OS X is really starting to age in my eyes. Apple needs to reinvent their desktop computing experience, because this is just getting old. ML is great and fast and has a bunch of improvements, they just need to start making moves to grow more competitive.
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An example of a major 'reinvention' is windows 8..and we all know how 'great' those changes to windows are :rolleyes:
 
Auzburner said:
Definitely the upgrade needed for rMBP's along with the software updates.

But like many, OS X is really starting to age in my eyes. Apple needs to reinvent their desktop computing experience, because this is just getting old. ML is great and fast and has a bunch of improvements, they just need to start making moves to grow more competitive.
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It's aldeady "reinvented" with Windows 8. All Apple has to do now is copy an claim they reinvented it.
 
It's funny how the Windows reviews all diss and hate the complete redesign of Windows 8, saying Metro sucks and "Windows 7 forever!"

Yet on Apple side everyone uses Windows 8 and Metro as example of awesome innovation, and incredible new OS, saying "too bad Apple didn't do the same thing."
 
The people who are crying about Windows 8 are the hardcore users who ironically are usually the ones most vocal about any changes. 90% of the user base will love Metro, even on desktops.
 
KurtangleTN said:
The people who are crying about Windows 8 are the hardcore users who ironically are usually the ones most vocal about any changes. 90% of the user base will love Metro, even on desktops.
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These are the users still running XP Pro with 4-8GB of ram not realizing their 32bit OS only supports 3.5GB but claim W7 is inferior to XP because it resembles Vista.
 
JS82712 said:
An example of a major 'reinvention' is windows 8..and we all know how 'great' those changes to windows are :rolleyes:
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While I think ML is a great release, I simply think Apple can do better. Their focus is strongly oriented towards iOS and I think they should bring something new to OS X. What I'm trying to emphasize is the belief that Apple can do better. There's nothing wrong with ML at all, but I expect more from Apple.
 
I'm a fan so far. Safari is improved, and my computer seems to be responding a bit more quickly.

I do tons of typing for work, and I'm looking forward to trying the dictation out.

I'm a sucker for the iOS integration, too.
 
So far I'm very impressed, everything has gone smoothly so far (cross fingers). The only problem I've come across so far is that dictation doesn't work... don't know why.
 
I'm very impressed with it so far. My machine feels faster than ever. as far as capability guys I think its top-notch. This entire message was done with dictation.
 
JS82712 said:
An example of a major 'reinvention' is windows 8..and we all know how 'great' those changes to windows are :rolleyes:
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Actually we dont. Windows 8 hasn't been released yet, only a preview has. You'd have to be stupid to declare that it will fail before it has actually been released.

For all we know it could take off and become the next big thing...stranger things have happened.

OS X is ageing...it needs a MAJOR UI overhaul, not a conversion to the also ageing iOS UI.

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Orlandoech.com said:
These are the users still running XP Pro with 4-8GB of ram not realizing their 32bit OS only supports 3.5GB but claim W7 is inferior to XP because it resembles Vista.
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Unless they are running the 64bit versions of XP that is!
 
mabaker said:
On my Late 2009 Mac Mini it is flying fast. I didn't expect that performance will improve that much. Definitely tangible gain there.
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did you experience slow downs in Lion? I'm on a Macbook 2010 and I find Lion to be so slow, with apps like iTunes taking up to a minute to stop bouncing in the dock.
 
EwanMcTeagle said:
I've only had it installed for an hour, but I gotta say I like ML. Dictation is really cool, Safari is definitely better, battery life got slightly better, notes are useful.

I'm annoyed by:
- battery life status - anyone knows if you can display remaining battery time? It seems that there's only % option and you gotta point on the battery to see time status.
- notifications center - is there a way to get rid of it from the main status bar? Really don't need it and prefer the old layout.

Other than that it's nice.
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iStat Menus 3 lets you display both time remaining and percentage together in the menu bar
 
5*

Quicker, more refined Lion. Dictation is great, so is Notification Centre.

My only gripe is RSS feeds being taken out of Mail, but I guess I can adapt.
 
Didn't need the update for anything practical, and what I do for work doesn't change at all and isn't really improved by ML. Just did the update for fun and for stuff like messages, etc. But after an hour, I'm sold. Very very very fast and so far I like the few new features I've been able to play with. Very happy, 5 stars.
 
There needs to be a 6th option:

"I'll let you know when Apple sorts out the up to date program"
 
Auzburner said:
While I think ML is a great release, I simply think Apple can do better. Their focus is strongly oriented towards iOS and I think they should bring something new to OS X. What I'm trying to emphasize is the belief that Apple can do better. There's nothing wrong with ML at all, but I expect more from Apple.
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It's very easy to say, you can do better. Better in what? You expect what exactly? Just "more"? :rolleyes:
 
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