[DM-MUG] New Lion OS

[Stuart Thiessen]

I echo the checking for software compatibility. I haven't upgraded yet, but, for example, I hadn't remembered that my copy of MS Office 2004 was actually PowerPC. If I paid attention to it, I would  have remembered that, but it has been something I have used so often that I didn't pay attention to it. When the articles recommended I look at About this Mac under Applications first to identify all PowerPC applications first, I found that out. So now, I am taking a closer look to make sure that I don't have any legacy apps that will mess up my workflow. If you have only been on Intel, it should not affect you, but my first Mac laptop was a G4 under 10.3, so I have a number of older apps that are still PowerPC.

I plan to upgrade after I have finished looking at all of those programs and identified what I will use differently. I'm not exactly liking the idea of upgrading to a newer MS Office. More than likely, I will just try to use a combination of LibreOffice and iWork to take the place of MS Office 2004. We'll see. :)

Thanks,

Stuart

On Jul 23, 2011, at 18:16 , James Wu wrote:

> I upgraded a customer's MacBook to Lion this morning, and Lion feels really fast and zippy to me.
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> There are a lot of little UI changes that take a little getting used to but feel natural once you do.
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> If you are uncomfortable doing the upgrade right now, please wait. Also, please please please check software compatibility before upgrading.
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> On Jul 23, 2011, at 5:23 PM, Jorgensen Jenny wrote:
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>> Has anyone upgraded to this?  I was ready to do it, but just finished reading some comments and am not so sure now!  Lots of negatives, some way over my head, but speed and ease of use appeared to be a couple big ones.
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>> Any thoughts you care to share?
>> Thank you.
>> Jenny
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