OS X Lion 10.7

[samsc]

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/20...m_campaign=rss

[PascalV]

i am also interested in a version that work under Lion.

[samsc]

i am also interested in a version that work under Lion.

Send me email

if its working don't break it-

do not upgrade any current systems to 10.7 from 10.6 or 10.5 - unless you like pain

you lose lots of stuff and gain nothing - unless you like half baked auto-save

it usually takes apple 6 months or so to finally get to something that works properly

[PascalV]

problem is on new mac, it's impossible to install version 10.6 or 10.5

[samsc]

which new mac?

apple typically does not get important bugs fixed for 6 months after new OS release-

they turn their problem into your problem.

i test stuff for 6 months or so before even tentatively using it in important situations.

[Mr_P]

problem is on new mac, it's impossible to install version 10.6 or 10.5

Not true -

We are purchasing new macs which are sold with Lion pre-installed. We then wipe the HD and re-install Snow Leopard via Disk Image (10.6.8)...
We leave the Lion rescue partition in-tact (because its hidden) so that it can be upgraded at a much later date once stable.

S

[samsc]

Noone should be updating a working and installed system with a new OS-

Noone should consider this process to be without trouble- at many levels-

i suggest noone makes any move to make a major change to use Lion from an existing system

If someone wants to try - they should be keeping a complete bootable backup of their existing OS hard drive-

Wait -until enough time has passed- and bugs have been fixed- checked and rechecked-


apple changes not only software - but hardware drivers and their implementation-

It can take some considerable time for 3rd party vendors to get to grips with these changes-

overall system reliability - on long and short term shows-
is more important than using the latest software OS from apple-

There are no new features in Lion that make an improvement to the operation or performance of catalyst-

[IanH]

Just heard from colleague in Miami, he is running Lion on a New Mac Mini Server with SSd with no problem to date..... not sure what is turned on or off yet ....

Ian

[ajmaudio]

Pascal... As MrP said it can be done on some macs sold with Lion installed... the trick is that ONLY 10.6.8 works so it must be done via a disk image as there was never a retail disk with that version. Its not all that hard really.... Just did it on a new MBP... runnin fine... the 6750 gpu seems to be pretty decent for a mac laptop actually

[Marchel Daalhuizen]

so what now ?
and how long will it take