Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
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I currently have Mac OS X 10.7.5 Lion. Mountain Lion 10.8.2 is available from the app store for £13.99. The reviews are mixed with quite a few saying it has messed up their computers, things not working, software becoming unstable.
Is it worth upgrading for £14 and is it really full of bugs?
I'm still new to Macs but £14 compared to the £40 upgrade from W7 to W8 seems a steel?
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
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Tbh it's the same as any OS upgrade.
Given the tens (hundreds?) of thousands who upgrade you can't expect 100% of them to go swimmingly.
You'll never hear of the ones that went well, only the ones that didnt.
For £14 it's well worth the jump. Apple have priced it well and made it extremely easy for the public to upgrade.
It's a no brainer
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Balling
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There's a few nifty features that I'd hate to live without now, iMessages being one of them, so I'd say go for it.
Certainly do not experience it as being buggy.
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ed
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Not buggy for me and I use iMessage all the time on it
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Balling
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Oh a minor thing. The standard dock indicator, that shows which apps are open can be hard to see.
I made a replacement that you can find here:
http://www.c20xe.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=639696&page=2
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Marc
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I downloaded and installed last night. Aside from the fact it took about 6 hours to download and install all in, everything seems fine.
Safari seems a bit quicker too, not sure if it is the time of day or because of he update.
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John
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Was your mac not new Marc? Should have been free.
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Marc
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Was your mac not new Marc? Should have been free.
Brand new but came with Lion.
Wasn't bought through Apple though. Bought through EDF.
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
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http://www.apple.com/uk/osx/uptodate/
stick your serial in there, see if youre eligable and apple will refund you.
i went from lion ot moutain lion. the slight issues in 10.8.0 were fixed pretty quickly. 10.8.2 is great
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Marc
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I'll have to scan my invoice and see if they accept it.
The way it was purchased is a bit odd!
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Russ
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i think it gets better each time, like windows.
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Marc
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Having iMessage on here is very useful. A lot quicker than trying to send from my phone!
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Balling
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You can drag photos directly from a folder or browser in to a conversation as well. Nifty little feature.
AirPlay mirroring is another cool addition, if you've got an Apple TV.
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