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03-31-2012 at 7:16 AM
edielaura
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Mac - Snow Leopard vs. Lion

I currently have a 2.5 year old refurbished MacBook.  About three weeks ago I spilled soup on the keyboard.  It turns on fine (after letting it dry out for a week), but the keyboard is still sticky.  We just ordered a replacement part.  (Apple wanted $800 to fix so I don't know if they just want my money or if it's more than the keyboard, I figure it's worth a shot to see if it's fixable).  If for some reason replacing the keyboard doesn't work, I will probably just get a new one.

 

Sorry for the slight ramble.  My question is, is Lion a good OS or should I get a refurbished MacBook with Snow Leopard like I currently have?  I've been reading and Lion doesn't seem to be getting favorable reviews.  Thanks.

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04-02-2012 at 12:58 PM
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There have been some flaws with Lion, and I'm not sure how much they've updated since I'm still running Snow Leopard.

BUT, depending on when you decide to buy a new mac, it may have Mountain Lion on it. Although they haven't set a release date yet, but it's a guess that it will be sometime this summer.

I guess it depends on what you're running on your mac. I heard Lion had issues with CS5 and so I hesitated upgrading, but with that being said I haven't checked to see if those issues have been fixed or not.

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04-02-2012 at 2:05 PM
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Thank you! When you say CS5, are you referring to Adobe?  I have the CS4 package for Mac.

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04-02-2012 at 3:05 PM
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I use Adobe CS4 on 2 Macs that are running Lion and I have not had any problems.
 
04-02-2012 at 3:12 PM
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Great, thanks so much!

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04-02-2012 at 3:44 PM
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AntiBride07:
I use Adobe CS4 on 2 Macs that are running Lion and I have not had any problems.

 

Ah good to know! Perhaps it's time I upgrade to Lion. That was really the only thing I was worried about.

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04-08-2012 at 7:24 AM
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I've had Lion on my Macbook Pro since August.  I really like it and haven't noticed any issues with it.
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05-03-2012 at 4:11 PM
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I hated lion I went back to snow leopard. I found it wasn't compatible with some of my software. Before you switch see if everything you use will work.

 
05-04-2012 at 8:18 PM
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I have issues with Lion and staying connected to the wireless. According to google it seems to be a common problem. 

 
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