I was just forced to move to Lion and have many programs that will not run in it. They are PPC code only.
Check all your programs to see if they are compatible with Lion first. Don't upgrade just to upgrade. If all your apps work in Lion and you want some feature that is only in Lion then and only then upgrade but make a backup/clone of your working drive first. If you find something you missed you can then go back to the way it was before you broke it.
I have found many things I like about Lion and just as many that I hate about it.
Lion thinks we are all idiots and should not ever know how to do anything for ourselves.
$2,500 for a new iMac and $1,500 for new software upgrades just to get back to what I could already do before the G5 blew up.
Good thing is I may save the G5 after all, just a power supply at $200 for a new one I get it back.
Dave
On Dec 4, 2011, at 7:20 PM, Stanley Katz wrote:
> Thanks Terry, I appreciate your input.
> Stan
>
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Terry Pogue <tpogue@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > I'm not in love with Lion. I have it in two computers. I still have Snow
> > Leopard on one computer which I still like the most. The lack of scroll
> > bars in Lion still gives me fits. You can set the prefs so they display...a
> > little but I have trouble with my eyes and find them hard to see. For me
> > Hand Brake doesn't work well running Lion. If you like way the Mail
> > displays on iPads you can have that on Lion. I have mine set for the
> > "classic"way though. The Gestures was kind of fun to play with and I bought
> > a Magic Track Pad so I could play with that on my big desktop computer but
> > soon pulled out my mouse when the gimmicky part gestures wore off. I have
> > not used Gestures on my laptop with Lion.
> >
> > Terry
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > On Dec 4, 2011, at 9:21 AM, "StanleyK" <sgkatz@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Currently own a 4 year old Macbook.
> > > Do I need the new Lion?
> > > If so, what are the major benefits?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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