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To: Zen Dollar Round who wrote (133222)	5/8/2012 8:35:35 PM
From: Lahcim Leinad	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

Speaking to my lion MacBook Pro, I must say that with the exception of the programs that died when lion came about, most of which I don't miss, it's been smooth sailing. On the other hand, neither my Dell Mini 9 heck–Intosh nor my Mac Pro equivalent hack–in–Tosh needs to be upgraded from Snow Leopard. Going going, Dragon! :-)

To: Zen Dollar Round who wrote (133222)	5/8/2012 9:56:31 PM
From: Cogito	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213182

Snow Leopard was definitely faster than Leopard, and I haven't had any problem with slowness in Lion, although it did take back some of the gains in boot time that Snow Leopard had given me. On the other hand, Lion also restores all my apps to their prior states when I reboot, and that takes time. If I close all apps first, it's fine.

To: Zen Dollar Round who wrote (133222)	5/8/2012 10:46:00 PM
From: tcd	Respond to of 213182

a duplicate for some slow reason

To: Zen Dollar Round who wrote (133222)	5/8/2012 10:46:11 PM
From: tcd	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213182

J.F. Sebastian: I feel like I should yell at you. Have you not been reading this board and all the advancements of the Apple ecosystem and the iEverythings? Those things need frequent updates and by proxy, Apple is forced to upgrade the laptops/desktops too, since the iEverythings get connected to them for all sorts of activities like downloading photos etc etc. Sometimes updates are needed to contain malware, and, if you can afford a Apple desktop/laptop, you can afford to upgrade to Lion - $30! Bloat - what the hell do you own? I have a seven year old iMac with the Lion upgrade and it's not any more slow than before the upgrade. I also have a year old iMac and it is unphased by any upgrade. You may want to consider adding more RAM to your rig. That's the fastest, cheapest way to cure bloat - and you may even protect yourself from Lahcim's cruel metaphors and be able to virtually dry yourself off! To answer your question, there is no negative result from upgrading to the latest version. td