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I just upgraded to Mountain Lion from Leopard. Other than the fact that I won't have to upgrade my operating system again (by then I'll need a new computer), I don't see what the fuss is about unless you use your computer to manage your life with apps - which I don't.
Do you use Mountain Lion? Do you love it, like it, hate it or are you indifferent about it?
As an OS i like it, its basically lion but 'finished'. My battery life on mountain lion is really bad though. My old battery with 81% health gets less than 2 hours. I used to get 3.5 - 4.
The three reasons I upgraded were because it was cheap, I like that I can mirror to my TV, and I like that I can use iMessage on my laptop.
Lion was the first OS that I had ever used because I bought my laptop early last year so I can't really say if I felt it was "finished" or not like the other posters are saying.
I dont like it at all. I upgraded because I had to for my job. The notifications are kind of nice but found that it makes my macbook pro lag. Its a common issue.
I just upgraded to Mountain Lion from Leopard. Other than the fact that I won't have to upgrade my operating system again (by then I'll need a new computer), I don't see what the fuss is about unless you use your computer to manage your life with apps - which I don't.
Do you use Mountain Lion? Do you love it, like it, hate it or are you indifferent about it?
I will never know if I like ML over Leopard & Snow Leopard since ML is NOT backwards compatible for programs we use and really like. IMO this will prove to be a major screw up on Apples part.
I appreciate everyone's responses. It's interesting to me to see how people use their computers and what's important to them. Sometimes I wish I didn't live so simply just so I could experience these programs and find them useful. (I don't own a TV, radio, stereo, CDs, DVDs, microwave, car, etc., I still cook from scratch and make my own bread and butter every week. Even when I was younger, I just wasn't impressed by technology.)
When I switched to Mac five years ago, I started liking computers. Micro$oft was so frustrating to me that I absolutely hated them! Here's how I describe computers now: When you buy a PC, it's like buying a car... and having to PUSH it everywhere you go! But, when you buy a Mac, it's like getting a chauffeur with the car.
When I bought my iMac, I over-bought into a more powerful computer on purpose. I'd hoped to grow into it but, just the opposite happened. My life became even more simple and now I can see myself without a computer at all. I mostly use it for news (since I don't own a TV), recipes, listening to my favorite pastors, biblical studies and watching a few TV shows and movies. CityData has been a fun diversion at times, too.
I've even lost the desire to watch TV and movies. Nothing interests me. It's just as well though because, since I upgraded to Mountain Lion, none of my media programs work properly anymore. By the time you search out all the plug-ins, work-arounds and get the settings just right, it's just not worth it.
Truth be told, I'd give up my iMac for a simple iPad if that didn't require wifi. I don't trust the internet as it is, much less having to worry about people hacking into your signal.
Forgive my rambling. I tend to get very pensive this time of year and most of this is just "thinking out loud."
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