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I agree, but I am still going to upgrade to Mavericks.
Apple has a slide show that depicts 10 reasons to love Mavericks and I don't care about any of them.
I'm still running Leopard and Snow Leopard on my computers, and I have no intention of upgrading anytime soon. There hasn't been a real upgrade to OS X since Leopard. When the iPhone came out, OS X was EOL.
Are these really features they're just now adding? I am not being sarcastic, that is mind boggling.
Well you've been able to use multiple monitors for years but the implementation has been poor until now. Tabbed finder windows (read windows explorer) is something you've been able to add with third party add ons, just it's now part of the OS.
It’s free so what’s the advantage keeping Mountain Lion—provided your apps are compatible? There are some “under the hood” tweaks that improve battery life, which alone would be reason to switch.
... I'm sold.
12 hrs battery life on my new MacBook Air isn't enough!
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Exactly. It's free, finally gives us proper 801.11ac, improves battery life, etc.
Proper 802.11ac?
What am I missing? I've got that now with my Air and my 2TB Time Capsule?
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Proper 802.11ac?
What am I missing? I've got that now with my Air and my 2TB Time Capsule?
You had the hardware, but before 10.9, the software didn't properly support it.
Transfer speeds are anywhere from about 20% to 120%+ faster with 10.9.
Are these really features they're just now adding? I am not being sarcastic, that is mind boggling.
No. Both features have been available for years. He meant tabs in the Finder, not the browsers. Multi monitors also worked, but now it is supposed to be improved. Windows is still the best at multi-monitors from what I have seen so far. I'm still learning what Mavericks can do, though.
I updated to Mavericks and just ran a few tests... and wasn't quite as fast as the 54MB/s the article shows. I was in the 40-45MB/s range transferring a 4GB file from my Time Capsule to my Air.
I also ran an internet speed test... I have the "Blast" Comcast package advertised at 50MB/s.. I actually ran faster according to speedtest.net... peaked nearly 80MB/s and average speed was 58MB/s and 60MB/s after 2 tests.
60MB/s over a WiFi connection? I can't complain... I've already forgotten about wireless N.
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Are these really features they're just now adding? I am not being sarcastic, that is mind boggling.
Everything's got its pros and cons. I'm still waiting for Finder to be able to expand folders in the left pane like its been in Windows Explorer since Win95. But also waiting for Windows to be able to let me preview a file by hitting spacebar.
Everything's got its pros and cons. I'm still waiting for Finder to be able to expand folders in the left pane like its been in Windows Explorer since Win95. But also waiting for Windows to be able to let me preview a file by hitting spacebar.
I'm still waiting for Windows to give me the suite of command line tools that OS-X has...
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I'm still running Leopard and Snow Leopard on my computers, and I have no intention of upgrading anytime soon. There hasn't been a real upgrade to OS X since Leopard. When the iPhone came out, OS X was EOL.
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