OSX Lion

Josey Wales · 10-07-2011 12:45PM

I'm running very low on HDD space on my MacBook. Currently hovering about 9GB free. (I have tried to regain space, even downloaded Disk Inventory X to help.)

Does anyone have any idea how much space would be required on the HDD to allow you to install Lion?

stimpson · 10-07-2011 01:51PM

I'd say 9 gb is borderline. Can you not move some data off to an external drive, install, Burn a Lion install DVD, delete the Lion image and restore your data.

Also you'll need a Core 2 Duo or better.

richierichballs · 10-07-2011 03:48PM

Anybody got an idea how much this will cost?

Sad Professor · 10-07-2011 03:53PM

richierichballs wrote: »

Anybody got an idea how much this will cost?

24 euro.

tommyl2010 · 11-07-2011 05:05PM

If i install lion instead of snow leapord will all my software dissappear? ie photoshop etc

stimpson · 11-07-2011 05:13PM

tommyl2010 wrote: »

If i install lion instead of snow leapord will all my software dissappear? ie photoshop etc

You can upgrade an existing install to Lion which should preserve all of your settings

Oafley Jones · 11-07-2011 05:17PM

Hearing lots of dissatisfied comments relating to this - not counting the useless Jesus Diaz of Gizmodo. Don't think I'll be jumping to upgrade for a while yet.

opinion guy · 11-07-2011 05:38PM

I'll be waiting to see how the early adopters get on myself I reckon

Sad Professor · 13-07-2011 07:50PM

Cultofmac have a source that claims it will be out at 1am our time tonight.

http://www.cultofmac.com/os-x-lion-to-hit-uk-mac-app-store-at-1am-tonight/104508

Willbbz · 13-07-2011 07:52PM

Yay

stimpson · 13-07-2011 08:01PM

They only asked for Lion compatible App Store submissions yesterday so I'd be a bit surprised if they're ready to roll by tonight. But stranger things have happened.

Sad Professor · 13-07-2011 08:04PM

Yeah, I'm not holding my breath. I still think it will probably be July 31st. But - just case - I've got 8GB to free up between now and 1am.

jack presley · 13-07-2011 08:23PM

Sad Professor wrote: »

Yeah, I'm not holding my breath. I still think it will probably be July 31st. But - just case - I've got 8GB to free up between now and 1am.

You mean you're not taking the word of a "close contact at Apple" as gospel?

finno · 13-07-2011 10:22PM

I bought an iMac 21.5 refurbished from the apple website (got it today

) am i entitled to a free copy of lion now?

Sad Professor · 13-07-2011 10:26PM

finno wrote: »

I bought an iMac 21.5 refurbished from the apple website (got it today ) am i entitled to a free copy of lion now?

Yes. Watch here:

http://www.apple.com/ie/macosx/uptodate/

finno · 13-07-2011 10:29PM

great thanks

Sad Professor · 14-07-2011 01:01AM

*looks at watch*

Hmmm...

opinion guy · 14-07-2011 01:16AM

Sad Professor wrote: »

*looks at watch*

Hmmm...

lol

dmcg90 · 14-07-2011 01:25AM

Thats it, i'm off to bed. Damn you cult of mac.

Willbbz · 14-07-2011 03:52AM

Was hoping to come back from a night out to some sweet sweet lion :P

dmcg90 · 14-07-2011 10:56AM

iOS 4 was released around 6pm, maybe then?

stimpson · 14-07-2011 11:10AM

My money's still on the 18th

faceman · 14-07-2011 11:13AM

Maybe this is a stupid question. Is there any point in me upgrading to Lion? Im currently on Leopard and I have a 2ghz iMac with 4gb RAM. Dual Core.

Dont fancy upgrading for the sake of it if it results in system performance deteriorating.

stimpson · 14-07-2011 11:41AM

faceman wrote: »

Maybe this is a stupid question. Is there any point in me upgrading to Lion? Im currently on Leopard and I have a 2ghz iMac with 4gb RAM. Dual Core.

Dont fancy upgrading for the sake of it if it results in system performance deteriorating.

I can't imagine there will be an deterioration. I would expect the opposite.

You can always wait and see what the reviews are like and maybe pick it up around the 10.7.2 or 10.7.3 mark. At the end of the day it's only €24.

Sad Professor · 14-07-2011 11:44AM

faceman wrote: »

Maybe this is a stupid question. Is there any point in me upgrading to Lion? Im currently on Leopard and I have a 2ghz iMac with 4gb RAM. Dual Core.

Dont fancy upgrading for the sake of it if it results in system performance deteriorating.

Lion doesn't support Core 1 Duos, I'm afraid. You need a minimum of a Core 2 Duo. Is it a 1 or a 2 that you have? And you have to upgrade to Snow Leopard first, which is a worthy upgrade in itself due to all optimisation. It's quite a bit faster and smoother than Leopard and contains a lot of bug fixes.

I've been reading mixed reports about Lion's performance, so I may actually hold off upgrading for a while.

Padgeman · 14-07-2011 01:26PM

Sad Professor wrote: »

I've been reading mixed reports about Lion's performance, so I may actually hold off upgrading for a while.

I've been using the GM for about a week, and there is no doubt, on my MacBook, Lion (especially Safari) is far faster than SL. 4GB of RAM, 2.13GHz Core 2 Duo.

Bigcheeze · 14-07-2011 04:24PM

Sad Professor wrote: »

I've been reading mixed reports about Lion's performance, so I may actually hold off upgrading for a while.

Lol, you weren't saying that at 1am

Sad Professor · 14-07-2011 04:49PM

No, but I was reading about it then and lot of people aren't too thrilled with the GM. I can live with a few bugs but not a reduction in performance. It seems it's a lot heaver on RAM as well. I'll wait for the full reviews and decide. I may still need to get a larger hard drive between now and then anyway.

Bigcheeze · 14-07-2011 04:55PM

Sad Professor wrote: »

No, but I was reading about it then and lot of people aren't too thrilled with the GM. I can live with a few bugs but not a reduction in performance. It seems it's a lot heaver on RAM as well. I'll wait for the full reviews and decide. I may still need to get a larger hard drive between now and then anyway.

Yeah I'm not willing to sacrifice performance. None of the improvements look that interesting to me apart from mail.

jack presley · 14-07-2011 08:33PM

More release date rumours

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/180334/20110714/os-x-lion-release-date-apple.htm

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