Apparently, without much if any notice to users, Apple quietly pulled both retail and online sales of both the previous MAC OS X Lion 10.7.x and Snow Leopard 10.6.x with the introduction of the new Mountain Lion 10.8.x. Not a problem, just upgrade right? Well, fine if you have the most current OS X and meet the hardware requirements.
The issue is for those who want the upgrade to Mountain Lion, but still have Snow Leopard 10.6, or worse Leopard 10.5 or older installed, is basically you can't without first having Lion installed. And if you need to install Lion, then you must already have Snow Leopard installed. May not actually be a surprise to seasoned MAC users already, except for the question as to where a user is supposed to get these OS X upgrades?
This even effects, or confuses whichever the case may be, current MAC owners who don't meet the hardware requirements or even want to upgrade to Mountain Lion, myself included, but just need either Lion or Snow Leopard upgrades for older hardware. BTW, Apple does offer a dual OS X install USB drive to go from Leopard to Lion.
So why did Apple make finding older upgrades for MAC OS X just that more confusing? Well, according to some websites, they removed the old OS X versions from their online and retail sales channels to avoid confusion for those who wanted to upgrade to Mountain Lion? Really? Are MAC users that naive? I don't think so?
But there is some light at the end of this confusing upgrade tunnel. Apparently, Apple will still sell upgrades to Snow Leopard or Lion, but only through telesales. Would've been helpful if Apple would have just mentioned this on their website I would think?
This is one aspect of Apple's thinking, or marketing, that irks me personally, but luckily there are alternative channels to get these upgrades. In my case, I was able to get an unopened full retail OS X install with iLife on Craigslist from an individual who bought a new MacBook Pro instead of upgrading. And was cheaper than the OS upgrade alone from Apple.
I was considering upgrading to Mountain Lion earlier tonight, but there were a good number of bad reviews on it slowing down systems. Now I wonder if that was specifically related to folks jumping upgrades. I have an AirBook, less than a month old, so maybe I'll take it back to the store, and have them help me make sure that I do it correctly....
I wouldn't be too concerned as the default OS X upgrade will first check your hardware and version of OS X installed, and won't allow you to proceed if it doesn't meet the requirements. Plus, since your AirBook is less than a month old, the upgrade should be free.
Fire Instructor wrote: I was considering upgrading to Mountain Lion earlier tonight, but there were a good number of bad reviews on it slowing down systems. Now I wonder if that was specifically related to folks jumping upgrades. I have an AirBook, less than a month old, so maybe I'll take it back to the store, and have them help me make sure that I do it correctly....
MY Mac automatically up dated and I do not like the new features.
Fire Instructor wrote: I was considering upgrading to Mountain Lion earlier tonight, but there were a good number of bad reviews on it slowing down systems. Now I wonder if that was specifically related to folks jumping upgrades. I have an AirBook, less than a month old, so maybe I'll take it back to the store, and have them help me make sure that I do it correctly....
MY Mac automatically up dated and I do not like the new features.
Can you give some input as the issues you find fault with? I haven/t upgraded .....yet.
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Fire Instructor wrote: I was considering upgrading to Mountain Lion earlier tonight, but there were a good number of bad reviews on it slowing down systems. Now I wonder if that was specifically related to folks jumping upgrades. I have an AirBook, less than a month old, so maybe I'll take it back to the store, and have them help me make sure that I do it correctly....
MY Mac automatically up dated and I do not like the new features.
Upgraded from what to what? The Mac can't do an automatic update from one version of the operating system to the next; e.g. from Lion to Mountain Lion; Their is a fee involved - $19.99 in this example.
I upgraded my MacBook Pro (late 2008 vintage) Sunday, with no issues. So far all works fine, with no system slowdown noticed. Haven't had much of a chance to check out all the new features yet........
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Upgraded from what to what? The Mac can't do an automatic update from one version of the operating system to the next; e.g. from Lion to Mountain Lion; Their is a fee involved - $19.99 in this example.
Tom
version 10.7.2 to 10.7.4
and it now has a bar at the top of the screen to close each window that never was there before. same as the open in tabs feature we could select if we wanted before now is there weither we want it or not.
Upgraded from what to what? The Mac can't do an automatic update from one version of the operating system to the next; e.g. from Lion to Mountain Lion; Their is a fee involved - $19.99 in this example.
Tom
version 10.7.2 to 10.7.4
and it now has a bar at the top of the screen to close each window that never was there before. same as the open in tabs feature we could select if we wanted before now is there weither we want it or not.
Now you're confusing a browser with an operating system....
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