[X4U] White 2008 Macbook and Lion

[Randy B. Singer]

On Jul 19, 2012, at 1:09 AM, Roy v.d. Westhuizen wrote:

> Can anyone inform me if it is prudent to install Lion or safer to  
> give it a miss?

If you have a Mac that's a few years old, chances are good that you  
have some legacy software with PowerPC code.  That software will  
break under Lion, as Lion no longer includes Rosetta.  Users who  
loved AppleWorks, Eudora, and Office 2004 were the hardest hit.   
There is a  compatibility table here:
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table

Lion is not "buggy" or "unstable."  That is, it isn't if you do a  
clean install.  If, like most folks, you do a simple update install  
over Snow Leopard, and especially if you were a Snow Leopard user  
prior to installing Lion, there is a good chance that you will re- 
install stay-resident software that isn't fully Lion compatible, and  
which will make your Mac frustratingly unstable.  Going back and  
doing a clean install is a pain, but will fix that problem if you  
encounter it.

HOW TO: Do a Clean Install of OS X Lion
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=D66E0D60-1A64-6A71-CEB596DEDA566CA3
http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/yWXqguXQPcA/

Lion has only one new killer feature, and that's iCloud.  If you can  
do without iCloud, you may be best off sticking with Snow Leopard.

Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) will be showing up any day now.   
Literally.  Assuming that your Mac meets the specs to run it, you may  
want to wait for it:
http://is.gd/QtNAGp

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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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