For anyone curious to see how a late 2006 imac boots with Lion, I made a quick video. It takes about 35-40 seconds. Not sure how good/bad that is for a mac??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5VIwQbaT3k

 

That's normal for a mac with a hard drive. Enjoy.

 

I dunno. That's a tad slow to get out of the boot screen but everything in the OS booted fast. I'd say you're fine.

 

Wel lit is a late 2006 model so it is not going to be as fast as a brand new Mac, but its still plenty fast to me compared to a 2006 PC trying to boot Win7.

By the way I am still in love with this thing. I almost had sex with the Magic Mouse last night but held myself back.

Seriously though, i'm actually kicking myself for waiting so long to use a mac.

My main thing is learning how to support a mac so I've already re-formatted and clean installed Lion OS twice, learning all the file extensions, etc... Great learning experience.

 

I think I finally got it setup how I like it.



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I'm actually getting to like the launchpad. At first I didn't like it but it's growing on me.



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By the Way Lion 10.7.1 just came out. Downloading the update now.

 

Nice. What are the major differences between Lion and Snow Leopard? I am not sure what the benefit is to upgrading.

 

Lion kinda bridges the gap into having your desktop/laptop perform more like an iPad in several ways...but to make the most of that you really need the magic trackpad (which is totally worth it)

 

Am really contemplating getting the trackpad and selling my magic mouse.

Although installing this http://magicprefs.com/ has made the magic mouse more functional allowing gestures like the trackpad, but its just not as good.

 

If I am not that concerned with having it perform like an iPad, is there any other benefit?

 

You get the benefit of bug testing Lion and hoping that the next update resolves your issues. So far 10.7.1 looks like it fixed my YouTube issue. I haven't played around with my bluetooth and Skype yet.

See what's new here http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/

 

There a tons of little tweaks, performance jumps, GUI changes. For $30 why would you not?

Although it is Intel only like SL, Lion completely loses Rosetta support. So if you have any old apps that you use...watch out.

 

Damn video is stuttering again. I guess I'll try a clean install. If that doesn't work it's back to Snow Leopard.

 

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