I have noticed, in new versions of OSes, that there generally is rampant violation of the concept of "if it ain't broken, don't fix." Shouldn't there be more moments of delight, when you see they have solved a previous poorly-engineered feature with an elegant solution? But a lot of the time, you have to try to figure out how to do what you did in the last version in this version, albeit for no net gain. Back to punch cards!
The Friday Curmudgeon On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 1:09 PM, William Scott <wgsc...@ucsc.edu> wrote: > Hi Phil: > > I've found few, if any advantages. I fear for the future. > > I've had problems getting coot to run stereo due to the X11 implementation in > 10.7. Apart from that, no major problems with crystallographic software. > > Lion greedily uses memory, and any computer I have with less than 4 gig of > memory has become extremely sluggish as a consequence of the "upgrade." > Ideally, you need 8 gig. > > Even with that, on my 2010 mini that I use for music playback, I regressed to > 10.6.8, because of the audio interface. (It seems less robust, more prone to > dropouts and now lacks integer mode output). > > Sara has been screaming at me for the last two weeks (nothing us usual in of > itself) because Apple decided to get rid of "Save As". > > Xcode and the compiler set is free again on 10.7. > > I've put some suggestions here for how to get rid of the most annoying new > features: > http://sage.ucsc.edu/~wgscott/xtal/wiki/index.php/Lion_upgrade_notes > > All the best, > > Bill > > > > > > > On Sep 9, 2011, at 1:28 AM, Phil Evans wrote: > >> Is there any opinion or experience about whether Lion is ready for >> crystallographic use? Should I "upgrade"? >> >> Phil > > William G. Scott > > Contact info: > http://chemistry.ucsc.edu/~wgscott/ > -- ******************************************* Jacob Pearson Keller Northwestern University Medical Scientist Training Program cel: 773.608.9185 email: j-kell...@northwestern.edu *******************************************
