Hi Walt, Office 11 didn't necessitate the switch to Lion, but rather, it enabled it. My old 04 version of Office wouldn't work with Lion, so I stuck with Snow Leopard.
So far I like Lion. The finger scrolling is nice but takes some getting used to. The changes to mail are substantial, and the software seems much improved. Safari previously wouldn't plan the .mov files on my advertising website, now it will. Switching back and forth between desktop and widgets is easier. Lots more that I haven't explored yet. It's a much bigger leap than the last couple of opsys upgrades. Paul On Mar 21, 2012, at 8:51 PM, Walter Hamler wrote: > Paul, I am curious as to how you like Lion? I haven't upgraded yet > but am considering doing so. Do you find much difference. > Why did the upgrade/purchase of Office 2011 necessitate the upgrade to Lion? > > Walt > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 8:33 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > wrote: >> I finally had to purchase office 2011 for Mac. Too many problems with >> comments, hyperlinks and other peripheral items with an older version that >> relied on a conversion utility to read dock files. Since it's my livelihood, >> I decided not to experiment with open office or other alternatives. So that >> opened the way for an upgrade to opsys 10.7, Lion. Good enough. Except that >> obsoleted my trusty Spider 2 Express calibration tool, which has kept my >> monitors palette right in sync with my printers for years. Seems it only >> works on Macs with 10.6 and earlier. >> >> Since I had so much good luck with that product, i purchased Spier Pro 4 >> from B&H for $169. It nailed the color palette, and since it also sets >> luminance, I didn't have to do the fiddly workaround to set the brightness >> that I previously employed. What's more, it will calibrate a second monitor, >> so my Apple Cinema Display 21 now matches the iMac 27. Not absolutely >> necessary, since I use it mainly for tools and function windows with >> PhotoShop, but a nice convenience. I'm pleased. >> >> That brings us back to the Spider 2 Express. As I said, it does a good job >> on color calibration, at least it did on all my Macs. I think it works on >> all PCs, but not sure about that. It's free to anyone in the U.S. who wants >> to pay postage. Hate to discriminate against those in other places, but you >> probably don't want to fool around with potential custom problems and >> postage that almost exceeds the worth of the item. >> >> Paul >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
