I am a big Apple fan with an iMac Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.66 GHz machine running 10.6.8 Snow Leopard and I was looking forward to Lion coming out. However, after reading comments on the internet, and all the messages from SMUG early upgraders, I have decided that I will probably not to take the plunge myself.
I have a Canon scanner that works perfectly. Thanks to people on this list I was able to keep it working when I upgraded to Leopard by using CanoScan Toolbox X version 4.1.3.0, a PowerPC application that will not work if I go for Lion. It seems I would have to buy a new scanner even though I have a perfectly good one now. I have Creative Suite 4 from Adobe, and have not upgraded to Creative Suite 5 because it is just too expensive, and CS4 is great for me. It is not clear whether CS4 will actually work with Lion and I believe there are problems with CS5. If I was to go to Lion I would probably consider buying iStudio Publisher from the App Store at £12.99, to use instead of Adobe InDesign. I already own VectorDesigner that I could use instead of Adobe Illustrator. I already own Pixelmator which I could use instead of Photoshop. It would be nice to give Adobe a kick in the pants. The problem is that I have a lot of InDesign files that I would like to be able to open in a few years time . . . I think I am going to stick with what I have now unless someone can tell me why I should go for Lion. I wonder how many other people feel the same way? Lion appears to be a bargain price upgrade at first glance, but it could turn out to be very expensive to me in the long run. David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
