One really nice feature though comes with what Bill's wife hates. No worries about saving an edited file in many programs. The background versioning is great no more needs of having my_manuscript_###1.doc :-) one file to handle them all. And you can go back to older versions of course. The only disturbing feature about this integrated auto backup is sometimes your Mac goes idle before you can typebecause it is saving another version. This is particularly annoying when you edit large Keynote files.
Jürgen ...................... Jürgen Bosch Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute 615 North Wolfe Street, W8708 Baltimore, MD 21205 Phone: +1-410-614-4742 Lab: +1-410-614-4894 Fax: +1-410-955-3655 http://web.mac.com/bosch_lab/ On Sep 10, 2011, at 5:26, harry powell <ha...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> wrote: > Hi > > My two ha'porth. > > If you are thinking of "upgrading" your sole Mac software development > box to Lion I'd say "don't do it unless you like a lot of pain". > Anything built on Snow Leopard should run okay on Lion (my Tiger > builds seem okay on 10.4, 10.5, 10.6...), so unless you really have > an over-riding need to move to 10.7, I'd hang fire. > > If you're only running applications and not developing, you can > always shout at the developers if things go wrong. > > My plan is to install Lion on a spare bootable disk and see what > happens - if all else fails, at least I can ignore the upgrade until > Apple release 10.7.1, 10.7.2, etc and fix most of their screw-ups. > > On 10 Sep 2011, at 08:03, Jacques-Philippe Colletier wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Overall, the transition from 10.6 is seemingless, >> crystallographically-wise. >> >> Of course you need to have the new XCode 4.1 installed, and you >> should also download new, 10.7-dedicated 64bits gcc/gfortran/g77 >> bundles from http://hpc.sourceforge.net/ >> And then, CNS, Phenix, CCP4, etc... will just run perfect. >> I had to reinstall Coot -- but that's minor. >> (Mac)Pymol also works fine, yet (for some reason) uses a lot of >> resources even when idle. >> As per the Upsalla Soft. Factory programs, you'll have to recompile >> then using the above mentioned bundles, or get already compiled >> binaries from Mark Harris. >> You'll also need to recompile Gromacs (and fftw3) if you're using >> it -- but it then works great. >> >> I agree with W. Scott on the fact that the new OS is really greedy >> in terms of resources. >> I surely wont upgrade my other, older mac computers that run just >> fine on 10.6. >> But if you have a new Mac, Lion is is really neat. >> >> Best >> Jacques >> >> >> Le Sep 10, 2011 à 2:09 AM, William Scott a écrit : >> >>> 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/ > > Harry > -- > Dr Harry Powell, > MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, > Hills Road, > Cambridge, > CB2 0QH
