upgrading from Snow Leopard to Mavericks on my iMac...should I?

[Mark Wein]

I'm wondering if this is a good idea or not. My banking software won't run on anything lower than Mountain Lion (which I have on my work computer) but I want to work on my stuff for taxes in the mornings from home.

 

[warren0728]

i upgraded once 10.9.1 was released...no problems so far

 

[Tiltsta]

We have been waiting to upgrade at work so IT can run some tests on it. I talked to our mac IT guy right before Christmas, and he seemed to think it was fine so far.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

I did the upgrade with no problems, but I haven't tested all of my apps yet.

 

[Mark Wein]

It sounds like it should run a little "lighter" than what I've got. Do you think the specs on this machine will be a problem?

 

[dodgechargerfan]

I upgraded my daughter's MAC. It's old.

2.4 Core 2 Duo
2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

 

[Mark Wein]

I upgraded my daughter's MAC. It's old.

2.4 Core 2 Duo
2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

And it worked just fine?

 

[dodgechargerfan]

yep.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

My machines seem just fine with it. The only thing I don't like is that the spell correct seems more aggressive. I was guessing that was an OS thing as I did not change anything else, and it seems to apply to email, this forum and other programs regardless.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

 

[Mark Wein]

I'll probably do it this morning then. I'm starting to run into problems where I can't upgrade things here. At work I can't do it because ProTools won't work with the new OS, but I'm on Mountain Lion so it doesn't matter that much there.

 

[Jeremy]

Yeah, I've done the same upgrade and haven't found anything broken yet. Yet.

 

[Mark Wein]

ok. here goes nothing

 

[Mark Wein]

well, posting from planet Maverick. A little slow in places....

 

[Mark Wein]

@dodgechargerfan would this computer run Maverick

better? Its my front desk mac mini.....I might swap computers if this one has a little more power since it does very little at work:

 

[dodgechargerfan]

Yep.

That's exactly what my mini is.

 

[Mark Wein]

:hmm:


I might take it home with me tonight then. and try it...we have uch faster internet there.

 

[Jbird]

@dodgechargerfan would this computer run MaverickView attachment 11565 better? Its my front desk mac mini.....I might swap computers if this one has a little more power since it does very little at work:

That's basically my laptop, except mine is a 2.4 i5 processor.

What's the benefits to upgrading?

I basically surf on this laptop and do a little garage-band stuff.

 

[Mark Wein]

What's the benefits to upgrading?
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For me its just about compatibility with a specific piece of software. I like some of the new features but it did kind of bog this machine down. The hard drive seems to run a lot more now.n I'm going to swap this out with my reception Mac Mini this weekend I think...