Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am running 10.6.8 on my iMac and see no reason to upgrade either. I upgrade to Lion on my Macbook Pro only because there was a piece of specialized data mining software that I wanted to use and that required a version of Java that in turn required Lion. In every other respect I liked the previous animal better. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Oct 25, 2013, at 6:50 PM, Robert Adler wrote: > Hmm. Just noticed I'm running 10.7.5 on my Mac Pro 5.1. > Guess since it's running smoothly, I won't upgrade... Don't see much > benefit unless others chime in differently? > Bob > > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Robert Rose <robert.rose at mac.com> > wrote: > >> I had not even realized that this was a problem. I have an older MacPro >> that I use for PS 3, LR 4, big file storage, and running the Epson V700 >> scanner with Epson scan software, but that MacPro can?t run anything >> higher >> than 10.7. Since it is happy with that OS, and everything runs and the >> machine works fine for my photo workflow, why upgrade and spoil things? >> >> I have a laptop (MacBook Air) that has a smaller SSD, which I take >> everywhere with me. That I keep updated with the latest OS, and it is >> very >> happy on OSX 10.9. But to try to store big files from my SD cards would >> swamp that SSD in no time at all, and the processor on the old MacPro is >> still going strong. Further, there is no reason to try to run the V700 >> from the laptop, and I use Flickr to display photos. >> >> I have gotten to the point that software and hardware already do what I >> want, so I don?t see a need to jump on the annual upgrade race. With the >> money and time I save, I can take more pictures and go sailing. >> >> I will note that with OSX 10.9 on a light laptop and an iPhone on iOS 7, >> there seems to be no reason to bother with an iPad. I do have an Android >> tablet, but I have not turned it on for 3 months. >> >> In any event, do let us know when Epson upgrades its perfectly useable >> V700 software. Since new MacPros will be using 10.9, and MacPro users are >> a target demographic for the V700/V750, I am confident the Epson folks >> will >> wake up one day. In any event, they already set up a Mavericks support >> page: >> >> http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/SupportMavericks.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes >> >> Bob Rose >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Bob Adler > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >