Put any special considerations you have in the comments.
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As promised, there is a new poll out, asking about your plans for upgrading to Lion. There are two questions, so please answer both. Here's the direct link to the poll.
Put any special considerations you have in the comments. Thanks!
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New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
I will probably upgrade to 10.7.1 when the first update is out. But Quicken 2007 is still a sticking point for me. It has it's flaws, but I don't think anything else, including Quicken Essentials, is as good. And I rely on it daily. I have another Mac I could leave on Snow Leopard, but don't know that I want to have to boot it just to do my finances.
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
I was in the same boat. I used to use Quicken on my Palm to track spending too. You might want to try out Mint.com That's what I used to break my Quicken dependancy.
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
Yes, the Mail interface sounds exciting to me as well. I've been a long time Letterbox user to get a 3 column display. If I understand, Apple is finally including that as an option.
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
I had a friend who was using a lot of the advanced features in Quicken 2006 and Quicken quit working for him after one of the recent 10.6 updates. He switched to iBank and really loves it. You get a free 30 day trial for it, I believe. I think it let him import his entire Quicken history/database as well.
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
I'll second that; iBank rocks the house and makes Quicken look like a joke. ---
-Jeff
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
Laptop within weeks. iMac will await decision on how to transition from Quicken 2007. I own Parallels, but not a good version of Windows, nor of course Quicken. And Windows isn't cheap. Would of course prefer a Mac solution, but having just read another long thread, no Mac program fits the bill. Have to look at Crossover though. ---
Hermosa Beach, CA USA
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
I switched to See Finance and am very happy. Bring on Lion!
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
"Now to find out where the poll is." Yeah, seriously. I came here, read the post, and I was like: OK? Where's the poll?? LOL Should've added a link in this post to it, fer cryin out loud. :P Or, I could just <a href="http://hints.macworld.com/polls/index.php?pid=20110616051426984">add a link in this comment</a>. Just had to click the polls link at the top of the page, and it was the first one.
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
I'll upgrade, maybe after a year, so I can see what's running and what not. I'm happy with 10.6.
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
I usually upgrade right away and plan to do so with Lion but only if it seems likely that it won't cause a lot of problems; my MacBook is almost 4 years old and unfortunately I'm not in a position to get a new computer yet.
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
I have 3 Macs at home, and will upgrade the laptop first, which has a SSD, because I want the TRIM support. I will see how that goes, if most things seem smooth, I will upgrade the other 2 Macs (27" iMac and Mac mini) about a week or so later.
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
I'm actually only updating right away because I had to make plans to take my iMac over to my grandmother's (30 miles from where I live) to download Lion from her internet connection because I don't have broadband access here. I can't be bothered waiting all week for a 4gb file to download from the internet. Would've been nice to have a DVD like I had with Tiger, Leopard, and Snow Leopard.
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
I'm the crazy guy who ran Dev Previews on my main Mac. Well, I dual booted at first, but now, it's my main OS. :)
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
Can you add more than just "no cuz it breaks apps?" Some of us have other, more serious reasons why not to upgrade, for example, <i>not adding squat</i>. From what I've seen, all that's new is if you swipe 6 fingers in a zig zag your windows arrange themselves alphabetically.
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
I'll be doing a clean install of Snow Leopard on an external Firewire 800 drive in preparation for an upgrade install to Lion next month. I'll actually "move in" to the clean Snow Leopard install and be using it ahead of the upgrade. I have automatic, daily back-ups using SuperDuper! so when I finally do the Lion upgrade I'll have up-to-date back-ups available just in case Lion blows up and I have to start from a clean install of Lion.
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
I just don't know why people are getting worked up here and all over the net, about whether we can install Lion from a DVD or a disk-image. Why don't we wait and see? We know that Apple keeps stuff close to their chest until the right moment. Do you really think that Apple would be so stupid as to require you to download a 4GB file every time you need to install? I'm not a dev, so have no inside info, just someone who's seen Apple not be too stupid with most things since 1979...
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
Considering that when Apple announced Lion, they said it would be exclusively through the App Store, and did not say whether or not you could then burn an install image, I think it is perfectly reasonable for people to be a little distraught over the distribution method.
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
From what I've heard on the Mac Geek Gab, you will be able to burn an image - I guess that's just speculation though. They also said Lion will create a recovery partition on the HD, which will be the same as booting from the DVD - that one they said is documented by Apple.
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
I'm using the Dev Build right now on my MB Pro 2.53 Mid-09 (via a 16GB SD card). I have mixed feelings about it. There's a lot I like, and a lot I don't like. I think I'll wait until there's hacks and mods availible before installing on my main drives on both my computer. I'll probably buy 2 copies of the official release on day one though. ---
~Rick
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
Can't upgrade to Lion. Still rocking a Core Duo black MacBook. Sure, it's old. Maybe it's time to upgrade to a MacBook Air—but I'll wait and see what they release for the next revision.
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
We need an option for: No because there's nothing about it which interests me as a desktop user without a trackpad and I prefer not to use wireless devices so I won't be buying a Magic Trackpad.
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
I'll probably update after reading user reviews for a week or so. This has been my m.o. for years and it's helped me bypass problems each major successive OS update. Immediate updaters are my guinea pigs!
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
I have 15-20 years of financial data in Quicken. I've tried SEEFinance, iBank, and Moneydance, and none live up to my needs and expectations.
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
My plan: Install 10.6 Server in VMWare, keep it around for the odd Rosetta app. Install 10.7 as the primary OS.
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
One fairly important and likely to affect sales issue is the answer: "I can't upgrade because my internet connection is too slow for a 4Gb download - I always buy the disks". Not everyone is a city dweller with access to immense download speeds, there re even some places in the UK, France and elsewhere that are restricted to dial up only.
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
I will move 3 servers as soon as server will be released.
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
Won't upgrade until I figure out how to get along without Quicken 2007.
New poll: Upgrade plans for 10.7.
None of the above? Really I need to see what won't be compatible and where the landmines are before making the decision to upgrade. Looking forward to some of the new functionality, but I can't afford to have any business critical functions disrupted. |
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