Lion computability, problems, etc.

Everyone here probably already knows this, but I just installed Lion for the first time so I decided to comment just in case it might help someone out there.
In the weeks/months after Lion was released, I read countless sob stories by people moaning about how Lion doesn't work with Chrome, Ms Office for Mac, and all kinds of other problems. (Which is why I always wait until six months or more after a launch to buy a new OS).
Whatever problems may have existed are fixed, so no need to worry about what you read on the blogs, etc. Google Chrome works perfectly, and so do my (2008) MS Office for Mac programs. Even my 3-D desktop zombie screensaver (purchased in late 2009) works fine. The zombies lurch along, kill each other and bleed just as well on Lion as they did on Snow Leopard.
Also, someone on a YouTube vid complained that Launchpad displays the apps in a random, confusing manner, not in alphabetical order. This is not true. All my apps on launchpad are in alphabetical order and very easy to find.
So anyways, no worries about Lion. Perhaps it was sick as a cub, but it seems to be quite healthy now.

JWR9 wrote:
Everyone here probably already knows this, but I just installed Lion for the first time so I decided to comment just in case it might help someone out there.
In the weeks/months after Lion was released, I read countless sob stories by people moaning about how Lion doesn't work with Chrome, Ms Office for Mac, and all kinds of other problems. (Which is why I always wait until six months or more after a launch to buy a new OS).
Whatever problems may have existed are fixed, so no need to worry about what you read on the blogs, etc. Google Chrome works perfectly, and so do my (2008) MS Office for Mac programs. Even my 3-D desktop zombie screensaver (purchased in late 2009) works fine. The zombies lurch along, kill each other and bleed just as well on Lion as they did on Snow Leopard.
Also, someone on a YouTube vid complained that Launchpad displays the apps in a random, confusing manner, not in alphabetical order. This is not true. All my apps on launchpad are in alphabetical order and very easy to find.
So anyways, no worries about Lion. Perhaps it was sick as a cub, but it seems to be quite healthy now.
Nice to hear a positive story around here. I have been running it on all my Macs since it was a cub with little to no issues. Very stable now, but the Doomsayers will be along shortly to rain on your parade. lol
Good Luck and Happy Computing
Pete

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