Would it make sense for me to upgrade to:

I now have:
Model Name:          Mac Pro
Model Identifier:          MacPro5,1
Processor Name:          Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed:          2.8 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          4
L2 Cache (per core):          256 KB
L3 Cache:          8 MB
Memory:          12 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed:          4.8 GT/s
Boot ROM Version:          MP51.007F.B03
SMC Version (system):          1.39f11
SMC Version (processor tray):          1.39f11
I am now running 10.6.8. Would it make sense for me to up grade to OS 8 or would it just open up a bag of worms?
Thanks
Dan Page

Re: Would it make sense for me to upgrade to:
Apr 20, 2013 6:59 PM (in response to AppleClubSupport)
Hey, thanks for the rapid reply. Will the change be totally transparent or will there be things I have to look out for? what would you consider the biggest improvement I might realize from this change?
Dan

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Has anyone installed Lion on a similiar 2007 MB machine and how is the result?
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Re: Would it make sense for me to upgrade to:
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Hey, thanks for the rapid reply. Will the change be totally transparent or will there be things I have to look out for? what would you consider the biggest improvement I might realize from this change?
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I have snow leopard, 10.6.8 on my mac pro. would it make sense to wait for mountain lion in the summer vice upgrading to Lion then mountaion lion?

i have snow leopard, 10.6.8 on my mac pro. would it make sense to wait for mountain lion in the summer vice upgrading to Lion then mountaion lion?

Nobody can tell you that. We don't yet know what the pricing will be or what kind of compatibility issues may arise. If you don't need anything in Lion right now, you can certainly wait, and if you do find the features of Lion compelling, there's no reason to wait for 6 months. Buy what you need when you need it, and don't worry so much about what's ahead... there's always something new coming soon!

I want to show pictures from my iphone 4 on my television. I have the cables but it will only show a few pics stored online, none of those on the camera roll. Would it make a difference if I upgraded the ios to ios 7?

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3, If your reformat them then all of the data is wiped
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There is no real erro message but a warning in the package dialog (sorry but we are using the German version):
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Geschützt: Nein
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