This morning I did something I have never done before. You see, I’ve used Macintosh computers for almost exactly twenty years. I began with a second-hand ‘baby-Mac,’ and old SE30. From there it was a brand new Centris 610, with (ooh!) color – 256 colors to be exact. I was in heaven. From System 6 through 9, and every shade of OS X, I’ve never missed an upgrade, never failed to adopt early. Today, after maybe 10 Macs (plus a dozen more in offices and agencies I’ve worked in) I did something I’ve never done before.
Less than 24 hours after installing Lion. the latest and greatest OS from Apple, I gave up in disgust, and downgraded back to Snow Leopard, my previous OS. Truthfully, it was a hard thing to do (not technically, I’ve been upgrading with new and all but untried OSs before). It felt a little like breaking up.
So why the parting of ways? The bald truth is I hated Lion. I think Apple has made some great updates below the hood, and that’s great. But they have made some big mistakes up front, and taken the interface backwards; a long way backwards. Here are some of those mistakes.
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Things I need to remember:
• Asking for help is not, as it turns out, fatal.
• Laughing is easier than pulling your hair out, and doesn't have the unfortunate side effect of making you look like a plague victim.
• Even the biggest tasks can be defeated if taken a bit at a time.
• I can write a paper the night before it's due, but the results are not all they could be.
• Be thorough, but focused.
• Trust yourself.
• Honesty, always.
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