OS X Mountain Lion Released

[WittyUserName]

I am afraid of it will bog down my machine more than it is. I am running a Macbook Aluminum 2008 with 2gigs of ram. I keep my machine cleaned up and optimized but it is getting old....

Maybe time to upgrade

[King James]

Originally Posted by WittyUserName

I am afraid of it will bog down my machine more than it is. I am running a Macbook Aluminum 2008 with 2gigs of ram. I keep my machine cleaned up and optimized but it is getting old....

Maybe time to upgrade

You could always consider just upgrading RAM and maybe even adding a SSD if you don't want to upgrade right now. I recently threw 8 gigs of RAM into my 2009 macbook pro and it still works great. But they did just upgrade the fleet, so if you are considering an upgrade, now is as good of a time as it gets as far mac products go.

[WittyUserName]

Originally Posted by King James

You could always consider just upgrading RAM and maybe even adding a SSD if you don't want to upgrade right now. I recently threw 8 gigs of RAM into my 2009 macbook pro and it still works great. But they did just upgrade the fleet, so if you are considering an upgrade, now is as good of a time as it gets as far mac products go.

Yeah, I will look into upgrading the ram, even if I can only go up to 4. Thanks for the inspiration

[King James]

Originally Posted by WittyUserName

Yeah, I will look into upgrading the ram, even if I can only go up to 4. Thanks for the inspiration

4 is still good. I probably would have been fine with 4, but crucial had a deal and it was only a $15-20 difference to go from 4 to 8 so I figured what the hell.

[WittyUserName]

Originally Posted by King James

4 is still good. I probably would have been fine with 4, but crucial had a deal and it was only a $15-20 difference to go from 4 to 8 so I figured what the hell.

So to get the thread back on track, I just ordered 4 new gigs of RAM (the max supported) and once installed I will be upgrading to OS X ML!!

Any updates after almost a full day of use?

[cmitch]

I'll upgrade I guess when I set aside my G5 and upgrade to a 27" iMac. Right now, 10.5.8 is all I have on anything I own and at work, the newest OS is 10.6X which has been mucho troublito with PPD's and print drivers along with Fiery Command Work Station not allowing you to open properties on a 10.6 machine.

[hammondc]

Originally Posted by WittyUserName

Yeah, I will look into upgrading the ram, even if I can only go up to 4. Thanks for the inspiration

Sounds like the same model I have Core 2Duo Santa Rosa? You can go to 6gig of ram, but one has to be a 4 gig stick. Thats what I did. My macbook is Macbook Pro 2008. Model A1226.

[WittyUserName]

Originally Posted by hammondc

Sounds like the same model I have Core 2Duo Santa Rosa? You can go to 6gig of ram, but one has to be a 4 gig stick. Thats what I did. My macbook is Macbook Pro 2008. Model A1226.

Unfortunately not, I have a late 2008 MacBook aluminum unibody. Max I can go is 4gigs. So i am going to do that and then upgrade from my 160HDD to a 256SSD. Should be up and running in a month or so. No rush and things take forever to get here.


Anybody having issues with ML yet? Seems there is already an update.

[King James]

Originally Posted by WittyUserName

Unfortunately not, I have a late 2008 MacBook aluminum unibody. Max I can go is 4gigs. So i am going to do that and then upgrade from my 160HDD to a 256SSD. Should be up and running in a month or so. No rush and things take forever to get here.


Anybody having issues with ML yet? Seems there is already an update.

No issues that i've noticed so far. And if you ordered the RAM from crucial it shouldn't take long at all

[WittyUserName]

Originally Posted by King James

No issues that i've noticed so far. And if you ordered the RAM from crucial it shouldn't take long at all

Shipping to an APO always takes about 2 weeks

I am also waiting until the 1st to order my SSD then I will start the upgrade process.

[hammondc]

Originally Posted by WittyUserName

Unfortunately not, I have a late 2008 MacBook aluminum unibody. Max I can go is 4gigs. So i am going to do that and then upgrade from my 160HDD to a 256SSD. Should be up and running in a month or so. No rush and things take forever to get here.


Anybody having issues with ML yet? Seems there is already an update.

So yours is not a macbook pro?

[WittyUserName]

Originally Posted by hammondc

So yours is not a macbook pro?

Yes and No, Techinically it is is a macbook. In late 2008/early 2009 they realeased the macbook aluminum unibody. They soon switched back to the white macbooks and moved the 13 inch aluminum macbooks into the macbook pro line. So I guess you could say it is a first gen 13 inch macbook pro.....