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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1349156"><p>I think you may be misunderstanding what I said.</p><p></p><p>I keep multiple apps open ALL THE TIME. Right now as I'm typing this to you I have Photoshop, iChat, TextEdit, Mail, Safari, and an FTP app and GMail client open simultaneously. Safari has multiple tabs open, and I have multiple chats going as well. Photoshop has multiple documents in progress.</p><p></p><p>So I amend my statement to say I *rarely* have multiple windows open in the same app rather than never, but except for Photoshop and occasionally InDesign I don't ever tend to need multiple windows within the same app open (mostly because of this thing called tabs).</p><p></p><p>You sound like you're implying that Lion is unsuitable for "power users." Mister, I'm here to tell you I'm a power user. I do all kinds of stuff on this 2007 machine with 3GB of RAM, including video editing, Adobe CS stuff and other heavy-duty apps at least some of my day. It all works so well, in fact, that I've been unable to justify swapping out this ancient Macbook (not even a Pro!) for something newer, though I'm determined to do so this year anyway.</p><p></p><p>The only time this old machine lets me down is if I'm doing something that really taxes the video chipset (like Google Earth). It works, but not as well as it should. HD video editing is also pretty much out, but this machine wasn't even top of the line in 2007 so on the whole I feel it has served me very well (and it plays 720p video just fine, thanks!).</p><p></p><p>A quick check of Activity Monitor shows kernel_task at almost identically the same levels as it was at yesterday when I posted: 266.3 of real mem, 12.9 virtual. I have 83MB free and 686.2MB inactive RAM. 1GB in page outs over the course of the day (I've been on the machine about six hours now).</p><p></p><p>I use Spaces a lot and Expose very little so I'm not taking issue with your complaints about Expose, but your comments about Lion generally are, IME, off the mark. The idea that Lion isn't suitable for "power users" is just plain laughable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1349156"] I think you may be misunderstanding what I said. I keep multiple apps open ALL THE TIME. Right now as I'm typing this to you I have Photoshop, iChat, TextEdit, Mail, Safari, and an FTP app and GMail client open simultaneously. Safari has multiple tabs open, and I have multiple chats going as well. Photoshop has multiple documents in progress. So I amend my statement to say I *rarely* have multiple windows open in the same app rather than never, but except for Photoshop and occasionally InDesign I don't ever tend to need multiple windows within the same app open (mostly because of this thing called tabs). You sound like you're implying that Lion is unsuitable for "power users." Mister, I'm here to tell you I'm a power user. I do all kinds of stuff on this 2007 machine with 3GB of RAM, including video editing, Adobe CS stuff and other heavy-duty apps at least some of my day. It all works so well, in fact, that I've been unable to justify swapping out this ancient Macbook (not even a Pro!) for something newer, though I'm determined to do so this year anyway. The only time this old machine lets me down is if I'm doing something that really taxes the video chipset (like Google Earth). It works, but not as well as it should. HD video editing is also pretty much out, but this machine wasn't even top of the line in 2007 so on the whole I feel it has served me very well (and it plays 720p video just fine, thanks!). A quick check of Activity Monitor shows kernel_task at almost identically the same levels as it was at yesterday when I posted: 266.3 of real mem, 12.9 virtual. I have 83MB free and 686.2MB inactive RAM. 1GB in page outs over the course of the day (I've been on the machine about six hours now). I use Spaces a lot and Expose very little so I'm not taking issue with your complaints about Expose, but your comments about Lion generally are, IME, off the mark. The idea that Lion isn't suitable for "power users" is just plain laughable. [/QUOTE]
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