What’s a major product release without having to patch a few software bundles here and some firmware there? Apple has just rolled out a MacBook Air EFI Firmware update in preparation for all of those sexy Thunderbolt Displays hitting the market in the coming weeks.
The update, like all Apple updates before it, is pretty vague, but this one includes some fixes to enhance the ability of Lion Recovery from an Internet connection, as well as resolves some issues with the Thunderbolt Displays and Thunderbolt Target Disk Mode performance. So, yeah, hit up the Mac App… err, Software Update.
It’s probably the least Apple could do, right? I mean, shipping Lion sooner than it was ready is one thing, but shipping Thunderbolt Displays that are barely working on the MacBook Air is another thing entirely.
You know I’m right. Lion still needs a lot of work. Hopefully the 10.7.2 update that is almost ready for public consumption fixes most of our problems. We’re not alone either. Just search for #blamelion on Twitter. It’s kind of becoming a thing.
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yeah i got that update and my 13" has crashed 3 times in 10 minutes. nice.. NOT! heading to the apple store i want it solved asap
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Like"It's kind of becoming a thing"
Really?
The one thing that has struck me from the go-get with Lion is that in the Developer Preview period (and there were quite a few builds) it was easily the stablest Mac OS DP I have used - and that basic stability has continued on in the final release.
It seems that a lot of people's complaints are about changes to how things work, as opposed to actual flaws and bugs
@eastgate - unfortunately, I tend to agree. This particular post was so vague and reductive as to essentially be meaningless... :-(
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Like@e688c816d24d92737e560b8cbb5cdb69:disqus ,That's not true for most people. There is a long list of bugs on both the developer forums and the public discussion forms that are very real, and very persistent for some. Lion is a fantastic OS, but there's no denying it has bugs. When I purchase an OS I expect core apps and functionality to work. Things like being able to use WiFi, or Preview shouldn't come riddled with bugs.Here's a note about the site as well that might help put this post in perspective: Our articles are a running commentary from one post to the next. We often write tongue-in-cheek, and if someone were to stick around and read a couple of posts, they would realize the form.I've talked about Lion bugs at length on our audio podcast, and in posts, this aside was simply an aside, and the accusations made by @eastgate:twitter are trollish at best. The assumptions and outlandish conclusions made in reference to this site are simply him employing the tactics that he's accused us of at this point. It borders on hilarious, and anyone who knows me, can easily vouch for the fact that he's way off point.The #blamelion comment was also an aside, aimed at a couple people, who both read the site, and are in on the joke. We write for our readers, and the people who stick around, not some pundit who happens to troll on by and decides to take a couple of potshots.This Lion release is un-Apple at best, and it pains me to say that. I don't take to the Internet with link bait headlines (clicking around reveals that), and I certainly don't rake Apple over the coals for no reason (http://mcgsm.co/nzbW2i), but I do believe in holding the company accountable for poor decisions, and releasing Lion was one of them in my opinion. It's just my opinion, and I'm entitled to it, just like he is entitled to jump to wild conclusions about our ethics and practices without ever once having a conversation with me either here on the site, or on Twitter.Hopefully that clears some stuff up.
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LikeFeel free to put some actual facts about why Lion is apparently not good enough? I use it every day on multiple machines and it's the most stable and powerful operating system I've *ever* used. In my entire 25+ years of computing life. This is including my Commodore 64, which had its OS in ROM and almost never crashed.
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LikeSo... since you have offered no evidence either... It's his word against yours. Yay!
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LikeHere's an article explaining it: http://www.macgasm.net/2011/08/02/fan-lion/
There's a lot of great things about Lion, but when I can't stream video (non-Flash too) because my connection's transmit rate keeps dropping from 50+ to 5 there's a problem. When I can't "export", which is the new "Save As" any files because the app (preview) decides to not only keep the original file name, but also crash every time I export, that's problem.
Lion is filled with these little problems that may seem pedantic to some, but it also makes it extremely difficult for me to get work done.
Heck, Launchpad crashes consistently for me.
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