Lion vs Mountain Lion Please help!!!

[Bballbenb]

I just got a macbook pro and I have Snow leopard installed right now. Should I spend the 30 dollars on lion or just wait for mountain lion? Will you HAVE to have lion to get mountain lion? If not, will you not recieve any features that lion had if you bypass it? Main thing I am missing right now on my mac is iCloud. Also if I download an app like pages, will I lose it when I do a new install of lion or mountain lion? Thanks for the help!!!

 

[EmceeGeek]

Mountain lion will be out this summer, if not this month. Be patient. If you've waited all this time, don't waste $30 getting lion when you'll be spending another $30 in a few weeks just on a OS.

 

[Bballbenb]

Ok, so mountain lion will get everything lion gets plus all the new stuff? I just do not want to bypass lion and miss some cool features Thanks.

 

[evorc]

Wait* its only few weeks.

 

[Bballbenb]

Can anyone answer my questions though please lol I am still just confused on whether I will need it to get all of the lion features or if mountain lion has everything lion has in plus more?

 

[phreddyl]

If you wait and get mountain lion you will be upgrading your operating system so you will get all upgrades. The new os will have all of it.

 

[Just_Me_D]

Today's update regarding what devices will support Mountain Lion. My early 2009 MacBook is on the list. Yay!

http://aol.it/L49N3b


Just Me, D
(iPhone 4S)

 

[kch50428]

Checked... my MackBook Pro is compatible. Probably be the last time though... by the time Mt. Lion is replaced with the next cat... it will be time for a new machine.

 

[Fausty82]

Can anyone answer my questions though please lol I am still just confused on whether I will need it to get all of the lion features or if mountain lion has everything lion has in plus more?

You do not. According to the keynote yesterday, you can update to Mountain Lion directly from Lion or Snow Leopard... and the cost is $19.99 in the App store for up to 5 Macs.

No loss of features or anything like that to wait. if you do the Lion upgrade now, it's $30 from the App store for the same 5 Macs... and for that $30 you get the headaches of upgrading your system twice.

At this point, just wait.

 

[ghostface147]

Just installed developer preview 4 of ML. I like it and very stable. All my applications work.

 

[kshen1]

Do you guys install it on your main partition?

 

[ghostface147]

Yep. I go all in, bit make sure to have a full backup before the install.