os x lionI have installed Lion on my old unibody MacBook running the Intel Core 2 Duo processor. This is the oldest processor that Lion supports, so my concern was how well (or not) it would run on the MacBook. I can put your worries to rest as I find Lion is running at least as well, and often better, than the previous version of OS X. It is apparent that Apple developers spent time optimizing Lion for older hardware, as things happen fast. Some common tasks seem to happen even faster than before, a testament to the good job done with Lion. On the subject of hardware, one of the first things greeting you after you upgrade to Lion is the notice that scrolling with the trackpad and mouse has been changed.
It has been reversed, so where before you scrolled down a page by swiping down, you now swipe up. This takes a little getting used to, even though Apple has termed this “natural scrolling”. You can disable natural scrolling, thus putting it like it was before by accessing the Mouse Preferences. Simply uncheck natural scrolling and things will be back as usual. I have been warned by several folks who’ve been running the developer’s version of Lion for some time that some functions in Lion don’t respect the old way of scrolling. I was told that it is better to make the change and make the effort to get used to the new scrolling. I am using the new natural scrolling for this reason, and it is pretty natural feeling. I am concerned that this will give me fits when I switch back to a Windows system; I’ll have to see how this change goes.
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