mudmanc4 Posted October 16, 2015 CID Share Posted October 16, 2015 What is your experience with El Capitan thus far, and what machine(s) are you sucessfully running on? The older the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE Posted October 16, 2015 CID Share Posted October 16, 2015 I'm running it on a late 2014 5K iMac, 2 late 2013 rMBP's and a mid 2011 iMac. I'll upgrade my 2008 Mac mini soon and let you know how it goes on one that old... from what I've seen I'd bet it's smooth. Every computer I'm running it on is super stable and all havn't rebooted since they were upgraded a couple weeks ago. examples... Damons-MacBook-Pro:~ CA3LE$ uptime 8:51 up 14 days, 13:23, 4 users, load averages: 1.09 1.22 1.23 Damons-5K-iMac:~ CA3LE$ uptime 8:50 up 12 days, 20:36, 3 users, load averages: 1.73 1.59 1.55 IMO, this upgrade is one of the best I've seen. It addressed some annoyances without being all in your face with changes. Felt like a reboot... accept on the laptops where I REALLY notice speed increases in terms of waking up and getting online. Some browser tabs in Yosemite would take a long time to respond when I'd come back to the computer after leaving for a while... even when the power management was set to an always on state. It would do this especially with Google Analytics and AdSense but google.com and testmy.net would load quickly. It would take up to a few minutes before reloading the tab would have any affect, otherwise it just sits there loading until it timed out. Just on the Macbook's, I never saw that on my iMacs. Using Chrome or Firefox helped but it still would sometimes take 30+ seconds to get on the wifi. After the El Capitan update the first thing I noticed is if it's coming back from sleep it takes only a second to get back on the network. And the tabs that gave me issues load up instantly now. It's saving me time right there... possibly up to 1 frustrating, finger tapping hour a month. mudmanc4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted October 16, 2015 Author CID Share Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) The 2008 mini ram is max @ 4 gigs and a C2D right? If so that is the one I'm more interested in. Considering those are the specs the mid 2007 MBP has. Which the machine will run Yosemite, but it's not reasonably usable. The problem eludes me, the GUI is sluggish to the point of agony after just a few minutes of runtime. I chalked it up to memory leakage. True or not I have no proof. So capitan could be viable. Just don't care to go through all that if it's going to need re imaged with 10.9.5 again. Edited October 16, 2015 by mudmanc4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted October 30, 2015 Author CID Share Posted October 30, 2015 Welp it's downloaded and I'm about to click doitotit: more to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted October 30, 2015 Author CID Share Posted October 30, 2015 I see they fixed the 'one minute remaining' , by starting out the update at well, one minute remaining LMAO Welp, clicked restart, lets hope it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted October 30, 2015 Author CID Share Posted October 30, 2015 So how long is 30 minutes in your world? Restarted and stated 'Installing: About 31 minutes remaining' This was 13 minutes ago haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted October 30, 2015 Author CID Share Posted October 30, 2015 Only, 27 minutes remaining Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE Posted October 30, 2015 CID Share Posted October 30, 2015 30 minutes is 30 minutes... except when the computer tells you that you have 30 minutes left. mudmanc4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE Posted October 30, 2015 CID Share Posted October 30, 2015 Sorry, I haven't upgraded the mini yet. It's been turned off since my Son brought it back to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted October 30, 2015 Author CID Share Posted October 30, 2015 Watching this escapade somehow reminds me of waiting for a boobie pic to come in to the centerpieces back in the early dial up days CA3LE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted October 30, 2015 Author CID Share Posted October 30, 2015 Just now, CA3LE said: Sorry, I haven't upgraded the mini yet. It's been turned off since my Son brought it back to me. iSokay, I'm getting down with it anyhow. Some good some not so much on the reviews, either way, I'm always up for a challenge CA3LE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE Posted October 30, 2015 CID Share Posted October 30, 2015 5 minutes ago, mudmanc4 said: iSokay, I'm getting down with it anyhow. Some good some not so much on the reviews, either way, I'm always up for a challenge Now you'll have to let ME know how it goes. :-P mudmanc4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted October 30, 2015 Author CID Share Posted October 30, 2015 Just now, CA3LE said: Now you'll have to let ME know how it goes. :-P That is what I meant to say haha Hey, only 'About 21 minutes remaining' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted October 30, 2015 Author CID Share Posted October 30, 2015 'Optimizing your mac' = fans kicking' chicken' but that does not scare me. See how it does after I have a few programs open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE Posted October 30, 2015 CID Share Posted October 30, 2015 I think you're going to like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudmanc4 Posted October 30, 2015 Author CID Share Posted October 30, 2015 7 minutes ago, CA3LE said: I think you're going to like it. Nothing like Yosemite thus far. (In terms of pure slow muck) I've not done much of anything as of yet though. What I have done, more or less TMN only, Safari is vastly more efficient. Have to wait a few days before I have the chance to really push it. Such as having photoshop, coda, a few shells open ect, I was considering adding 2 more gigs to the current four, guess this old bastage can handle 6. Not found a 4gig stick for less than ~50 bucks = not gonna happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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