Did anyone try OS X Lion on a MBA?

[dougal]

I have a Macbook Air 2,1 (Late 2008), 2GB machine 1.6Ghz. It has OS X Leopard 10.5.11.

It has 120GB Hard drive (NOT SSD). It runs at a decent speed on Leopard.

Will OS X Lion run just as good on it or will it be slowwww?

[dougal]

And is yours a Macbook Air 2GB 1.6?

Also mine is on Leopard not Snow.

I've noticed no speed differences between Lion and Snow Leopard... Really, it's all the interface paradigm changes that will bug you the most. As Amiga users we have 26 years of training in the old Deaktop model... Lion gets rid of things (optionally, but by default) that probably don't rely make sense, but we have grown used to.

It's a good upgrade, and while I think there are a number of missteps... It does show the future of the desk top... This Apple does, not by innovation but by simply having the balls to do it!

[dougal]

I believe Lion should run perfectly fine on my 1.6ghz Macbook Air with 2GB ram. My MBA is the late 2008 model which uses DDR3 ram and has the faster bus.

I say it should run fine because the new MBA's must be shipping with Lion, even the 2GB ones. The 11" MBA is only 1.4Ghz. Apple wouldnt ship them with Lion if it were to slow.

[dougal]

I just installed Lion on my iMac (Late 2009) 4GB DDR3 ram 3.06 Core 2 Duo and it is working great and super smooth even right now while indexing (i just upgraded now).

Now hoping my MBA will also fair well.. Like in my previous post my MBA has 2GB ram and 1.6Ghz Core 2 Duo but as a plus point it is the late 2008 - mid 2009 model with the DDR3 ram, so fingers crossed.

[dougal]

Thats great. Though your Macbook is 2Ghz, my Air is 1.6 and your Macbook has 4GB ram, mine has 2GB.

What is better on mine is the Bus speed which is 1.07Ghz against your 800Mhz. And my ram is 1066Mhz DDR3, L2 is 6MB.

I may try installing Lion to an external USB drive if its possible and try it from there first.

I recently install Lion on my 2007 MacBook and the performance isn't any slower than with Snow Leopard.

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Model Name: MacBook
  Model Identifier: MacBook3,1
  Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed: 2 GHz
  Number of Processors: 1
  Total Number of Cores: 2
  L2 Cache: 4 MB
  Memory: 4 GB
  Bus Speed: 800 MHz
  Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
  Memory Speed: 667 MHz


[dougal]

Model Name:   MacBook Air
  Model Identifier:   MacBookAir2,1
  Processor Name:   Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed:   1.6 GHz
  Number Of Processors:   1
  Total Number Of Cores:   2
  L2 Cache:   6 MB
  Memory:   2 GB
  Bus Speed:   1.07 GHz