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denem

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5. I'm running Yosemite on a low spec Mac

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 07:50 PM

Oct 2014

2011 Mac Mini, 2.5 GHZ i5, 4GB Ram. I have a 256GB SSD HD, which compensates for the lack of RAM. Also there's AMD Graphics 6630M/256, with leaves all the Ram free.

Yosemite is fast and responsive, the best since Mountain Lion. Mavericks slowed to a crawl over time. I've been using Yosemite for six weeks (in the beta program) and that has not happened yet. One thing, the AMD Graphics are faster than Intel's 2012 Haswell graphics, which may help with Yosemite's transparency.

Yosemite has been stable for about a month, better than Mavericks when it first came out. In the last two weeks they have fixed glitches with iCloud, WiFi and Safari. Very Happy.

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Upgraded to Yosemite yesterday [View all] Zorro Oct 2014 OP

I just upgraded this morning... Bryce Butler Oct 2014 #1

I like it. Although the download ChairmanAgnostic Oct 2014 #2

May I ask what is your processor speed and how much RAM you have? Auggie Oct 2014 #3

2012 Mac Mini Zorro Oct 2014 #4

Thanks Auggie Oct 2014 #6

I'm running Yosemite on a low spec Mac denem Oct 2014 #5

Thanks for your update Auggie Oct 2014 #7

Thanks for the info - I've been waiting to see what kinds of things people were reporting. GoneOffShore Oct 2014 #8

Upgraded my spring 2014 Air last week. 47of74 Oct 2014 #9

I had problems with chrome. Kablooie Oct 2014 #10

upgraded but cannot access iPhoto shanti Nov 2014 #11

Upgraded a few weeks ago. Moondog Nov 2014 #12

I upgraded last week, BarbaRosa Dec 2014 #13

I'm afraid to download Yosemite OrwellwasRight Dec 2014 #14

Had to go back to Mavericks... MattSh Dec 2014 #15

Thanks for that report. cbayer Dec 2014 #16

Yosemite worked great at first Nitram Jun 2015 #17