Mac OSX “Mavericks”... I installed this a few days ago, and so far I am well pleased. My installation was completely painless, though I've read that's not true for everyone. Three features in particular I'm finding very nice:
Memory management. This one I did not expect, but the improvements in OSX memory management have completely eliminated the problems I used to have with Firefox eating all my RAM. I used to be in the habit of restarting Firefox several times a day, especially after having lots of tabs open, just to get rid of memory it was hanging onto. If I didn't do this, my whole machine would grind ever slower. Now I can use Firefox all day long without any issue at all. Marvelous!
Menu and dock on every screen. Hallelujah! Happy days are here again! Handsprings and fireworks and joy! Finally! My normal working setup has two 27" Retina screens, and now they are equal in all respects. It works flawlessly.
Battery lifetime. Better CPU management in Mavericks means my laptop battery lasts much longer. The battery life was already great on my Macbook Pro, but now it lasts two to three hours longer – it really is close to an “all day” battery now.
Nice job, Apple. Free was a nice touch...
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