Man, these past few weeks, people have been fretting over whether or not their favourite programs and apps on the Mac will still work after upgrading to the Lion operating system. Apple user forums, and third-party discussion forums as well, were filled with discussions about this program and that program and whether it would still work.
As it turns out, none of it was true, or even necessary. Anyone who knows Apple knows that the company would never release anything, especially a brand new operating system, unless it had crossed all its T's and dotted all its I's.
Having installed Lion on all my Macs (iMac and Macbook), I can say that everything works like a charm. Even Parallels, the app Mac users use to create a virtualized Windows desktop to run PC-only programs and apps, works just fine. This program has been the focus of many heated debates online. Many Lion testers reported that the program couldn't be run in Lion, causing many frantic Parallels users to go into a panic. Many people, like myself, virtualize Windows to run PC programs we need for work. Naturally, any problems encountered here could be a serious blow to one's business.
But Apple would be as dumb as Microsoft usually is if it had allowed Parallels to become incompatible - Parallels is, after all, the most frequently used app on Macs.
As it turns out, all that fearmongering was just that - much hot air about nothing.
So, here's my advice to all Mac users: don't pay any attention to such user discussions online. Professional developers, with an Apple licence, are barred from discussing any beta testing and such in public, so any comments you find online are posted by those who (a) don't know how to use their computers and programs and (b) broke their confidentiality agreement with Apple by discussing these matters in the first place (as well as sharing false information, as we know now).
Go ahead, install Lion, and everything will be just fine.
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