[OSX-Users] Re: Xcode for Lion

[Jules]

On 08/07/2011 03:30, Tom Hebbron wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> Is there some way I can access the dev preview of Xcode 4.1 for Lion?
Absolutely. It's in the ECS software repository now for you.
cifs://software/software/images/apple/Xcode
> I've installed the OS, but Xcode 4.02 (from the ECS software 
> repository) refuses to install - tells me to upgrade to 10.6.6 :)
>
> Observations from the first 48 hours installed on an early Core2Duo 
> Macbook 2,1, somewhat more than 6 months old :P
>
> 1. The nasty jittery audio bug introduced somewhere along the 10.6 
> cycle in the GMA950 drivers is still present, I guess that's never 
> getting fixed then.
>
> 2. Two finger scrolling on the pad now defaults to 'moving content in 
> the direction of finger movement'. The opposite to how it used to go. 
> Confusing at first, but configurable. I'm now not sure which is 
> 'right' you could argue either way.
I tried to stick with the new direction and you actually get used to it 
remarkably quickly. I now find the "old" direction feels odd on trackpads.
>
> 3. It feels 'snappy' again. Is this Lion, or just an OS reinstall - no 
> data to test this one I'm afraid.
You and I are not the only ones who think it is noticeably faster. 
There's no delay in Finder windows opening, for starters, definitely 
does seem faster. And being a reinstall shouldn't make any difference, 
it doesn't have any clunky fragmented things like the Windows registry 
which is bound to get slower with time.

Jules

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