Testseek.com have collected 53 expert reviews of the Apple Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Apple Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan.
October 2015
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The editors liked
Faster than Yosemite
Better window management
Free upgrade
Split View multitasking
Faster performance
Much improved Notes app
Longer battery life in Safari
Metal graphics has great potential
Enhancements make Mission Control more useful
Split View cleverly implemented
Expanded Spotlight functionality
Safari 9 pinned sites and tab muting
Mail opitmizations
Split view
Empowers regular users
Works best for iPhone users
Generally faster performance
Split-screen multitasking
Transit directions in Maps
Safari gets pinned tabs and an easy way to mute noisy tabs
Useful tweaks to other built-in apps
LikeMail and Notes
The editors didn't like
Metal support will take time
Transit doesn't work everywhere
Not all apps support Split View
Can't close apps in Mission Control view
Lacks Siri integration
Maps transit information limited to a few regions
Waiting for apps enhanced for Metal
Spotlight data sources need to be tightened up
Quirks when using Split View
Spotlight isn't Siri (yet?)
Mail isn't quite there yet
Works best for iPhone users
The addition of built-in transit directions means HopStop is shutting down
Not as feature-rich an update as other OS X releases
Abstract: OS X El Capitan is the latest version of OS X for Mac machines, but how does it perform on an older Mac?While El Capitan comes with mostly the same look and feel as OS X Yosemite, the new version includes a lot of new features , both big and small, that p...
Abstract: OS X El Capitan is the latest version of OS X for Mac machines, but how does it perform on an older Mac?While El Capitan comes with the mostly the same look and feel as OS X Yosemite, the new version includes a lot of new features , both big and small, th...
Published: 2015-10-02, Author: Dana , review by: engadget.com
Generally faster performance, Split-screen multitasking, Transit directions in Maps, Safari gets pinned tabs and an easy way to mute noisy tabs, Useful tweaks to other built-in apps, likeMail and Notes
The addition of built-in transit directions means HopStop is shutting down, Not as feature-rich an update as other OS X releases
OS X El Capitan feels like a modest update after last year's Yosemite release, which ushered in a flat, new design and tighter integration with iOS. If you enjoyed what Yosemite had to offer, you'll appreciate the tweaks here, however minor they may seem...
Published: 2015-10-01, Author: David , review by: newatlas.com
Abstract: Announced in June, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan is now available to download for free for OS X users. After spending several months with the early betas and now the final version of Apple's latest and greatest operating system, here are our thoughts on the n...
Abstract: Apple's new Macintosh operating system, OS X 10.11 "El Capitan," is named after a prominent rock formation in Yosemite National Park. That's fitting because the new OS is designed with rock-solid stability in mind. El Capitan is the 12th iteration of the...
Published: 2015-09-30, Author: Michael , review by: networkworld.com
Abstract: Apple's new Macintosh operating system, OS X 10.11 "El Capitan," is named after a prominent rock formation in Yosemite National Park. That's fitting because the new OS is designed with rock-solid stability in mind. El Capitan is the 12th iteration of the...
Fast and responsive the new release remains as easy-to-use as any previous OS X upgrade, so I'm looking forward to installing it on all my Macs. I think El Capitan is a significant release that will enable Apple to add further refinements to its OS in the...
Split view, Empowers regular users, Works best for iPhone users
Spotlight isn't Siri (yet?), Mail isn't quite there yet, Works best for iPhone users
More times than not, the Verge score is based on the average of the subscores below. However, since this is a non-weighted average, we reserve the right to tweak the overall score if we feel it doesn't reflect our overall assessment and price of the produ...
There's a lot to like about El Capitan, not least the price. As a free upgrade it's a no-brainer, and though there might not be any one headline feature or improvement, it polishes away some of the rawer edges that were left behind in Yosemite. You might...
