<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>smsm42</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve just checked which 32-bit apps I have (system information&amp;#x2F;software&amp;#x2F;applications if you wonder) and turns out if I upgrade I lose:&lt;p&gt;- My scanner support (they have new version, which is insanely buggy and can&amp;#x27;t even detect my scanner properly)&lt;p&gt;- All my games (literally every single one of them turns out to be 32-bit) - I don&amp;#x27;t play that much but still, would be a shame to lose all of them&lt;p&gt;- Postal label printing app (no idea if they have an update, need to check)&lt;p&gt;- App supporting my stand-alone disk array (not using it too much though)&lt;p&gt;- My niche learning apps (pretty old, from small providers, not sure if they&amp;#x27;d ever be updated)&lt;p&gt;Much more than I expected, given that I don&amp;#x27;t have any exotic stuff like music instruments, specialized equipment, etc. So I personally probably would hold off upgrading as long as I can.</text><parent_chain><item><author>jedberg</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been on the beta for a while.  I&amp;#x27;m sort of surprised that they actually released with the state it is currently in.  Most things work, but my CPU still spikes for no reason running some OS process or another.&lt;p&gt;Also, clicking on a dropdown box in a web browser (Safari, Chrome, or Firefox) after the computer has been asleep for a while freezes the whole computer for about 10 seconds.&lt;p&gt;Maybe it&amp;#x27;s just me, but that feels like a showstopper.&lt;p&gt;The whole 32&amp;#x2F;64 bit thing doesn&amp;#x27;t seem too bad, although I&amp;#x27;ve had to use Pages instead of Word and can&amp;#x27;t use Adobe products anymore and have had to switch to open source alternatives, but I don&amp;#x27;t use those products very much so it wasn&amp;#x27;t a huge deal for me.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>macOS Catalina</title><url>https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/10/macos-catalina-is-available-today/</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>e40</author><text>As a long-time macOS user, I don&amp;#x27;t upgrade to a new version until x.y.5.  I&amp;#x27;ve just had too many issues over the years, with stability and application compatibility. Of course, for development, I install it into a VM right after release.</text><parent_chain><item><author>jedberg</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been on the beta for a while.  I&amp;#x27;m sort of surprised that they actually released with the state it is currently in.  Most things work, but my CPU still spikes for no reason running some OS process or another.&lt;p&gt;Also, clicking on a dropdown box in a web browser (Safari, Chrome, or Firefox) after the computer has been asleep for a while freezes the whole computer for about 10 seconds.&lt;p&gt;Maybe it&amp;#x27;s just me, but that feels like a showstopper.&lt;p&gt;The whole 32&amp;#x2F;64 bit thing doesn&amp;#x27;t seem too bad, although I&amp;#x27;ve had to use Pages instead of Word and can&amp;#x27;t use Adobe products anymore and have had to switch to open source alternatives, but I don&amp;#x27;t use those products very much so it wasn&amp;#x27;t a huge deal for me.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>macOS Catalina</title><url>https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/10/macos-catalina-is-available-today/</url></story>