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Apple's Snow Leopard now due August 28

^ Here's Apple's shiny guide.

Reducing HD footprint by 7GB (I have 230GB free now), cutting my wake up from 2 seconds to 1, and speeding up TM backups that I don't notice anyway really won't change my life - but the idea of slight increases across the board should be nice. At some point I'll double my RAM (2 to 4GB) too.
 
I wonder when Apple is gonna run out of cat nicknames for its operating systems. Perhaps soon we'll have versions of OSX called 'Targ' or 'Sehlat'. :lol:
 
Mr. Laser Beam said:
I wonder when Apple is gonna run out of cat nicknames for its operating systems. Perhaps soon we'll have versions of OSX called 'Targ' or 'Sehlat'. :lol:
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I got a kick out of Fark's headline: "Apple to release Snow Leopard. You have no idea how hard it is to get these things in a box".
 
J. Allen said:
That's the difference this time around. Apple's gone under the hood and has made 300+ performance enhancements, reduced the size of the OS by 4 GB and given it much more versatility and flexibility.
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I'm not trying to knock Apple, but "300+ performance improvements" sounds about normal for a major release of a project this size. Most large software projects don't even keep track of all of them, and most of the time, new features will happily gobble up all the performance saved elsewhere :)

The same goes for reducing the OS size--I imagine dropping support for PowerPC (and therefore reducing binary size) would lead to quite a significant reduction already.

All in all, it sounds like a maintenance release. Nothing wrong with that--it's what other software makers should be doing more, not less.
 
Rocketman said:
J. Allen said:
That's the difference this time around. Apple's gone under the hood and has made 300+ performance enhancements, reduced the size of the OS by 4 GB and given it much more versatility and flexibility.
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I'm not trying to knock Apple, but "300+ performance improvements" sounds about normal for a major release of a project this size. Most large software projects don't even keep track of all of them, and most of the time, new features will happily gobble up all the performance saved elsewhere :)

The same goes for reducing the OS size--I imagine dropping support for PowerPC (and therefore reducing binary size) would lead to quite a significant reduction already.

All in all, it sounds like a maintenance release. Nothing wrong with that--it's what other software makers should be doing more, not less.
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It's still a good thing, and $29 is a solid deal for it, too. I remember when Microsoft released Windows 98 for $209.00 and then released Windows 98SE for $209.00. If you had Windows 98 first edition, it was $20 more for the upgrade. The problem was that the releases were not far apart. Microsoft tried to do the same thing with Windows XP. XP SP2 was supposed to be a paid release, not a patch (which is why I thought it hilarious when the CFO for Windows said they weren't like Apple, they didn't charge for patches. Hilarious). This comes from someone who still used MS software (and has done so the past 15 years).

J.
 
Mr. Laser Beam said:
I wonder when Apple is gonna run out of cat nicknames for its operating systems. Perhaps soon we'll have versions of OSX called 'Targ' or 'Sehlat'. :lol:
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Probably when they go to OS XI. But I like your idea better. Mac OS X 10.7 - Wookiee.

Alternately, Mac OS X 10.8.2 - six-toed stray. :cool:
 
So, who here has it? I went to the Apple Store in Bluewater today, so I have it. I have updated both my machines and for the most part, it's been a pretty successful upgrade. It feels quicker and smoother, and I like the enhancements to the Dock (probably the only noticeable change so far in functional terms).

Only two things have broken that I have noticed so far - Cyberduck (an FTP program) for which I understand there is a working beta version, and my mouse - Expose and Spaces can no longer be controlled from the thumbwheel. I gather from a bit of googling that an update should be soon (this is a Logitech mouse in case you were wondering).

So overall, not too shabby. :) Well worth the £39 for the family pack.
 
Mr. Laser Beam said:
Plus, the actual Snow Leopard itself from the box set, won't be the one that is being sold for $29 - that version requires an existing Leopard installation to upgrade from, IIRC.
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Edit: This is not true, I found out. You can install from scratch even with the $29 version (which I just got). It doesn't check to see if you have Leopard or anything like that. Apple works on the honor system.
 
I am waiting, mainly because I know my dad will be updating his two laptops and two desktops after he returns from a business trip. But as a Windows user who recently converted to a Mac, I have to say that it is so much easier. My XP desktop fights me on any kind of software update.
 
I installed it last night. Smooth sailing so far. Only two Apps "broke", but one not really. Just acts funny. Both, though, have updates in the pipeline. Very impressed so far. I like new shiny things! My only gripe, as always, is the remnants of OS X 10.0 (Aqua) that really need to go bye-bye.
 
My copy turned up this morning too: I didn't hear the letterbox so it proved a nice surprise. I installed there and then.

A couple of applications updated and I've not noticed anything important completely broken as yet. The only thing is a broken screensaver for which hopefully an update will be forthcoming.
 
What's the deal with all this incompatible software? This is not what I've come to expect from Apple.
 
The point of this OS version is to clean out the dead wood from the code base and provide a cleaner, more flexible framework going forward. You get cases where supporting an API method used by 1% of software generates 50% more code, and the like. Some compatibility issues are to be expected in such a move. It seems to me that they've minimized them though.
 
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