Yes, to settle the matter of the snow leopard's relation to the leopard. Not to get caught in an anal-retentive vortex.
How did you not mean to do that by starting it?
Yes, to settle the matter of the snow leopard's relation to the leopard. Not to get caught in an anal-retentive vortex.
How did you not mean to do that by starting it?
I think Snow Leopard is going to be a big disappointment for a lot of people. It hardly looks or feels any different, and the hoped for performance gains from the re-architecting may turn out to be isolated to a few specialized types of application.
I think Snow Leopard is going to be a big disappointment for a lot of people. It hardly looks or feels any different, and the hoped for performance gains from the re-architecting may turn out to be isolated to a few specialized types of application.
The point is not to start something you can't finish. You don't get to correct semantics and then claim "I don't want to argue semantics". Leave it be, or be sure you're right.And the other poster Anuba is clear enough, he merely commented on something not meaning to get caught up on semantics by others nitpicking on what he said, again, as simple as that
That was disclosed from the beginning. Barring the introduction of a revised UI, it wasn't supposed to look or feel different.I think Snow Leopard is going to be a big disappointment for a lot of people. It hardly looks or feels any different
Again, this was always the case. Both OpenCL and GrandCentral have proven to be immensely valuable, even in their early stages, for the types of software capable of taking advantage of it. The myth of continually improving performance of basic applications is just that: a myth. There's nothing that can be done to improve perceptible speed on your general applications.the hoped for performance gains from the re-architecting may turn out to be isolated to a few specialized types of application.
I'm betting that Apple delivers polished new UI come WWDC that will be a draw for many. We've heard rumors of a "Marble" interface so we'll see. UI changes are the easiest thing to spring on late as the birth of Aqua showed years ago.
I'm sure the performance will be good but it is dependent on having apps that can run processes in parallel to good effect though even at a kernel up level having an OS that can intelligently utilize multi-core systems is going to have an impact on system performance regardless of whether 3rd party apps are updated.
Snow Leopard is a lame name. They should have come up with a new cat name like they always used to. There are plenty they could have chosen from. I liked having a new cat each time. This is just a variation on an old cat. I want a new cat.
The best way to configure Time Machine is to use the exclusionary rules (also exclude Spotlight from indexing and searching the Time Machine volume and always do the first backup over night without using the system, something Apple doesn't and should inform their customer base). I don't back up certain folders, esp. my downloads folder or desktop. This is the main way I can keep Time Machine from becoming ridiculously large (and I set a specific folder as a working folder for design work, as files I am constantly changing and don't need cluttering up Time Machine are excluded). I also wish Apple would allow more manipulation of time intervals. Currently it's either manual or one hour automatic backups, daily, weekly and monthly automatic backups would be nice for users who don't need perpetual saves. Plus going into Time Machine and deleting individuals folders, files, etc. is a big pain. Definitely needs streamlining. However, as I recently had one Western Digital SATA drive crash on a four year old iMac, the Time Machine restore was sweet, put everything right back and saved a lot of time.
Like all the others before it, it does not.
There is no putting the rumor to rest, trust me. Even with every single piece of available evidence weighted against the theory, there are a sizable number of members clinging to the idea that there is more than a remote chance of a last-minute turnaround to add PowerPC back in where it currently is not.
It's one of those undying theories, like the one below.
OS XI is a myth and has almost no chance of ever coming into existence. At some point, the OS version will advance to 11.x (barring a complete overhaul), but "OS X" is a brand overhaul to replace the numbered System series. It's not a simple restarting into Roman numerals--there's a better chance of 11.0 still being called "OS X 11.0" than "OS XI". Just as Adobe introduced CS for the same reason, they're very clear that the "ten" in OS X stays separate from the "ten" in the version number.
It's always OS X 10.5, and never OS X.5. It's not a coincidence.
Rosetta is for Intel machines.Seems to me I've seen (and used) the option to install Rosetta.
I think Snow Leopard is going to be a big disappointment for a lot of people. It hardly looks or feels any different, and the hoped for performance gains from the new architecture may turn out to be isolated to a few specialized types of applications.
I think Snow Leopard is going to be a big disappointment for a lot of people. It hardly looks or feels any different, and the hoped for performance gains from the re-architecting may turn out to be isolated to a few specialized types of application.
-iTunes that is less bloated
-QuickTime supporting many codecs
-Safari having drastically reduced memory usage and sandboxed tabs
-unified interface (Marble)
-security upgrades
Well... you will probably get the last one.
From all indications, Intel mac users with dual core machines should benefit at least to some degree, based on Snow Leopard taking better advantage of multiple processor cores, as well as through more efficient code. AppleInsider has done an extensive review of Snow Leopard since WWDC last year.Will snow leopard be faster than leopard?
ie. do i need to upgrade my hardware from a mid-2007 macbook (2gb ram) ?
No, sorry. I want a new cat.
We had Cheetah/Puma/Jaguar/Panther/Tiger and Leopard.
What about Lion and Cougar? Where the hell are they??? Let's exhaust all distinct cat names before we get off on tangents like Snow Leopard, Spotted Leopard and Clouded Leopard.
I want my OS X Lion and Cougar. Also want my Lynx, Wildcat and Bobcat. Then we will get to the tangential Leopards.
Rosetta is going to outlast hardware PowerPC support--plenty of titles remain viable longer than hardware, especially lots of the one-off, small applications
No, Creative Suite is a bundle of separate products. Among its members are Photoshop CS, ImageReady CS, and Illustrator CS; each is an independent, proper, branded product identity.
It's not a letter; it's a number. X (ten).
Maybe and maybe not, but not to replace it with 'XI', is the point.
And rightfully so.
Technically, yes, it's Apple Mac OS X, Version 10.5. OS 10.5. OS X Leopard. But never, ever OS X.5. That interpretation is a conflation of two distinct elements of the brand--the product name and the product version. You did the same thing with Adobe's CS versioning.
Photoshop CS was version 8.0. Photoshop CS 4 is version 11.0, not 4.0.
It's not really that hard. The branding is for the consumer, the versioning is for internal use. Sometimes they're identical; often they're not. Much of the industry abandoned marketing based on internal version numbers because it was "too complex" according to consumer surveys. You know what Word 2008 is. You don't have to care that the current patched version is 12.1.6 or whatever.Yes, because all this is so easy to keep track of...
"t's Apple Mac OS X, Version 10.5. OS 10.5. OS X Leopard. But never, ever OS X.5. That interpretation is a conflation of two distinct elements of the brand--the product name and the product version."This, current naming scheme of 'OS ten ten point five' (1010.5?) and CS-crapola is just plain dumb.