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Analyst: Apple Likely to Sell 5 Million Copies of Snow Leopard This Quarter

jellomizer said:
However people could be needy for these new features as well and will jump to Windows 7. However I am not expecting the big lines in the stores like for Windows 95. Or Every Major version of OS X.
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Well no you won't since the pre-orders were done on line and are due for delivery on 22 October.
 
I will happily buy an upgrade to 10.6 when I know every piece of software will run perfectly on it. (And show some speed gains otherwise my system is running great as is)

I learned the hard way with 10.5 when CS3 programs kept crashing and refused to make PDF files for months until Adobe decided to fix it.
 
While I plan on purchasing SL on Friday, and really can't wait, I think Apple may get slammed because, IMO, it has not warned folks that if they have PPC versions of programs on their systems now, they will not run under SL unless you download Rosetta. I went into System Profiler-->Applications and looked at all of the apps that were PPC apps. Most I don't use anymore and dumped, but some required updating (like my Citrix Client). It's a good idea to get the Intel or Universal versions now, before you updgrade to SL. I think there will be a lot of pissed off users who did not get their ducks in a row, only to find that there may not be Intel/Universal versions of their programs.
 
Apple is likely to sell at least 50 copies of Snow Leopard, all to MacRumors users. Come on. Most of the users out there will be owners of new Macs. Why would anyone else want to pay money for it?
 
DudeDad said:
I think there will be a lot of pissed off users who did not get their ducks in a row, only to find that there may not be Intel/Universal versions of their programs.
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The OS prompts you to download Rosetta when you attempt to run a PPC application. I don't think it's going to be a big deal. How much easier can they make it?
 

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jaw04005 said:
The OS prompts you to download Rosetta when you attempt to run a PPC application. I don't think it's going to be a big deal. How much easier can they make it?
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That is awesome....not a beta tester, did not know....that's actually fantastic! Thanks! Can't wait for SL!
 
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AidenShaw said:
I haven't.

Anyway, no point in starting a p#ssing match about registry vs. text preference files. Most of the time for most users both work well.

My original point was that using "antiquated" for the registry is absurd - the registry is much newer than text preferences.
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Theyre both little lumps of strings (Or Boolean settings) used to hold an OS together. Which one is more old?

Why arent we using XML yet?
 
You gotta love Amazon. $25 for an OS upgrade? I think Microsoft should pay attention. Granted, I got my Windows 7 upgrade for "only" $50, but that's because I acted within a limited time window. That same upgrade goes for $100 now. Ridiculous.
 
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