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Apple Announces August 28th Availability of Snow Leopard
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Even if you have waited till Friday to buy your mac, you wouldnt get SL installed on it. It takes time for macs to ship with SL.
r.j.s
Moderator emeritus
But, on Friday, they should have the drop-in disc at the retail stores. Maybe not the resellers, but the Apple Stores should.
Povilas
macrumors 6502a
I remember Forstal talking about Leopard. He said 64 bit top to bottom. Yeah, right. Nothing new. It's funny I can run true 64 bit Windows and Linux, but not OS X.
r.j.s
Moderator emeritus
Here's the problem with your argument ...
You purchase the disc, but you license the software on it. You do not, under any circumstance, own the software - Apple does. You own the physical disc, and you can destroy it, scratch it, play it in a CD player, whatever you want to do - with the disc. You have a license to use the software on the disc, not ownership of it.
Iroganai
macrumors regular
You're perfectly right 🙂 You know, they're exaggerative sales guys. Scott Forstal is one not-so-perfect imitator of Steve Jobs.
But I'm happy with the new APIs in the Snow Leopard, which make my Sunday programming as a hobby more enjoyable. The "block" feature in Obj-C will be a huge time-saver, for example.
I always hope that Apple would advertise what really changed in the core OS, but they never did. They always try to sell what can be easily (mis)understood for general users, and they always exaggerate too much to the point it does not capture the reality. Let me apologize to you on behalf of all the Apple community for the false hype 😛
Upgrade policy stinks
I want to upgrade from Tiger straight to Snow Leopard and don't mind paying the £80 or so that an upgrade from Tiger to Leopard would cost. But I refuse to pay the £129 upgrade pack as I have no need for any of the iWork/iLife applications. Apple's policy would seem to alienate a large number of it's loyal users.
Come on Apple there must be a third way!
I want to upgrade from Tiger straight to Snow Leopard and don't mind paying the £80 or so that an upgrade from Tiger to Leopard would cost. But I refuse to pay the £129 upgrade pack as I have no need for any of the iWork/iLife applications. Apple's policy would seem to alienate a large number of it's loyal users.
Come on Apple there must be a third way!
HamishInsanish
macrumors newbie
Where does it say this? Could you link it here pls? Thx. Thought you were referring to this statement, but I don't think it says in there.
I'm glad my mac boots with the 32 bit kernel so that I have NO driver incompatibilities!
Iroganai
macrumors regular
Up to date on apple uk online store not working
I got my Macbook pro in the end of july and i qualify for the up to date program. But when i went to the UK online store nothing is being added to my cart. Does anyone have the same problem ? Called up apple they said the site will be fixed in a day or two. This is so frustrating..
I got my Macbook pro in the end of july and i qualify for the up to date program. But when i went to the UK online store nothing is being added to my cart. Does anyone have the same problem ? Called up apple they said the site will be fixed in a day or two. This is so frustrating..
Buy leopard now and upgrade to snow leopard. There is not other direct tiger to Snow Leopard route other than the Mac Box set.
zaramu
macrumors member
upgrade to leopard. upgrade to snow leopard. don't buy the box set if u don't want to.
r.j.s
Moderator emeritus
Right. But I'm glad I default in 32-bit mode. A 64-bit kernel isn't worth any of the troubles that I'll have because of moving from the 32-bit kernel
zaramu
macrumors member
you can buy any version you like. however, can u install any version you like?? that's another question entirely...
"Build Rumors" history repeats itstelf...
A build gets seeded that rumors say is GM. In every single case, people have brought up a newer build that is the supposed real GM. In every single case the originally rumored build is the GM and not the newer build.
* OS X 10.0: GM was 4K78. People swore that 4K83 would be it. Nope. In the box was 4K78.
* OS X 10.1: GM was 5G64. Then 5G68 popped up in rumors. In the box was 5G64.
* OS X 10.2: GM was 6C115. But rumors spoke of a 6C115b (b? Really? Apple never used those little letters in official releases). In the box was 6C115. No b.
* OS X 10.3: GM was 7B85. Rumors had it that the 7Cxx branch was going to be GM. Nope. In the box was 7B85.
* OS X 10.4: GM was 8A428. Rumors said its really 8A432. In the box was 8A428.
* OS X 10.5: GM was 9A581. Im not aware of a newer build that people said was the real GM. In the box was 9A581
* OS X 10.6: GM was 10A432. And now we have 10A435. But whats in the box will be 10A432.
A build gets seeded that rumors say is GM. In every single case, people have brought up a newer build that is the supposed real GM. In every single case the originally rumored build is the GM and not the newer build.
* OS X 10.0: GM was 4K78. People swore that 4K83 would be it. Nope. In the box was 4K78.
* OS X 10.1: GM was 5G64. Then 5G68 popped up in rumors. In the box was 5G64.
* OS X 10.2: GM was 6C115. But rumors spoke of a 6C115b (b? Really? Apple never used those little letters in official releases). In the box was 6C115. No b.
* OS X 10.3: GM was 7B85. Rumors had it that the 7Cxx branch was going to be GM. Nope. In the box was 7B85.
* OS X 10.4: GM was 8A428. Rumors said its really 8A432. In the box was 8A428.
* OS X 10.5: GM was 9A581. Im not aware of a newer build that people said was the real GM. In the box was 9A581
* OS X 10.6: GM was 10A432. And now we have 10A435. But whats in the box will be 10A432.
JFreak
macrumors 68040
But it's not the same at all! In 10.4 they made it possible to access 64 bit address space. In 10.5 they made it possible to run 64 bit code. In 10.6 they made it possible to run 64 bit kernel. Step by step, bit by bit, we'll get there as soon as 3rd parties get their apps together.
Ditto. Some guy called "Mike" said that the "Ships:" line will be updated when the order moves to "Prepared for Shipment". He also said that the MacBook Pro I ordered yesterday would ship with 10.5 and would most likely have a drop-in SL disc.