I posted this before, but I have my UTD ordered on 8/21 says "Ships: By August 28th " and my upgrade copy ordered on 8/24 says "Delivers on Aug 28th "
Weird.
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Apple Announces August 28th Availability of Snow Leopard
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I posted this before, but I have my UTD ordered on 8/21 says "Ships: By August 28th " and my upgrade copy ordered on 8/24 says "Delivers on Aug 28th "
Weird.
You guys are bordering on obsessive behaviour... do you have NOTHING better to do, than refresh shipping dates?!! 
Could we please stop with all the shipping info posts? No one cares that you're getting Snow Leopard.
I've already pre-ordered and my status is: Prepared for Shipment. Also, it delivers ON August 28th! Needless to say... I'll have Snow Leopard before anyone else!
You guys are bordering on obsessive behaviour... do you have NOTHING better to do, than refresh shipping dates?!!
+1. Please God, make it stop.
Thanks for the chart --- so this means my 2007 24" iMac (2.16 C2D/4GB ram) won't even benefit fully from SL.
If you don't like the discussion, don't read the posts. The topic after all for this thread is the ship date.
Of course you would have to ignore all the people who all ready have the developer downloads and copies of the official release that have all ready been received.
Nowhere in the OP does it say anything to the effect of "Post your shipping dates". As far as I'm concerned all those posting shipping dates are off topic.
The topic subject is, "Apple Announces August 28th Availability of Snow Leopard"
I would say that the question of when people expect to actually receive it is quite on topic.
But if you disagree then please, give us a list of appropriate topics to discuss.
I found this at:
http://blog.fosketts.net/2009/08/24/mac-os-106-snow-leopard-hands-august-28/
Nice chart that answers a lot of questions that are repeatedly asked here...
I think chart is BS. Or at least partly True.
Who ever through this chart together, made one hell of a misleading info-graphic. My C2D MBP, and all Core 2 Duo chips, have been 64 bit from the start.
Here is the info on my processor from Intels website. It clearly states it is a 64 bit processor. The only thing i will not get according to that chart is the H.264 accelerated decoding.
Another thing, if you follow his link to Apples Documentation, it also says 'Processor: Intel'. Which in my mind, means any Intel chip, and not PowerPC.
As I said above.
EVEN IF THE CHIP SUPPORTS IT APPLE MAY NOT HAVE GIVEN YOUR MAC A 64-BIT CAPABLE EFI.
From what I can remember and the specs in my head ANY mac that apple says has a limit of 3 Gb will NOT use the 64 bit kernal. Unibodies/anything in the last year WILL use it, anything inbetween.. wait and see.
the CoreDuo chips are 32-bit. any other Core2Duo chip is 64-bit.
Apple specifies that SL will run on an intel chip, which is true - but the 32-bit chips will only run the 32-but SL, not the 64-bit SL.
Thanks. I know what your saying, but 64 bit just allows for the system/and hardware, to access alot more RAM. It doesn't mean that people with under 4 GBs won't run in 64 bit, you'll just be handy-capped with the 3 GBs.
earlier, i wrote this:
and this:
just wanted to post an update as i phoned into apple today (again) as i was contemplating putting in an order for the $29 upgrade to guarantee that it would arrive on friday.
i had to speak with 2 representatives to get to one who could look up my order, yet both said the UTD discs would arrive at the same time. the rep who could actually look up my order said:
* for this launch, the $29 discs are actually considered part of the "up-to-date" program;
* as such, the information they have on the UTD program and shipping is the same for the $9.95 version as it is for the $29 version.
* all pre-orders are still expected to deliver on the 28th.
* she has had some callers who ordered the $29 version have "ships in september" still listed.
* in many cases, she said that shipping status may not even update until the morning of the 28th, and some people (like those close to the warehouse in california), will see shipping status change that day, and have delivery happen hours later.
so, with that info i decided not to order the $29 version. none of the above info is guaranteed, but it seems like in this case an effort is being made to get the $9.95 discs to people in the same timeframe. i guess the worst case is a few extra days.
(the reason why this is an issue for me is that it's easier for me to experiment on a weekend and do a restore, rather than during the week.)
and this:
just wanted to post an update as i phoned into apple today (again) as i was contemplating putting in an order for the $29 upgrade to guarantee that it would arrive on friday.
i had to speak with 2 representatives to get to one who could look up my order, yet both said the UTD discs would arrive at the same time. the rep who could actually look up my order said:
* for this launch, the $29 discs are actually considered part of the "up-to-date" program;
* as such, the information they have on the UTD program and shipping is the same for the $9.95 version as it is for the $29 version.
* all pre-orders are still expected to deliver on the 28th.
* she has had some callers who ordered the $29 version have "ships in september" still listed.
* in many cases, she said that shipping status may not even update until the morning of the 28th, and some people (like those close to the warehouse in california), will see shipping status change that day, and have delivery happen hours later.
so, with that info i decided not to order the $29 version. none of the above info is guaranteed, but it seems like in this case an effort is being made to get the $9.95 discs to people in the same timeframe. i guess the worst case is a few extra days.
(the reason why this is an issue for me is that it's easier for me to experiment on a weekend and do a restore, rather than during the week.)
Thanks for this! I was able to find out that my December 2007 built 24" iMac 2.4GHz will take advantage of 64 bit processing.
Morod
Well I'll be! I bugger off on holiday for a few weeks to the mountains in Spain and I get back to find that Apple have moved the release date forward. Something nice to do (read: play with) in my first week back at work!
Thanks Apple!
Thanks Apple!
You guys are bordering on obsessive behaviour... do you have NOTHING better to do, than refresh shipping dates?!!
Nope
O'contraire, there is interest on many a part. First, it's psychological. People checking in and comparing what others orders say puts their mind at ease that they will not be the only ones left without. Second, Apple has announced the release for the 28th and this ideally means everyone who pre-ordered would receive it on the release date, as is customary. The shipping info is the most reliable manner by which to track progress. There would be an unnecessary disparity between demographics if the pre-ordering customers have to wait the weekend plus a day or two while others enjoy the fruits of their procrastination. In short, why should those ordering first wait beyond the release date to enjoy the new OS? Oh, and let's be quite honest about this. There is not a single person who needs this, as in life or death, by this Friday. So why would Apple shoot their own foot with a poorly planned release?
That being said, it should be noted that the shipping system is generally updated once per day (evening or night) unless the parcel is in transit. At that point if things are working as designed the parcel will be scanned at each destination. If the packages are being shipped next day, express, etc. then they will not be active until tomorrow night but that would be an expensive proposition. A decent assumption would be for things to begin to happen tonight.
Anyway, why care about build numbers? As stated elsewhere, in many situations those most interested are those who have an illicit copy of the OS already. In that case, why rationalize a thief's action with a token purchase? Bragging rights perhaps?
Isn't it just as easy to check the System Profiler? It seems the question really comes down to will SL benefit my hardware?
Correct me if I am wrong. If it is an Intel Core Duo or later SL will support the system in some manner. There is a post with a graph of what machines are supported and what is supported around here somewhere.