That alone is worth the upgrade. Best feature yet!yes, it does
That alone is worth the upgrade. Best feature yet!yes, it does
So assuming this is correct...will those of us that have a newer machine have to wait for the new OS to ship out (end of Sept) or will it be available via a download?
yes, it does
there will be no download. never is (too large)
As for when you get it, well if you bought that new machine during the UpToDate dates and have ordered the disk, you'll likely get it the day of release. or perhaps a day after depending on the carrier used.
Or if you got the machine before then and have to buy the $29 upgrade you can pop into any store the day of release and with luck they won't be out of stock. Or you can order online, perhaps even preorder once Apple has announced the release date and get it on the date or within several days of your order. etc.
As for the whole "if I buy a new machine". they have in the past, and likely will this time, put a disk in the box which you can use to update your new machine. Pop it in on the first chime and hit C and if you are fast enough it will flip to the disk and not the start up assistant and you can do the update before you set up and migrate off your old machine. or you can pay them to do all of it for you.
What a warped sense of reality a person must have to think that there exists only the binary choice of farting out a bug filled piece of manure or work endlessly on it because perfection is unatainable. In reality there is the choice of maybe extending development by a few weeks, maybe months to release something more polished, depending on what the software companey deems is acceptable.
So what about those people with a MacBook Air?
there will be no download. never is (too large)
I'm curious too why people even care about what the disk looks like that the typical user uses once and rarely ever looks at again. *sigh*
i'll wait until at least 10.6.3, not apple's guinea pig. but good luck to rest you lining up for the first day.
i don't know. i kinda don't like that it might be coming out so soon. I have been waiting since march in order to purchase my first mac. I've been waiting for snow leopard. Then i hear rumors of an iMac update and price drop in the fall, and i don't know whether to wait for that or even if it's the rumor is true.
Now that snow leopard might come out early, I'm not sure if i would want to wait for the iMac update. I've been waiting for almost 6 months, and I don't know if i can wait any longer after SL is released.
If SL was released at the end of september, that would be closer to October which would be the likely time that an iMac refresh would happen.
Damn, we'll be waiting forever!
Especially because there is only 30 days in September.
It's silly to base your hardware purchasing decision on a $30 piece of software. You probably should have bought an iMac 6 months ago. There are ALWAYS rumors about new Apple hardware coming out in a few more months. It generally not that hard to know when Apple hardware is ACTUALLY coming out, because it follows a fairly regular schedule.
Now if you told me you were waiting for an iMac with a BluRay drive, or USB 3.0 then it might make sense to wait until those hardware options are available.
How could anyone rate this a negative? Do you NOT want Apple's employees to learn to use it? Do you think the Aug 28 release date is TOO EARLY? I don't get it.
Less than a month, I think about 3 weeks.
Looked it up:
10.5.0 - 9A581 - October 26th, 2007
10.5.1 - 9B18 - November 15th, 2007
Build 10A432 has been great for me so I disagree:
64-bit kernel on my MBP and MP [check]
Open CL [check]
64-bit kernel extension that I actually need [check]
Smaller footprint [check]
Stable [check]
I'm sure there are a few "3rd party" kernel extensions that are not ready yet but I've had luck with the few that I actually need.
I'm not sure if Apple delivered new iMacs at that time (can't remember!).
Why not offer downloads to the people who have the bandwidth, and ship DVDs to those who don't?
Or does this touch on Apple's allergy to "choice"?
Unfortunately, the "blogosphere" happened - and shipping manure is a lesser evil than shipping quality a month or two later. (And an obsessive-compulsive control-freak of a CEO doesn't help...)
They're still paying for their mistake of buying one?
Hmmm.
This week I downloaded Windows 7 Home Premium / Pro / Ultimate RTM DVDs (both the x86 and x64 kits for each), plus the Win2k8R2 x64 RTM DVD.
I don't think that it's "too big" on the push side is an issue - but the majority of the users don't have a big enough "Internet tube" to pull it down.
Why not offer downloads to the people who have the bandwidth, and ship DVDs to those who don't?
Or does this touch on Apple's allergy to "choice"?
Usually with Apple, September means "September 31". I'd be shocked if it actually shipped in August! Can't wait to try it out. It's only $30 too!