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Does Leopard take longer to install?
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Perhaps the hour or two is for the slowest recommended processor ... and if you are doing an archive and install on a 1Tb disk it could take a while... I will find out in ten days.
Perhaps the hour or two is for the slowest recommended processor ... and if you are doing an archive and install on a 1Tb disk it could take a while... I will find out in ten days.
I hope you guys are right...
It's funny that's what us Apple users are complaining about, while Windows users can't even install Vista period!
It's funny that's what us Apple users are complaining about, while Windows users can't even install Vista period!
Hopefully it will be like other OS X's and allow doing a disc image backup to an external USB drive and then install from that... SOOOO much faster than installing from DVD(s)....
That hour or two probably factors in getting all your settings changed, re-installing apps if you did a clean install, and so forth.
On 9a559, one can install in ~20 minutes...
Or so I hear.
it mostly ~40mins for me
Well, maybe it will take that long? If you look at the requirements for Leopard vs. Tiger, you now need 9GB of free space instead of 3GB.
Clean install of Leopard, from boot up to the disc to booting into Leopard the first time takes probably around 40 minutes give or take depending on your hardware. Current top end macs probably can do it in 20 to 30 minutes.
Now if you are upgrading, however, it can take up to twice the amount of time as a clean install.
Now if you are upgrading, however, it can take up to twice the amount of time as a clean install.