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You two should really get a room. The sexual tension in here is incredible.
anybody can contribute to the site with their money, whether they actually contribute anything to the discussions is another story
This answer doesn't really make very much sense. His point was it's more of an update to Leopard, it's not really something to pay for.
Anyway, if you bought it for faster load times and speed, um... well I guess you kind of made a mistake. On the bright side software will eventually require 10.6 so you futureproofed it a bit.
Plus it's got changes under the hood you'll benefit from down the road I imagine..
I just repaired permissions with Disk Utility for the first time since installing SL, and it is much faster. The warning about it taking a long time has gone, and it got down to work almost immediately. The whole process took just 3 minutes.
No problems with SL so far, and, as others have commented, many things just feel that little bit quicker.
No problems with SL so far, and, as others have commented, many things just feel that little bit quicker.
Are you upset because you just found out you were Canadian, or is it something else?
anybody can contribute to the site with their money, whether they actually contribute anything to the discussions is another story
anyone can pretend to be smart too.....good job!
You bought an OS for boot up times? Shouldn't you just put your MBP to sleep when you're not using it and not shut it down? That seems stupid.
i did not spend 2gs on a laptop i got the 2.8 alu macbook for 1200 off clist
And how is your stolen computer aside from miserable boot times?
i find it hilarious that people bought it for boot time. if you want better boot time, buy a ssd. if you want an even more polished osx, buy snow leopard.
I don't even reboot my computer that often. Only times I've turned it off or restarted it were when I was installing updates or switching to my windows partition. All other times I just put it to sleep.
So you're basing the success of an operating system on how fast it boots and shuts down? Stupid, unless that's all you do with your computer.
You're missing something. I did a total clean install on my Macbook Pro 2.53 unibody and it's a lot faster. Love Quicktime! I loaded an HD resolution movie that I ripped from my DVD collection and I was able to use hand gestures to scrub back and forth. I WAS able to do that on Leopard, but it was choppy. Now it's much smoother.
Are you booting into 64bit? That's probably the problem. Stay away from 64bit kernal unless you know for certain that you need it.
I don't get why people are unhappy; especially for $25. The only thing I can think of is that they don't know what they are doing, or have blown out expectations. My recommendations based on my experiences, is that you back up your laptop and do a total erase and install. Then reinstall all of your applications and settings. Don't migrate them! Once you've done that, make a clone so that you can roll back if things get wonky later. This is the BEST time to do a total reinstall of all your software. It's going to be a long time the next major upgrade and a fresh start with 64bit and applications is the way to go. Think of the time it will take to do all of that as an investment in the future of your system.
You're missing something. I did a total clean install on my Macbook Pro 2.53 unibody and it's a lot faster. Love Quicktime! I loaded an HD resolution movie that I ripped from my DVD collection and I was able to use hand gestures to scrub back and forth. I WAS able to do that on Leopard, but it was choppy. Now it's much smoother.
Are you booting into 64bit? That's probably the problem. Stay away from 64bit kernal unless you know for certain that you need it.
I don't get why people are unhappy; especially for $25. The only thing I can think of is that they don't know what they are doing, or have blown out expectations. My recommendations based on my experiences, is that you back up your laptop and do a total erase and install. Then reinstall all of your applications and settings. Don't migrate them! Once you've done that, make a clone so that you can roll back if things get wonky later. This is the BEST time to do a total reinstall of all your software. It's going to be a long time the next major upgrade and a fresh start with 64bit and applications is the way to go. Think of the time it will take to do all of that as an investment in the future of your system.
On my MBP I'm happy as a pig in slop with Snow Leopard.
Almost everything reacts faster, even something as simple as opening up the applications folder. Took about 5 seconds or so to get from clicking on it to actually seeing icons, now it's almost simultaneous. Safari is much, much faster than before, to the point of being almost painfully noticeable. Boot time is a touch faster for me, but since I'm usually running on/sleep it's not a big deal. Wifi reconnects after coming from sleep are MUCH faster and less annoying than with Leopard for me.
Most importantly, I'm running my MBP hooked into a 37" HDTV via DisplayPort to HDMI and it is much crisper and smoother an image than before. For that alone it is more than worth the cost to me.
And unlike Windows 7 GM, SL didn't kill my ability to burn CD/DVDs!
Almost everything reacts faster, even something as simple as opening up the applications folder. Took about 5 seconds or so to get from clicking on it to actually seeing icons, now it's almost simultaneous. Safari is much, much faster than before, to the point of being almost painfully noticeable. Boot time is a touch faster for me, but since I'm usually running on/sleep it's not a big deal. Wifi reconnects after coming from sleep are MUCH faster and less annoying than with Leopard for me.
Most importantly, I'm running my MBP hooked into a 37" HDTV via DisplayPort to HDMI and it is much crisper and smoother an image than before. For that alone it is more than worth the cost to me.
And unlike Windows 7 GM, SL didn't kill my ability to burn CD/DVDs!
What's up with your constant use of ellipsis? I mean literally every post of yours has at least one and to add insult to injury you seem to use a random number of periods instead of the correct three.
Funny for someone who implies that others are stupid.
Ok so the OP was a bit dramatic, however, the truth is - Snow Leopard is not perfect. Already people throughout our company are complaining about broken apps and printers. Luckily for me HP sent a warning listing the only printers supported by SL before I upgraded. None of mono or color laser printers will be supported. Guess I better sell them to my Windows using friends and buy 3 new printers.
Point is, much as we'd like SL to be perfect and issue-free, it's not gonna happen. Doesn't mean it isn't a good upgrade that is worth $29, just not for everyone right away.
Cheers,
Point is, much as we'd like SL to be perfect and issue-free, it's not gonna happen. Doesn't mean it isn't a good upgrade that is worth $29, just not for everyone right away.
Cheers,
Using my 13" 2.26, 4gig w/320gig 7200 RPM drive I went from about 35/36 sec boot up and 7 or 8 sec shutdown to SL Bootup times of 21 to 23 seconds and shut down in less than 3 seconds.
I usually just put it to sleep but I noticed a huge difference in boot up/shut down myself. The applications also launch faster (after initially opening them after install). So far worth the $9.95 for the SL upgrade.
I usually just put it to sleep but I noticed a huge difference in boot up/shut down myself. The applications also launch faster (after initially opening them after install). So far worth the $9.95 for the SL upgrade.
Sadly, not many people realize what the OS actually is and what it's supposed to do and what not... here's a link for those that are interested
I doubt that people bought it for faster boot time alone, but it's probably something they expected to come with the package. De-bloating and optimization is something that's in the air right now... Microsoft sliced a few gigs with Win7 and cut the boot time down to 40-50% of what it was in Vista. Apple shaved 7 GB off SL compared to Leopard and cut the installation time down... that French guy at the keynote bragged about a long list of things that were supposedly faster in SL. I dunno, it almost follows logically that it should also boot faster.
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If you run a lot of programs and have lots of windows open and tabs (safari), you'll appreciate how well the OS runs now. There's no lag in many typical functions and people can say what little nifty feature is best they prefer.
At the end of the day it's the smooth speed that does get your attention. And it holds it too.
For a minor upgrade, there's some nice stuff under the hood. Many folks will like the new Quicktime and its added features.
On a Penryn Macbook Pro, it's clearly running the best it has from what I've seen.
If you run a lot of programs and have lots of windows open and tabs (safari), you'll appreciate how well the OS runs now. There's no lag in many typical functions and people can say what little nifty feature is best they prefer.
At the end of the day it's the smooth speed that does get your attention. And it holds it too.
For a minor upgrade, there's some nice stuff under the hood. Many folks will like the new Quicktime and its added features.
On a Penryn Macbook Pro, it's clearly running the best it has from what I've seen.
lollers
Well, I went to the Apple Store that I purchased my MacBook Pro from 3 weeks ago. I wanted to upgrade to Snow Leopard. Oops, sorry I was told, you cannot upgrade at the store, even though they had copies right there.
Since Apple has more or less decided that Apple online is a different company than their store, which is a different company from iTunes support and a different company than the Developers section, you cannot get support for any of them from any of the others, lol.
So I call up Apple Care and they inform me the 10$ upgrade version is a gimped version of Snow Leopard that will not allow a clean install, which I wanted to do (I've been a windows user too long and upgrade versions scare me, lol) so I drop the $30 to get a full version of the software.
I install it and wow, it is the same thing with no real noticeable (except in my head) difference. I want to think it's snappier and I hope I'm not making that part up in my head but I did notice that my power monitor in the top of my toolbar doesn't correct, lol. Was stuck on 99% and then 96%...hmm..
I think what my only real problem with this so far is that it seems to be a very large patch.....since when do we pay for patches?? Think of it as Leopard Service Pack 1. That's my only real complaint.
On one hand I did pay the extra $30 for it and that's fine, Apple has always gotten paid and I think it comes with the territory....you are paying for premium software service and they SEEM to respond to bug fairly quickly.
On the other hand you ARE paying for a service pack, lol, re-written code notwithstanding. I'm torn, as usual with this company it seems, to love and hate it.....and yet still am willing to pay it.
Well, I went to the Apple Store that I purchased my MacBook Pro from 3 weeks ago. I wanted to upgrade to Snow Leopard. Oops, sorry I was told, you cannot upgrade at the store, even though they had copies right there.
Since Apple has more or less decided that Apple online is a different company than their store, which is a different company from iTunes support and a different company than the Developers section, you cannot get support for any of them from any of the others, lol.
So I call up Apple Care and they inform me the 10$ upgrade version is a gimped version of Snow Leopard that will not allow a clean install, which I wanted to do (I've been a windows user too long and upgrade versions scare me, lol) so I drop the $30 to get a full version of the software.
I install it and wow, it is the same thing with no real noticeable (except in my head) difference. I want to think it's snappier and I hope I'm not making that part up in my head but I did notice that my power monitor in the top of my toolbar doesn't correct, lol. Was stuck on 99% and then 96%...hmm..
I think what my only real problem with this so far is that it seems to be a very large patch.....since when do we pay for patches?? Think of it as Leopard Service Pack 1. That's my only real complaint.
On one hand I did pay the extra $30 for it and that's fine, Apple has always gotten paid and I think it comes with the territory....you are paying for premium software service and they SEEM to respond to bug fairly quickly.
On the other hand you ARE paying for a service pack, lol, re-written code notwithstanding. I'm torn, as usual with this company it seems, to love and hate it.....and yet still am willing to pay it.
Right, but they said from day one that SL is not about new features, it's about stability, speed, optimization, going full 64-bit etc. They've been stressing this from day one, what, a year ago. The fact that people still install it and go "OMG! It's almost totally like before!" puzzles me somewhat, how can anyone miss that info? Is the name not enough of a clue that this isn't an entirely new cat?
On the other hand, word has it (I haven't received my copy yet) that the missed the boat on the stability/speed/optimization part... lots of bugs, minor nuisances and no major speed boosts in the system itself, one might argue that SL fails to do what little it was supposed to do while not really delivering any new killer features... I've pretty much lost my faith in Apple being able to ship a rock solid initial release. I was prepared to write off the embarrassing debacle that was the Leopard launch as a temporary brain meltdown, but after following both Leopard and the iPhone software for a couple of years it's becoming evident that Apple have just about given up on the whole "it just works" thing, except in their marketing.
