Mac Leopard OS question

[chihiro]

hi
i m buying Mac book pro ,but when Leopard OS is lunched i m thinking to get it.
my question.when u buy from Apple the Leopard OS ,do they install it for you?do you have to pay any additional fees for that,please?

 

[Exodemia]

No, you have to install yourself I think. I would wait till Leopard is pre-installed on machines.

 

[stoid]

Or just ask your 5 year old son to do it for you. Seriously, it's that easy.

 

[sammich]

And when you install it yourself, you get to see that space-tastic welcome video!

No link, sorry.

 

[Exodemia]

Yeah like the guys say it's simple to install it yourself. And I think a monkey could do it too

 

[darkcurse]

Yeah unlike installing windows and its countless restarts, the upgrade/reinstall process of Mac OSX is very straight forward and easy. I showed it to my computer illiterate friend that day and she was like, "so this is what is was paying 40 bucks to let the technicians do? I'm such an idiot"... LOL

 

[Veritas&Equitas]

Not to hijack at all, but when installing Leopard, can we keep all of our settings and everything? It's not like an entirely new install (like Windows XP), but it can be installed over the place of Tiger?

 

[darkcurse]

Not to hijack at all, but when installing Leopard, can we keep all of our settings and everything? It's not like an entirely new install (like Windows XP), but it can be installed over the place of Tiger?

You can do an Archive and Install which does precisely that. Or just upgrade which does the same thing as well I guess.

 

[bmcgrath]

Although I'v never installed Mac OS as I only got my first Mac this time last year. From what I read, seen, and heard installing it is a doddle. Real easy. I think I can safely say it will be nothing like winblows at all.

 

[Mechcozmo]

[guide]Archive and Install[/guide]

Eh, didn't realize it was empty. It'll be filled by Leopard.

 

[nigrunze]

Do "Upgrade", Not "Archive and Install".
Upgrade seamlessly upgrades your OS to a newer version, while "Archive and Install" puts all your files into a folder on the hard drive. Archive and Install would probably be mainly for if Mac OS X crashes a lot and Disk Utility can't fix it with either "repair disk permissions" or "repair disk".

 

[skye12]

Installing and/or updating the Mac OS is incredibly simple. I would
make sure to reset PRAM and repair permissions before just to make
sure everything is "right".

It just makes sense to wait a couple weeks and get Leopard for free
at this point in time. Also a small chance computers might get a little
improvement too.