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Mac Mini Purchaser Receives Snow Leopard Restore Disc? Up-to-Date Orders "Prepared for Shipment"?
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It doesn't work like that, unfortunately. What you seem to have forgotten is all the time that has passed since Leopard was released. That is quite some time that all the Tiger users have not been able to benefit (if that is the right word) from the use of Leopard and still they are expected to pay the same amount in total to upgrade to Snow Leopard as someone who had bought Leopard in the first place.
If you don't need/want iLife or iWork, it is a waste of DVD and packaging.
I bet 10A436 is the GM then... with August 28th release! It makes total sense! Alert Twitter, everyone!
I bet 10A436 is the GM then... with August 28th release! It makes total sense! Alert Twitter, everyone!
I concur, 10A436 is most probably the GM since 10A432 didn't even have 64-Bit enabled by default
MS Office 2004 is still listed as "unknown" and MS Office is reported as, "One user reports that "every app is terribly slow to start and lags afterwards. Its unacceptably slow!" If these don't work well, there's going to be hell to pay from a big chunk of Apple's installed base! I know there'll be finger pointing between Apple and M$ but someone better jump on this ASAP!
If I remember from yesterday, I read a response to the person that said it was "horribly slow" and they said that if you install Office 2008 Service Pack 1, it isn't slow anymore.
What does this tell us
Very little... only that the install was the GM build, since it's "10.6".
Your logic is twisted. Tiger users have had every opportunity to use Leopard since the day Leopard shipped if there machine was compatible, and THEY upgraded. Upgrading is an end-user choice, and one has to assume current Tiger users did not to so because they were happy with that OS or their hardware did not support Leopard. Thus, to argue Tiger users have "lost opportunity," is nonsense.
So again, I'll state, what seems to be obvious to me if you do the math. The entry cost to 10.6 is materially identical regardless if you are a Leopard user paying for the $29 upgrade or a Tiger user paying $160 for the box set. The difference being, Tiger users will have to pony up the entire $160 all at once where Leopard users already paid-in there $129 and now just pay another $29.
If you look at how most other companies approach upgrades typically users that chose to skip a version have to pay MORE, not the same, or less than more current version users. Would you make the same argument to an owner of Photoshop 7 who wanted to upgrade to CS4; i.e., The upgrade should cost the PS7 owner less because he has not had the benefit of CS, CS2, or CS3?
Again, Tiger users get the better deal here with the added bargain of the two software suites that most everyone else had to pay extra for if they wanted them. If you don't want iLife or iWork software then sell it or give it away to someone that can use it -- you know, recycle it. But bottom line is you are not paying more for 10.6 than the $29 upgraders.
Install elsewhere first
With all the questions about app compatibility I'm going to install SL on an external drive or an SD card first to test out compatibility with my apps. As soon as most everything checks out I'll upgrade my MBP.
With all the questions about app compatibility I'm going to install SL on an external drive or an SD card first to test out compatibility with my apps. As soon as most everything checks out I'll upgrade my MBP.
Ah well, Apple can release Snow Leopard on the 28th if they want. I just dropped £50 on two Stephen Lynch tickets for his Glasgow gig next March via a special priority booking invite online, and tickets go on sale officially on the 27th of this month.
So Snow Leopard will need to wait for now.
So Snow Leopard will need to wait for now.
Very nice John Lennon photo.
So why is this such an active thread? Are there any doubts 10.6 exists?
Love it!
I hate to go off-topic, but I just have to post this. You've inspired me.
Photoshop job of the year (not by me), done just before Steve returned:
So why is this such an active thread? Are there any doubts 10.6 exists?
I've been following the thread on 2ch.net (the japanese forum where the picture originated) which can be found here
The guy with the Mac Mini said he installed it, and the build is 10A436.
No picture to prove it.
Dragonforce could you please keep us updated on this? Thanks!
I bet 10A436 is the GM then... with August 28th release! It makes total sense! Alert Twitter, everyone!
How does it "make sense"?
As stated before, I've been running 10a432 just fine for a week or two. However, I have noticed there are a few things missing. The new stacks browsing feature is intermittent at best. Tethering in 64 bit doesn't work. And, there are no quicktime preferences (pretty big deal!)
I currently use Tiger 10.4.11 even though it came with Leopard upgrade discs. The main reason was for compatibility with large-format printer drivers. Eventually Leopard drivers were released but I still did not upgrade. Typically, if you have a workflow that is working, you don't monkey with it in this business.
When the announcement first came out that Leopard users only pay $29 and Tiger users pay more, I thought I was in the latter camp. Now I realize I am in the former but am again the camp of waiting for additional print driver compatibility approval.
With the money saved, I should purchase an external drive and keep the two OS's on separate disks.
Ditto. Go for the USB hard drive. SD cards are so painfully slow, even the fastest SDHC cards that it will take forever just to boot up or launch an app. Firewire hard drives work best.
