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Mac Mini Purchaser Receives Snow Leopard Restore Disc? Up-to-Date Orders "Prepared for Shipment"?

impierced said:
I'm not calling shenanigans, and maybe this has already been addressed - it's late and after reading 5 pages I got tired ... however, why are the screen captures using Leopard? If the mini shipped with Snow Leopard, shouldn't that be what's in the screen captures? If, the system shipped with Leopard (which is entirely possible) the media would've been an upgrade and not a full install DVD.

It all looks believable enough and all, but something seems wrong.
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If the hard drive was preloaded with Leopard and the Snow Leopard disk was packed by mistake, then those screenshots are what would happen if you inserted the Snow Leopard disk but had not yet installed it.

A less likely explanation is that he did upgrade but his old Aurora desktop was named something other than Aurora and so that preference was retained through the upgrade. That could happen if, before Leopard was released, he downloaded a leaked and renamed copy of the default Leopard desktop and used it ever since. (Happened to me, wondered why my desktop didn't upgrade and that was why.)
 
Nem Wan said:
If the hard drive was preloaded with Leopard and the Snow Leopard disk was packed by mistake, then those screenshots are what would happen if you inserted the Snow Leopard disk but had not yet installed it.

A less likely explanation is that he did upgrade but his old Aurora desktop was named something other than Aurora and so that preference was retained through the upgrade. That could happen if, before Leopard was released, he downloaded a leaked and renamed copy of the default Leopard desktop and used it ever since. (Happened to me, wondered why my desktop didn't upgrade and that was why.)
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Hey... he's showing you what the install disk looks like in Mac OS X Leopard. He didn't install it yet. I can tell because of the way the back and forward button arrows are off center. It's definitely regular Leopard with the Snow Leopard disc in the machine.
 
Ivan P said:
Install Rosetta? Like they'd be prompted to do if they hadn't already installed it prior to installing Office?
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Well, of course, but I don't want Rosetta nor will I install it. So, I guess I won't be using Microsoft Office anymore. Oh well.
 
corinhorn said:
So then what are people who have the crazappy version with the PPC installer to do?
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What do you think they'll do? They'll install Rosetta. In fact, SL will detect if an app requires Rosetta and ask if you want to install it if you haven't already.

From memory, when I installed Office 2008, I didn't need to install Rosetta. It installed fine and then I ran the updates.
 
corinhorn said:
Well, of course, but I don't want Rosetta nor will I install it. So, I guess I won't be using Microsoft Office anymore. Oh well.
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Isn't this bass-ackwards.

If you need Office 2008 but you believe it needs Rosetta to install but don't want to install it, why upgrade to SL?

If you can do without Office 2008 then why the moaning?

Have you tried to install Office 2008 under Snow Leopard or are you taking as gospel comments here about an unreleased product?
 
The ASM, a "Genius" and 2 Product Specialists from the Apple Store at Willow Bend stated, "UTD Snow Leopard disk will be a full install, not an upgrade. Wiping and reinstalling with the Snow Leopard without having Leopard Install media available is fine."

Take it at face value I suppose. I am learning alot about the Black Cloak surrounding the Apple organization from reading these forums.

They also said don't expect it to show up on the door step until at least Sep 1.
 
TheSpaz said:
Hey... he's showing you what the install disk looks like in Mac OS X Leopard. He didn't install it yet. I can tell because of the way the back and forward button arrows are off center. It's definitely regular Leopard with the Snow Leopard disc in the machine.
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he did eventually install it, and the build number is quoted to be 10A436

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Dragonforce said:
I've been following the thread on 2ch.net (the japanese forum where the picture originated) which can be found here

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The guy with the Mac Mini said he installed it, and the build is 10A436.
No picture to prove it.
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After having "procured," installed and used a copy of SL 10A432 for a week or so, I must say that I don't expect this to be the final GM build. There are a few little bugs that I don't think would be included in a final, shipping copy.

Nothing major, just enough to justify a small incased in build number.
 
Holy crap people are strange.

Apple will have a higher build revision stamped when it comes time to sync up signed-off packaging for their discs. Having worked there and I know whose in charge of such I'm quite confident you'll be impressed.
 
MonkeyBrass said:
I am learning alot about the Black Cloak surrounding the Apple organization from reading these forums.
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Apple will release things when they're ready. It's how they play and there's nothing new in that just as there's nothing new in all the whining from entitlement whores.

I'm guessing the same whores bitched and moaned about 10.5, 10.4, 10.3......
 
gdhnz said:
Apple will release things when they're ready. It's how they play and there's nothing new in that just as there's nothing new in all the whining from entitlement whores.

I'm guessing the same whores bitched and moaned about 10.5, 10.4, 10.3......
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Remember, I bleed Blue, but the entitlement whores are what caused the Vista fiasco. Too much pressure to release before it was ready and Voila... Being new to Apple, this will actually be a good indicator to me of how they release their software. If it works and is solid, then I am happy I switched to Macintra.. I mean Macintosh...
 
gdhnz said:
Isn't this bass-ackwards.

If you need Office 2008 but you believe it needs Rosetta to install but don't want to install it, why upgrade to SL?

If you can do without Office 2008 then why the moaning?

Have you tried to install Office 2008 under Snow Leopard or are you taking as gospel comments here about an unreleased product?
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https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/7823916/

And I'm not moaning. I brought up the Office 2008/Rosetta thing because others were discussing about what worked and what didn't in SL. I only brought it up to let others know that Rosetta needs to be installed on SL in order to install Office 2008. I really don't care, hence why I ended my previous post with "oh well."
 
MonkeyBrass said:
Remember, I bleed Blue, but the entitlement whores are what caused the Vista fiasco. Too much pressure to release before it was ready and Voila...
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More fool Microsoft for listening to the entitlement whores but when has Apple ever listened to them (let alone anyone else) when it comes to OS X?
 
Ivan P said:
Install Rosetta? Like they'd be prompted to do if they hadn't already installed it prior to installing Office?
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Or, use Pacifist like I did to install it. I still don't have Rosetta and I now have an up to date version of Office 2008 running fine. It's not that hard to accomplish.
 
corinhorn said:
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/7823916/

And I'm not moaning. I brought up the Office 2008/Rosetta thing because others were discussing about what worked and what didn't in SL. I only brought it up to let others know that Rosetta needs to be installed on SL in order to install Office 2008. I really don't care, hence why I ended my previous post with "oh well."
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I just wish Microsoft would go back to the old 2004 method of installing. Drag and drop a folder or provide the installer for those wanting to do remote installs.

Interestingly, my Office 12.0.0 install media doesn't ask for Rosetta in SL.
 
mbprouser said:
Or, use Pacifist like I did to install it. I still don't have Rosetta and I now have an up to date version of Office 2008 running fine. It's not that hard to accomplish.
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Thank you very much. This will be handy to know if I ever have the need for Office 2008 on SL without Rosetta.
 
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