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Mac Mini Purchaser Receives Snow Leopard Restore Disc? Up-to-Date Orders "Prepared for Shipment"?
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OK... there are less than 5 days until Apple ships Snow Leopard and there are still all kinds of crazy speculation about the build it will be. One assumed that 10A432 is not GM because it doesn't boot into the 64-kernel by default... fine, except that it's been well-documented that the ONLY Apple systems that will boot into the 64-bit kernel by default are the Xserve systems... for all others you need either the -finger salute (hold the 6 & 4 keys during boot), a change to a flag in NVRAM, or a change to com.apple.boot.plist to force the kernel to load. This is certainly not an indication that 10A432 isn't GM, nor is any other evidence, which is easily faked. The best way is to just wait until Friday when those of us who ordered ir get delivery.
OK... there are less than 5 days until Apple ships Snow Leopard and there are still all kinds of crazy speculation about the build it will be. One assumed that 10A432 is not GM because it doesn't boot into the 64-kernel by default... fine, except that it's been well-documented that the ONLY Apple systems that will boot into the 64-bit kernel by default are the Xserve systems... for all others you need either the -finger salute (hold the 6 & 4 keys during boot), a change to a flag in NVRAM, or a change to com.apple.boot.plist to force the kernel to load. This is certainly not an indication that 10A432 isn't GM, nor is any other evidence, which is easily faked. The best way is to just wait until Friday when those of us who ordered ir get delivery.
I don't understand what you're trying to say here?
1. Ready to ship on Thursday the 28th? Too bad Thursday is the 27th.
2. You bought snow Leopard for $30? It was only $29 for me.
3. Apple screwed you over? What is your reasoning on this?
4. Your iMac isn't a year old, but it should be able to run Snow Leopard fine. What are you complaining for?
5. You're not the only person out there that has a Mac that was purchased before Snow Leopard was announced.
Oh no! Apple screwed him out of a dollar! Find something real to complain about.
I guess they have been ready for a while and decided to ship early.
Your picture does not prove tax. An where you you live that tax is 3.4...%
Your picture does not prove tax. An where you you live that tax is 3.4...%
Look, I don't want to make you scream but as a EE/student, .High End Consultant (Macs), as well as a hackntosh builder and composer who built PC's for years, it does make a difference. The GPU mark has been proven to show if you can run certain programs at a higher or lower framerate, in addition, especially in AUDIO PRODUCTION vs Pro Tools TDM cards (Processing Chips on their cards and the main reason they (being Avid) purchased M-Audio was they knew the PRO SUMER market was growing and brings in more income then HIGH END users)), FPU is related to how many AUDIO plug ins or AUDIO instruments you can create before your system(s) starts to bog down.
I remember studying the early Macbooks very closely (also a software developer for audio products (Sony) and recall that the first gen of MACBOOKS could run final cut even though they could not play games due to the OPENGL, yet, the Xbench showed a very HIGH GPL (tied in with FCP/Motion), a few months later, Apple releases a new update, which does NOTHING except stop users from using the MACBOOK for FCP/MOTION and sure enough, the Xbench marks had gone from 170% down to 71% (this was when they were all the intel GMA)...
So it does show you something indeed.
64bit Kernel in SL
If you want 64bit Kernel this is how to do it. http://www.ihackintosh.com/2009/08/snow-leopard-106-and-64-bit-what-you-need-to-know/
And youll get the answer either EFI32″ or EFI64.
How to boot 64-bit Kernel by default at every boot : Though you have a EFI64 and 64-bit compatible Mac your install will boot into 32-bit kernel by default. Thanx to Netkas for highlighting a trick to change default boot kernel. All you have to do is edit a string file in com.apple.Boot.plist To edit boot.plist navigate to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist and open the boot.plist with text editor and find the following string.
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string></string>
and change it to
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>arch=x86_64</string>
Thats it, now your installation will boot in to 64-bit kernel mode every time. So no more holding down the 6′ and 4′ keys during boot. Just in case if you need to boot the 32-bit kernel just hold down the 3′ and 2′ keys during boot.
If you want 64bit Kernel this is how to do it. http://www.ihackintosh.com/2009/08/snow-leopard-106-and-64-bit-what-you-need-to-know/
And youll get the answer either EFI32″ or EFI64.
How to boot 64-bit Kernel by default at every boot : Though you have a EFI64 and 64-bit compatible Mac your install will boot into 32-bit kernel by default. Thanx to Netkas for highlighting a trick to change default boot kernel. All you have to do is edit a string file in com.apple.Boot.plist To edit boot.plist navigate to /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist and open the boot.plist with text editor and find the following string.
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string></string>
and change it to
<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>arch=x86_64</string>
Thats it, now your installation will boot in to 64-bit kernel mode every time. So no more holding down the 6′ and 4′ keys during boot. Just in case if you need to boot the 32-bit kernel just hold down the 3′ and 2′ keys during boot.
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Not sure, but I remember doing this with Benchmark too, rather, Geekbench and Xbench with Tiger as I have many friends that work at the Apple stores.
FPU was always accurate to amount of plug ins based on Xbench, always, its a great sythetic way to determine how many plug ins one can run. In addition, as I stated before, Apple went out of their way after BAREFEATS reported that FCP suite could run on GMA Macbooks so they released a patch under the umbrella of extra battery life and the XBENCH score went from 171% down to 70%, now that's pretty crummy on Apples part. Then what do they do? They release a better GRAPHICS card but then take away the #1 interface needed for video and many audio interfaces, FIREWIRE. So they are always trying to skim of the top, forcing the hand of even the enthusiast (LARGER than iPhone and Pro user base) as Pro SUMERS are audio, engineers, recording artists, up and coming editors, and its been proven time and time again, gaming alone, let alone the millions of prosumers, far out sells and out weighs the PRO user base.
Apple finally got it right, a little, with 13" MBP, but then again, they took away the Express Slot which is used to add more POWER for audio/video plug in cards, so now you have to buy a 17" or used MBP.
Was also the marketing and promotional director for a very large record label - Apple uses LEAKS, for example, as a way to create BUzz and FREE PR while holding the PROSUMERS and PRO'S hand to the fire and it's a very large market that is larger than the music business.
Nite all.
Peace.
No one will know until Friday. I suspect that an upgrade from earlier versions of Snow Leopard to the GM will be possible.
Great tip! Not sure it'll make my BlackBook run any faster, but it's good to know. Thanks!
This thread is just B*ll**** - who cares?!. Wait and see what happens on Friday, when you all get your DVDs, ok!.
Sorry Bud, nobody knows. I placed the order a month ago and the order still says it will ship by the 28th and no change has been made to its status.
We'd all better hope 10A432 is NOT the GM. I've had it running on two systems for about four days, and it's a mess. More specifically, apps running under Rosetta are a mess.
Uh...Everyone go back to pages 21 & 22. Be sure to suck it.
