OS X Snow Leopard Retail Disc Contains Build 10A432

[percival504]

Seriously... I mean seriously... are you serious?

No special effects on the box?

The DVD is in a clear plastic sleeve?

This has to be a joke from Apple, what slapdash and cheap packaging.

I mean come on now... Maybe if you call them up and offer to pay an extra $10-$20 for packaging they'll do something real pretty for you. Hystericallly, laugh out loud funny.

 

[DUSTmurph]

I bet that most of the people that torrented Snow Leopard are glad that the shipping version is version is the same. This means that they won't have to buy it on Friday.

That smile looks suspicious. I have a feeling you are one of those people you mentioned

 

[tabasco70]

hey. the box even gets smaller... it's sad to see the CD is just in a plastic bag...

Environmentally friendly packaging, AKA less material meaning less costly for Apple

 

[zerostar]

All I gotta say is that my 15" MBP 5,1 with 9400M and 9600M GT that I got in April and my MP (Early 2008) 2.66 8-Core with nVidia 8800GT better qualify or I'm going to be mad, mad, mad

Qualify for what? I think you get a snow leopard sticker at the Apple store...

 

[THX1139]

One would think it wouldn't but in my case it's changing all the time ....

So, in the last year I've used Facebook to track down long lost relatives and in the process I'm regularly getting information on many changes I need to make. At this point I've identified more than 1,500+ relatives and the list is growing all the time

Wow, and I have a hard time keeping up with my immediate family! Seems like a lot of work to find people that might want to borrow money from you.

 

[theBigD23]

Oh and any questions about Snow Leopard are welcome.

Cheers.

I have a couple of questions:

-Have you tried Screen Sharing between the two SL computers? If so, is Full Screen an option? If you do have dual monitors, is there an issue with switching between the monitors in Full Quality?
-Is networking through the Finder more responsive?
-How is Mail with regards to speed?

Thanks!

 

[MACWhite]

we get Apple Stickers in the Box! hahaha

 

[THX1139]

That smile looks suspicious. I have a feeling you are one of those people you mentioned

Actually no... I'm waiting for Friday too. I just couldn't find an icon to represent sarcasm. Perhaps I should have used this one ?

 

[jfanning]

Good way for apple to loose customers.

Maybe Apple will just tighten them? Or did you mean lose?

 

[DUSTmurph]

Actually no... I'm waiting for Friday too. I just couldn't find an icon to represent sarcasm. Perhaps I should have used this one ?

Good. I was just about to call my buddy Jobs too.

 

[tekio]

Maybe Apple will just tighten them? Or did you mean lose?

oops

 

[creon]

What's apple's obsession with Cats?

Apples Next OS : Sphynx?

 

[andy721]

~300kbps down, and like 50kbps up.

Oh well, college campus in 2 weeks.

I wish my UL speed was faster,

 

[mrsteveman1]

Apple doesn't care if people pirate this OS, it was only $29 in the first place, and unless you plan on hackintoshing it, you already paid a substantial amount of money for the hardware (which is what they care about).

They certainly aren't going to go out of their way to piss off customers, intentionally bricking a machine is probably illegal, and even if they just screw with the pirates, a few "SNOW LEOPARD DOESN'T WORK" type rants online and Apple could take a PR hit (which is the other thing they care about).

 

[MikeLord]

Dude, come live where I am, 28kbs at the most, 32kbs if I'm lucky! And that's apparently "broadband"...Australian style.

Not too shabby for Cox Cable San Diego

 

[andy721]

What's apple's obsession with Cats?

Apples Next OS : Sphynx?

I hope not, I wish they get off the whole Cat deal & think of something better up.

 

[robco]

Fine, I'll ask it... how does some kind in Spain get a copy of Snow Leopard before the rest of the world?

 

[khurrram]

I have a couple of questions:

-Have you tried Screen Sharing between the two SL computers? If so, is Full Screen an option? If you do have dual monitors, is there an issue with switching between the monitors in Full Quality?
-Is networking through the Finder more responsive?
-How is Mail with regards to speed?

Thanks!

1. Screen sharing does not have an options for full screen view. I don't have dual monitors, so I can't comment on that.

2. Finder is certainly more responsive. It also has little animations when ejecting any disks, images, networked drives. It is like a little fade away animation, which is nice.

Although I have noticed that on SL, my usb hard drives have been dropping connection, and then, coming back on again. It happens when they start spinning. They are directly plugged in, so no hub is involved, and they worked perfectly in Leopard. I'm not sure why that happens.

3. Mail is impressive. It is fast and responsive. I don't know if this happened in Leopard or not, but if you configure your Google Mail account in Mail, it automatically configures it with the IMAP settings, which is nice.

4. I know, you haven't asked but just a general note on iChat, it feels solid and for some reason, I find my Jabber connection more reliable than Leopard. Although I miss Chax, as it doesn't work on Snow Leopard as of yet.

Any comments on my hardware from my previous post to clear the air would be nice.

Cheers.

 

[creon]

I hope not, I wish they get off the whole Cat deal & think of something better up.

Couldn't agree more. Just don't get the whole cat thing. Cats...really?

Oh well, I will welcome the Snow Leopard warmly into my home on Friday with open arms.

 

[The Samurai]

Fine, I'll ask it... how does some kind in Spain get a copy of Snow Leopard before the rest of the world?

I suspect theres been an error with the logistics and I think a lot of people will be getting theirs over the course of the next few days, before the official launch.

 

[Kat King123]

we get Apple Stickers in the Box! hahaha

thats worth it i need new ones for my truck anyway

 

[SebZen]

Fine, I'll ask it... how does some kind in Spain get a copy of Snow Leopard before the rest of the world?

Hahahahah I was wondering the same thing

You'd figure someone in California or New York would get it first

 

[RMo]

so Quicktime X really does have no preferences to set?

Of course not. Apple knows exactly how you like it.

 

[creon]

thats worth it i need new ones for my truck anyway

Wish they made ones that clung to the inside to be viewed on the outside.
That White sticker gets trashed here in the midlands.

 

[bpd115]

The only bug I've noticed

is in iChat when doing video chat between two Snow Leopard installs, the audio fails to connect sometimes, requiring multiple hang ups and reconnects.