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Photos of Snow Leopard Disc and Retail Packaging?

Giorgio said:
It's not french but it's a latin language; probably portuguese...

The packaging is ok but I always thought pics of big cats look a little tacky...
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I don't know about you, but if anything, I find that big X tacky. Actually super-tacky. I think this cover's elegant and simple. Professional = simple and elegant, IMHO.

And yes, we know it's not French. It has been pointed out at least six times through the thread ;)
 
Jodlesx said:
I don't know about you, but if anything, I find that big X tacky. Actually super-tacky. I think this cover's elegant and simple. Professional = simple and elegant, IMHO.

And yes, we know it's not French. It has been pointed out at least six times through the thread ;)
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I dont know, but a big cat looking at me draws my attention to a large black X. The X seems to blend in with the other software.

Eirther way, this is more "green" (less ink. No more blacks, pinks, purples etc that take over the box"

though as I said back on page 1, why is it still cardboard? Why not plastic?
 
jancz said:
The "old" one presented on Apple website/shown on WWDC.
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AKA:


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evilspoons said:
Guys, I've got the box art here for 10.7!

3wolfmoon.jpg


Any guesses what its codename will be? :D


Seriously, the picture looks pretty tacky. Sorry. I like the Windows 7 packaging better, and I am typing this from a computer with Leopard on it, so it's not like I'm biased towards Windows :rolleyes:
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Oh you did not just use the photo from the classic three wolf moon t-shirt. I guess OS X 10.7 will have a "dual function design"!
 
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Target362 said:
I dont know, but a big cat looking at me draws my attention to a large black X. The X seems to blend in with the other software.

Eirther way, this is more "green" (less ink. No more blacks, pinks, purples etc that take over the box"

though as I said back on page 1, why is it still cardboard? Why not plastic?
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because cardboard can be a recycled product , plastic's are derived from oil
 
Target362 said:
Apple needs something more then a dumb X to grab peoples attention in the store.
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What... the Apple store? They don't need to grab anyone's attention there since the people there Mac fans or are considering the switch. I would agree with you however if they sold OS X in Target, Best Buy and other retailers where Windows is sold.
 
thunderclap said:
What... the Apple store? They don't need to grab anyone's attention there since the people there Mac fans or are considering the switch. I would agree with you however if they sold OS X in Target, Best Buy and other retailers where Windows is sold.
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Best Buy dose sell OS X.... Pretty kitty...

Target wins.
 
djellison said:
Can I just say...

It's a damn box - I couldn't give a damn what it looks like.
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Great. Then you won't mind when they design it better for the people who do :)

Joking aside, this something I think most consumers would say, but their habbits would reveal otherwise.
It's an inherent part of apple's brand . Innovatively simple, powerful and trend setting design; betray those tennants and the brand starts to fall apart. That is essentially what people are commenting about here, just as they would if apple put out an application that required you to use the terminal to rotate an image.

This breaks a part of their brand promise and thus can start to make an erosion in their awareness.

The more I see of this though, the more I am convinced it is a fake. It's just too crappy of an execution to really be from apple... right?
 
Is Apple really still using the pre-1990 orthography? For the "most advanced operating system" you'd think it would have said:

O sistema operativo mais avançado do mundo. Perfeitamente otimizado.

I dunno how it works for Apple Portugal, but I would think now that Portugal has switched over to the modern spelling that Apple would follow it. That makes me inclined to think fake.
 
thunderclap said:
What... the Apple store? They don't need to grab anyone's attention there since the people there Mac fans or are considering the switch. I would agree with you however if they sold OS X in Target, Best Buy and other retailers where Windows is sold.
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guifa said:
Is Apple really still using the pre-1990 orthography? For the "most advanced operating system" you'd think it would have said:

O sistema operativo mais avançado do mundo. Perfeitamente otimizado.

I dunno how it works for Apple Portugal, but I would think now that Portugal has switched over to the modern spelling that Apple would follow it. That makes me inclined to think fake.
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and is that a problem. Ever heard of trends that make a come back?
 
Target362 said:
Then explain why the ipods now come in plastic.
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Because plastic is sturdier than cardboard, which in turn prevents damage to the iPod during shipping and storing.

My iPod is an old Mini and it came in a cardboard box. The thing was huge, with a lot of extra cardboard to pad the iPod in case of a hit.

Software discs don't need as much protection as a consumer electronic device.
 
KnightWRX said:
Because plastic is sturdier than cardboard, which in turn prevents damage to the iPod during shipping and storing.

My iPod is an old Mini and it came in a cardboard box. The thing was huge, with a lot of extra cardboard to pad the iPod in case of a hit.

Software discs don't need as much protection as a consumer electronic device.
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it makes sence to do everything in one type of package to save money.
 
Target362 said:
and is that a problem. Ever heard of trends that make a come back?
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Well, given that the law changing it was only passed little more than a year ago, I doubt it's a trend coming back. More likely someone who hasn't kept up with the news. I would think (hope) that Apple is more up to date than that.
 
neiltc13 said:
I've been using Windows 7 RC for several months and it's brilliant. As I mentioned in another thread, I haven't had any program crashes apart from one time very recently when my copy of Street Fighter IV gave up the ghost when it lost its network connection. The OS itself has been solid ever since I installed it and it's super fast.

I wish that I could say the same about Leopard, but ever since I got that I've seen the spinning beach ball, program crashes ("The application xxx quit unexpectedly") and the dreaded kernel panic WAY too many times.

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If I had to rank all of the modern operating systems from the two companies, it would go like this:

1) Windows 7 = OS X Tiger
2) Windows XP SP2+ (but not earlier versions, they were what caused me to buy a Mac in the first place)
3) OS X Leopard
4) Windows Vista SP1+

Now, where does Snow Leopard fit into this list? Can Apple restore my trust and create an OS that is as stable as Tiger?
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Totaly agree except, the most stable OS X release was Jaguar (X.2) IMO, I got an awesome 224 days of uptime, can't said those number those days with Leopard. Tiger was pretty unstable at first. But evolved in a good way. Like any OS release from Apple, stay away until X.?.2 or else you're the debugger ;-)

As for Windows, Vista is a nightmare, Windows 7 look pretty solid so far and may really challenge back. I should change machine and I'm holding to see both OS. Will probably go with a Mac and install both ;-) or make an hackintosh.
 
guifa said:
Well, given that the law changing it was only passed little more than a year ago, I doubt it's a trend coming back. More likely someone who hasn't kept up with the news. I would think (hope) that Apple is more up to date than that.
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what :law"
 
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