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Photos of Snow Leopard Disc and Retail Packaging?

HyperZboy said:
Steve Jobs and Apple during the INTEL announcement sort of made a commitment to support PowerPC to keep Apple sales going for about a year during the transition.

I think they broke that support commitment, maybe not legally, but certainly ethically.
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What are you talking about? What commitment did they make? To ship more PowerPCs? Sure, but why would you buy a PowerPC machine if you knew that they were transitioning away?

HyperZboy said:
Snow Leopard breaks an historically long Apple support model for Macs for a good portion of the Mac community.

And 2-3 years is bad support in my opinion.
Obviously, lots of people disagree, but almost ALL of them own INTEL Macs only, go figure! LOL
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First, 2 years isn't fair or factual.

And what do you mean by "support"?

Most of Snow Leopard is for future tech, OpenCL, Grand Central while yes could've run on a G5, it doesn't make sense to keep it around.

There is going to be barely anything utilizing these techs right away, and some apps will transition into using them over the next year. So, approaching 4 years now... I fail to see the issue.
 
just a box (what are you on)

E.Lizardo said:
All this debate over a box???Do you people have your leopard box framed on the wall?I haven't looked an my friggin leopard box since I installed it.
Hmmm....Hey-I'll sell you my leopard box and my snow leopard box!Highest bidder gets 'em!:)
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Dude its not "just a box" BUT a box made by Apple.

:D



(sorry i'm board)
 
Stuipdboy1000 said:
Well, certainly in recent years they have slid out. I don't really see Apple straying from that simple design.
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Except that the new packaging is likely cheaper and more environmentally friendly (less waste). And, given that they're only charging $29.00, they're not going to spend more than is necessary.
 
HyperZboy said:
Both Leopard and Tiger supported Macs 6-7 years old & Apple continued to support those machines throughout the operating system lifetime.
The oldest Mac supported by Leopard IIRC was introduced July, 2001!

Geez, I keep dispelling these myths over and over, but people just keep posting them over and over! LOL
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My 2003 iMac isn't compatible with Leopard, and there are iBooks sold in 2004 at 800 MHz that Leopard doesn't support. That's only 3 years before Leopard.
 
I WAS the one said:
maybe thats the complete installation DVD and the Snow leopard one its just the upgrade... don't you think?
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I think they're placeholders until they could decide what it would look like. But yes, it's possible that the versions (upgrade version vs. full retail version) look different.
 
ro2nie said:
I never understood the connection Apple tried to make between cat names and stars/auroras.

It makes so much more sense having the photo of a cat printed on the package itself when the OS shares the same cat name.

If they are going to print auroras and stars why not name the operating systems after constellations or galaxies? May be they could do that for Mac OS XI 11.0 all the way up to 11.9? Just an idea...
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Agreed. Guess the whole time machine-theme took off.

Though contrary to what many people seem to believe, there won't be an OS XI or OS 11.
OS X was pronounced "OS TEN" by Steve Jobs when introduced, to make sure that developers (the big fishes, i believe) would stick with Apple and use Carbon to get their apps to work on the new OS.
It might as well have been called "New Mac OS". The Unix-foundation and microkernel goes to show that the architecture is totally different than 1-9.22 - and the usage of the 10.x-numbering scheme is a clever compromise.

Look at OS X as starting all over again. There is no evidence suggesting that Apple will start all over again in the near future.
It will be 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11 and so on......
 
Box Art

HyperZboy, you are off topic complaining about PPC not supported any more. Apple dropped support for the PPC and complaining about it in almost every topic that has anything to do with 10.6, isn't going to change that. Either get an Intel machine or be happy with 10.5.

On Topic:

I've been looking at the box art. Now I know that has nothing to do with what is inside the box. I think this box art is better then the big 'X' in the middle of a star field.


Hugh
 
Build number

What I don't understand is how the final retail build number hasn't leaked yet, considering there are already pictures of the disk & packaging... installing it is the first thing I'd do.
Can't be long now.
 
Has the guy in Newbridge, Ireland who tooks these photos been canned yet?

Or will Lord Steve fly over on the Gulfstream and personally disembowel him?
 
Well, if he cuts him nave to chop there will probably be a few bits collected for a future launch of his iLiver 3.0.
 
Target362 said:
what :law"
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http://ultimahora.publico.clix.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1328984

I'm looking for the exact reference number (a decree/law/act number), but that news articles indicates its passing in the Portuguese legislature last year.

Edit: Resolução da Assembleia da República n.º 35/2008

VaDor said:
Its not a wrong spelling!!! With the new ortographic reform the agreement is that both "optimizado" , "otimizado", or other example such as: "acção" or "ação" are both CORRECT!!
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According to the reform, in Base 4-1-b, consonants like the p in otimizado "Eliminam-se nos casos em que são invariavelmente mudos nas pronúncias cultas da língua: ação, acionar, afetivo, aflição, aflito, ato, coleção, coletivo, direção, diretor, exato, objeção; adoção, adotar, batizar, Egito, ótimo;" Note your example of acçao is also now universally spelt açao. It's only optionally if the c/p is sometimes actually said, like in facto/fato (4-1-c)
 
I don't know what all the fuss is about. Its a picture on a box that I will throw away after I install the disk.
 
PurrBall said:
My 2003 iMac isn't compatible with Leopard, and there are iBooks sold in 2004 at 800 MHz that Leopard doesn't support. That's only 3 years before Leopard.
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My Powermac G4 goes back to July 2001 and is Leopard supported OFFICIALLY.

And in fact Leopard can easily be installed on every machine you just mentioned as well. It's just not warranted or supported by Apple.
I've even installed Leopard on a 450MHz SAWTOOTH Mac without an AGP slot!

Contact me for help if you want to.

All of these situations, the 040/030 to PowerPC transition or the Leopard transition are completely different than the Snow Leopard situation because there were still plenty of options and workarounds.

And in each operating system update that Apple has historically done, Macs 6-7 YEARS were supported, not all, but most.

With Snow Leopard, you're talking about a HUGE BREAK with Apple precedent since Macs 2-3 years old will no longer be supported.

I feel like I'm going to have to keep repeating these facts until I'm blue in the face and still no one will believe the truth! LOL


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