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Should I wait until 10.7???

5DollaFootlong

5DollaFootlong

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This may seem like a stupid question but do you think it is reasonable to skip snow leopard altogether. In 2012, by the time i graduate high school I am sure that 10.7 will be out. The reason I ask, is because i don't feel comfortable asking my parents to upgrade my macbook to snow leopard when it comes out, because leopard works well for me.
 
Wait to see what types of things Snow Leopard has to offer. If you like what you see, upgrade. I'm sure you can get $100 from allowance or chores to upgrade. That way you'll at least work for the money.
 
appleguy123 said:
you even knows if there will be a 10.7? Dosn't it seem logical to tie up loose ends in OSX and then move to Os11?
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Why would that seem logical? A totally new OS base? Think of what the transition from OS 9 to OS X was like. It took years before OS X was mature, and Apple offered Classic mode for seven years for compatibility.

Anyway, in 2005 (at the time of the Intel switch) Steve Jobs said that OS X had set Apple up for twenty years. Even if that's an exaggeration I don't think we'll see a new OS base for a long time yet.
 
5DollaFootlong said:
This may seem like a stupid question but do you think it is reasonable to skip snow leopard altogether. In 2012, by the time i graduate high school I am sure that 10.7 will be out. The reason I ask, is because i don't feel comfortable asking my parents to upgrade my macbook to snow leopard when it comes out, because leopard works well for me.
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Don't tell me you can't save up 130$ ... :rolleyes:
 
I'm going to get it, but I'll wait for 10.6.2 or something. Wait for any major bugs to be ironed out.

At the moment, OS X really doesn't need replacing, only refinement. My inner geek will shed a tear if Apple end OS X and move onto something not UNIX, it's really be quite useful.
 
Jethryn Freyman said:
I'm going to get it, but I'll wait for 10.6.2 or something. Wait for any major bugs to be ironed out.

At the moment, OS X really doesn't need replacing, only refinement. My inner geek will shed a tear if Apple end OS X and move onto something not UNIX, it's really be quite useful.
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+1

I have no problems at all with Leopard. And I don't like to buy new stuff as soon as it comes out. I waited to buy my iPod Nano, 6 months after release - just to make sure any problems were ironed out. I'll apply the same 6 month rule to Snow Leopard.
 
$130 can be a lot for a high school student. I wouldn't worry too much, I know lots of people still using 10.4. You can spend the extra money on an iPod, or on girls =)
 
As people have said above, wait and see. It's stupid to buy it on day it comes because it's buggy, very buggy. Wait a month or two after the release and decide again or wake up this thread and ask is it worth it.

I'll be buying it after 10.6.1 or 10.6.2, don't want to try and get headaches because things doesn't work.

BTW, is it recommended to install 10.6 to its own partition/HD or installing it to Leopards partition and overdriving Leopard?
 
Hellhammer said:
As people have said above, wait and see. It's stupid to buy it on day it comes because it's buggy, very buggy. Wait a month or two after the release and decide again or wake up this thread and ask is it worth it.

I'll be buying it after 10.6.1 or 10.6.2, don't want to try and get headaches because things doesn't work.

BTW, is it recommended to install 10.6 to its own partition/HD or installing it to Leopards partition and overdriving Leopard?
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It'll be less buggy if you do a clean installation ie. overwriting leopard or a new partition.
 
MacAndy74 said:
Hmm. Just checked the Apple.au educational store and OS X retails for A$ 145.00. That price seems to be the same as non-educational pricing.
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UK Store: £83.00 (~$137)
UK Education Store: £72.45 (~$119)
UK Higher Education Store: £57.50 (~$95)

Obviously the Higher Education Store has a larger discount..
 
Kilamite said:
UK Store: £83.00 (~$137)
UK Education Store: £72.45 (~$119)
UK Higher Education Store: £57.50 (~$95)

Obviously the Higher Education Store has a larger discount..
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Finland Store: 129€ (~$183)
Finland Education Store: 114€ (~$163)

Finland is expensive...
 
appleguy123 said:
you even knows if there will be a 10.7? Dosn't it seem logical to tie up loose ends in OSX and then move to Os11?
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Jobs said, "OS X sets us up for the next twenty years."

That means we won't see OS XI until 2020 or 2019.

Which is FINE... because for a completely multitouch, mouseless, physical space-based OS, I want them to take as much time as they need.
 
oh my. u hear a lot of the time, "should i wait util 10.6?" haha. it got me bu surprise when u wrote 10.7.
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Wait and see what 10.6 has to offer. It is going to have features your macbook wont be able to utilize, much less 10.7. also, is there even going to be a 10.7? who knows. SL may be to just to provide the basis for the future multitouch, whatever. so im guessing 10.7 is going to be the start of a new era, more revolutionary then evolutionary.
 
Why even worry about getting Snow Leopard? Do you have to get every OS upgrade?

I held off getting OSX until 10.2, then got 10.3 which was a big improvement, skipped 10.4, got 10.5 late in the game. I do not plan to get 10.6.
 
thanks for the quick replies. i definitely can get enough money for snow leopard, as I'll be working for the summer. I'm just wondering if the upgrade is worth it for me. I write essays for school, do some photoshop work, indesign for yearbook, and handbrake for movie ripping. As far as games, I play GTA and COD4. Will snow leopard give me significant performance upgrade.
 
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