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Snow Leopard Pictures and Review

taylorwilsdon

taylorwilsdon

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A clean installation took about 13 minutes from start to finish, which is a world of difference from the hour or so that a clean 10.5 Leopard install takes. Other then the time involved, there are very few differences between the 10.5 and 10.6 installation processes at this time.

Once you're up and running, it feels very similar to Leopard. I don't know how much this will change through Snow Leopard's development, but don't expect a terribly different interface. The subtle changes to the current Aqua definitely look good though.

The biggest changes are under the hood. Snow Leopard is fast. Very fast. Like, surprisingly fast. From boot times to general application usage, Snow Leopard was noticeably quicker then Leopard when using the same system. Apple and 3rd party applications alike, they all launched faster and performed smoother. I'm sure this can be attributed to the new 64-bit architecture, but its amazing how much of a difference it really is.

Now on to the software changes. Right off the bat, there were new (unreleased) versions of many of Apple's "staple" softwares. Quicktime, Bootcamp, Mail, even the Address Book have seen updates. Address Book's most notable feature is the Exchange Server integration so happily boasted by Apple at WWDC.
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Don't want to hotlink all the images so click the about this mac to go to the rest.
 
Interesting. If it's really that fast, I might just install it on an external and have a go myself.

article said:
Software Update

I love the new software update. They took everything I hated about the in your face, pop up right off the starting block Leopard Software Update and made it into a cleaner, friendlier interface. Bravo!
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Does this mean we also get software updates via the beta, instead of having to make completely new installations each time a release is released? If so, I'm very close to trying this out.
 
Interesting. The 'About QuickTime' screenshot shows an expiration date of March 11, 2009. The day before is a Tuesday. :rolleyes:

But seriously, could we be seeing a March 10th release date?
 
ChexBoss32890 said:
Interesting. The 'About QuickTime' screenshot shows an expiration date of March 11, 2009. The day before is a Tuesday. :rolleyes:

But seriously, could we be seeing a March 10th release date?
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From what I've heard, that is correct.

heatmiser said:
Interesting. If it's really that fast, I might just install it on an external and have a go myself.

Does this mean we also get software updates via the beta, instead of having to make completely new installations each time a release is released? If so, I'm very close to trying this out.
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Yes, you get software updates through the regular dialog. As of now, the only thing available is a wifi update. And yes, its fast. And no, you shouldn't install it unless you were given a copy.
 
taylorwilsdon said:
A clean installation took about 13 minutes from start to finish, which is a world of difference from the hour or so that a clean 10.5 Leopard install takes. Other then the time involved, there are very few differences between the 10.5 and 10.6 installation processes at this time.
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It doesn't take me anywhere close to an hour to do a clean install of Leopard. 40 minutes tops, and that's installing everything on the disk.

I just wish they'd picked another name. I suggest Ocelot, Lion, or Cougar for 10.7.
 
G-Com said:
It doesn't take me anywhere close to an hour to do a clean install of Leopard. 40 minutes tops, and that's installing everything on the disk.
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I think some are forgetting that doing a clean install of Leopard on a new machine, usually also means that iLife gets installed as well, which is huge... :rolleyes:

G-Com said:
I just wish they'd picked another name. I suggest Ocelot, Lion, or Cougar for 10.7.
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This new OS is user-feature-wise very similar to Leopard, so giving it a "Leopard-esque" name is a good idea. It's more a Leopard done well, suitable only for x86, multi-core very much needed, good grfx wanted, and 64 bits is recommended.
 
G-Com said:
It doesn't take me anywhere close to an hour to do a clean install of Leopard. 40 minutes tops, and that's installing everything on the disk.
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That's funny. I didn't know that 40 minutes was less then 15...

In regards to a name, I disagree because its not aesthetically different enough and uninformed people would accuse them of re-branding Leopard and selling it again.
 
taylorwilsdon said:
Yes, you get software updates through the regular dialog. As of now, the only thing available is a wifi update. And yes, its fast. And no, you shouldn't install it unless you were given a copy.
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Thanks for the info. I'd have installed it already if not for a lack of space on my external. Will likely wait for a more stable release before making it my day-to-day OS. :D
 
tip said:
OP stated 13 min for Snow Leopard, 1 hour for Leopard.
G-Com stated 40 minutes for Leopard.
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Fine, but it seems like an odd complaint to make... OS installations take different times for different peoples. This comparison is valid for this specific machine, his comment makes no positive contribution to the thread.
 
Have you seen if iSCSI initiator is back in? It was dropped from the Leopard tree just before G.A. I believe it was in Disk Utility, under the File menu.

Thanks in advance...
 
bplein said:
Have you seen if iSCSI initiator is back in? It was dropped from the Leopard tree just before G.A. I believe it was in Disk Utility, under the File menu.

Thanks in advance...
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Hopefully this helps. Looks like the answer is no.

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taylorwilsdon said:
Fine, but it seems like an odd complaint to make... OS installations take different times for different peoples. This comparison is valid for this specific machine, his comment makes no positive contribution to the thread.
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More to the point, 13 minutes is astonishingly fast -- even imaging a pre-configured copy of the OS onto a drive takes nearly that long... and that's surprising, given that on the surface they state the install process looks similar to the one for Leopard.
 
mkrishnan said:
More to the point, 13 minutes is astonishingly fast -- even imaging a pre-configured copy of the OS onto a drive takes nearly that long... and that's surprising, given that on the surface they state the install process looks similar to the one for Leopard.
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For the skeptical or the curious;
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Any distortion or weirdness is a result of the little point and shoot used.
 
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