Well it does depend on the price. I'm not entirely sure that Apple will charge the full price for this upgrade, since there's little the end-user see from it.
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Well it does depend on the price. I'm not entirely sure that Apple will charge the full price for this upgrade, since there's little the end-user see from it.
Yeap I realise that now, I feel suitably embarrassed. On the plus side I have learnt something new today.
Love the new Quicktime Player look, as well as the sharing features (I was hoping to see FaceBook sharing as well, maybe only after you enable it in preferences or in a later update?). The other stuff isn't quite as big to me, though the Dock shortcuts for assigning spaces is nice.
WOW, a Microsoft shill?
Seriously, astroturfing is getting old. Of course substitutions have been available, iWork got in in '08 I think, and Office: Mac has had it pretty much since the beginning of OS X. It's just not been systemwide. It's like saying "OS X didn't have spell check before now? Microsoft has had it for over ten years!" It's an inane comment, because tons of applications on OS X had spell check, but until Leopard it wasn't system-wide (actually, before that, in Tiger, I think).
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WOW, a Microsoft shill?
Seriously, astroturfing is getting old. Of course substitutions have been available, iWork got in in '08 I think, and Office: Mac has had it pretty much since the beginning of OS X. It's just not been systemwide. It's like saying "OS X didn't have spell check before now? Microsoft has had it for over ten years!" It's an inane comment, because tons of applications on OS X had spell check, but until Leopard it wasn't system-wide (actually, before that, in Tiger, I think).
jW
I hope Apple redo the spotlight interface entirely. It was fantastic in Tiger, and although this change is good, it doesn't restore spotlight to the 10.4 level of usefulness.
This is another one of my big gripes.
Spotlight requires much more work than it did in Tiger.
I have a little question that has just crossed my mind...
What will QuickTime X look like on windows?
At the minute QuickTime looks and works the same (Apart from the menubar being within the app on windows).
Will QuickTime X:Windows look like the mac version with the pop up title bar?
Will it retain a Windows-like look like the new Safari 4 BETA?
I think it may be hard to do both the pop-up title-bar and Windows look without it being buggy as Windows has window borders all the way around a window... Hmmm....
Any thoughts?
What will QuickTime X look like on windows?
At the minute QuickTime looks and works the same (Apart from the menubar being within the app on windows).
Will QuickTime X:Windows look like the mac version with the pop up title bar?
Will it retain a Windows-like look like the new Safari 4 BETA?
I think it may be hard to do both the pop-up title-bar and Windows look without it being buggy as Windows has window borders all the way around a window... Hmmm....
Any thoughts?
It is about damn time they added the ability to drill/scroll down in Stacks. The way it works now pretty much defeats the purpose of it if you have more elements than it can display and have to open Finder anyway.
Yes, I do that sometimes too.
I think it is interesting that the yellow trim grabbers are EXACTLY the same as the UI found in iPhone OS 3.0.
The new QuickTime X UI is pretty slick but it doesn't really match anything else. I am hoping that is because Apple has yet to tweak the overall UI with the new Marble interface and that all will match better after that!
I am excited for Snow Leopard!
I was going to say the same thing. This is one of the only downsides for me in Leopard compared to Tiger.
Sometimes I find it frustrating to find anything with Spotlight in Finder, because all I see is endless amount of Safari's browsing history items and the files I am looking for are hiding somewhere among them. (In Tiger Spotlight used those handy categories to display search results)
i'll probably buy it when it's out. i'm still on 10.4, and i think alot of apps will stop supporting 10.4 after 10.6 is out. i can say the same thing will happen for those that skipped 10.5.
I guess they will charge close to usual price. But I am not convinced from perspective of end user to buy it because there are just few noticeable changes. But if that OS will be so much better in terms of stability and security than 10.5 then yea, I will go for it.
Yes I will upgrade. I might wait a few weeks.
And of course Apple will charge full price! They are making sure there are enough marketable additions to be able to convince the general public to upgrade trust me! Just the fact that it can potentially double the speed of your computer or certain apps with a software upgrade is worth it and pretty easily understood by the average user.
I suspect a good deal of the WWDC keynote will be taken up with SL, first to show the Mac some love after last year when it was all iPhone, and because the only way to sell 'speed' is through a demonstration. Statistics on paper just doesn't cut it.
I haven't upgraded to iLife '09 yet, hoping that there will be a bundle deal with Snow Leopard once it releases. If there's no bundle, I'll most likely pass unless feedback from early adopters is positive.
The biggest changes to OS X are always in the APIs. Leopard's APIs are light years ahead of Tiger's and I'm sure Snow Leopard's will be miles ahead of Leopard's.
So even if there are no visible changes to the OS, there will be visible changes to the applications you use (providing they support the new features of course). So it is worth updating for that reason alone.
Also, if you are on Tiger I would advise upgrading to at least Leopard because a lot of developers will withdraw Tiger support when SL comes out - I know I will.
So even if there are no visible changes to the OS, there will be visible changes to the applications you use (providing they support the new features of course). So it is worth updating for that reason alone.
Also, if you are on Tiger I would advise upgrading to at least Leopard because a lot of developers will withdraw Tiger support when SL comes out - I know I will.
Upgrade. I want the GPU acceleration, making everzthing much faster without the need for new hardware. Apple makes incredibly good software for low prices, so it's a no brainer imho.
Believe me: We ain't seen nothing yet.
Not focusing on new features? My foot.
want to sell their new OS and without some major new features they aren't going to.
The new snappyness many of you seem to be hoping for isn't going to materialize until all the apps are updated to take advantage of the new APIs (and they're going to charge us, of course).
No, there will be "one more thing" or two or three.
Not focusing on new features? My foot.
want to sell their new OS and without some major new features they aren't going to.The new snappyness many of you seem to be hoping for isn't going to materialize until all the apps are updated to take advantage of the new APIs (and they're going to charge us, of course).
No, there will be "one more thing" or two or three.
Depends on how much it will cost and how much money I have. If it'll give my MacBook a performance boost, I'll most likely get it. I just like being up to date.
Unless they're planning a "Pro" version of QuickTime, this is a terrible step backwards. Nowhere in those dialogues was there any control over compression settings outside of general "desktop," "email," etc. destinations.
QuickTime is a professional tool, this is some kind of flashy trinket.
QuickTime is a professional tool, this is some kind of flashy trinket.