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What do you think about Snow Leopard??

saadat

saadat

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Nov 30, 2008
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Hello Friends
I wish to ask you all about Snow Leopard... Do you like it or not... point out ur likes and dislikes...
So far i've had a bad experience with it coz since i installed snow leopard, i cant use it for more than 3 hours continuously...it abruptly shutdown by itself... the same problem is with my cousin too...let me knw if someone else had this problem..

regards
 
Rubbish - no speed increase and loads of application and system crashes.

I've just downgraded back to Leopard and am happy once again.
 
I like it. I installed it on a very new (had it for about 3 weeks before upgrade) MPB 3.2ghz. I noticed considerable speed increases in startup and shutdown times, launching of programs and overall efficiency. Have definitely encountered a few issues with programs but I was diligent about reporting bugs and companies have been quick to issue updates. I have recommended it to classmates and family. For just $29, it's a noticeable speed improvement though apart from updates to stacks (which I never found useable until SL) not very feature rich.
 
Have you even glanced remotely round the forums? You'll see your question has been asked ALOT!

Yours is nothing special, nor is it specific. Thread lock please!
 
It's great for me. I don't like the toning down of Aqua, although that's been very apparent since 10.5.2.
The only problem I have is that I now have a selection of PowerPC Macs which have been rendered 'useless' and unsupported by Apple. That's not cool.
But whatever, like I always say: Apple is a progressive company.
 
I did a fresh install and I like it. It made my computer faster. My apps load faster too. I run it in 64bit kernel. My dad said something that I agree with though.

He said. Leopard will do fine for PPC users. Since snow leopard only works in intel macs (Mactel =D) the only reason PPC users should move away from Leopard and buy a Mactel is in 2010 (probably 2011) when 10.7.0 is made. Because by then PPC Macs will be 5 or 6 years old which would probably mean the PPC users would buy a new Mac anyway. And I do agree. Our schools that have G3 and G4 Macs (some G5s) still run Tiger and Leopard. One has 10.3 but its a old G3 powermac. So yes I do agree with what my dad said. PPC macs are still kind not really that old. another 2 years would be a better upgrade and by then 10.7 will probably be out.
 
i simply don't care for it. i'm not ecstatic about it, but i haven't experienced that many technical difficulties.
 
I love Snow Leopard, I upgraded after 6 months of using Leopard on my Mac Pro, it's going great.

I intend to do a clean install when my SSD gets here :)
 
Does anyone of you have problems of ur macbook shutting down abruptly?? this thing is eating my head and i'm thinking of downgrading to leopard..
 
Positive:

+ Overall snappiness
+ iChat, Quicktime X, Stacks, Expose...

Negative:

- No adblocker for 64-bit Safari
- Some crashes

It was worth the 29€, and I've only has couple of crashes and those were with Safari or FireFox. I did clean install and I'm running 32-bit kernel
 
Im happy with it, installed it about a month ago, and it was flawless until this past weekend when it gives me the beachball for about 15-20 seconds, about 3-4 times a day, nothing that terrible, but after 9 years of osx, apple should not have issues like this slipping in their "most advanced os, finely tuned"
 
Good upgrade for the price - Mac faster esp. Safari. Also like the smoother Stacks and Expose features....
 
I've used tiger and leopard. Neither was this bad at the beginning. I have faced problems pertaining to networks and unusual ram and cpu consumptions. It really made me uncomfortable for three months since I bought my new pro. I hope it stabilizes with time.
 
Stacks updates are very useful, Expose and Stacks animations could be smoother though. Don't like Dock Expose much, never liked actions that require holding a button down.

Other than that I haven't really noticed any real differences. Finder still sucks, window management is still a bit crappy, Dock is pretty much the same.

No showstopper problems here.
 
I did an upgrade install.... can this be the cause of problem?? earlier when i had leopard i used to keep my macbook switched on for 15 days... but snow leopard doesnt allow me to have it on for more than 4 hours??? can anybody please help me??
 
I couldn't use it. I wasn't able to browse the internet.

I reinstalled Leopard and the internet was fine...I'm so disappointed.
 
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