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When should I install Snow Leopard?

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matt07lx

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I bought a copy of SL a couple of weeks ago to update my early 2008 MBP, 4 GB memory. But after reading lots of complaints I decided to hold off until some bug fixes come out.

Well....how long should I wait? How many of you are happy that you upgraded? Leopard works just fine for me, so I don't want to mess that up for no real reason...

Opinions?
 
If you have a spare drive to clone your current leopard disk then do it now.

If you don't... you have no business even considering it. This applies to any upgrade.
 
RIGHT NOW!!!

Seriously, don't wait another minute. Grab a tasty beverage from the fridge and in no time at all you too will be enjoying Snow Leopard Goodness.

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO it!
 
How about this Saturday at about 3pm?

Seriously, Snow Leopard works fine. Chances are you won't have a problem. If you want it, install it!

Partition your drive and install it on the new partition if you're that worried!
 
It's OK!

It's currently working smoothly and great on my imac no crashes and seems to be running more smoother than leopard.
 
Works flawlessly on both my macs (see sig.) so i would recommend doing it asap. I did a clean install on both of mine.
 
Hollerz beat me to it, dang.

But, I'd go ahead and update to 10.6.1. It really is great having some of the little changes.
 
Ok I'm gonna go for it - as soon as I get my new Lacie rugged drive to make a hard drive clone first....
 
matt07lx said:
Ok I'm gonna go for it - as soon as I get my new Lacie rugged drive to make a hard drive clone first....
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what is the best app to clone the drive ? and are they REAL complete clones that can be popped in and used as if it were the original disk drive?

thanks

(i need to update as well, but want to install it on a clean drive, or copy mine!)

thnks
 
I'm happy with SL, I had a small issue during the install but overall it was a smooth transition.

Do a search here because you're not the first person to ask this and you'll see the clear majority of people are very happy with SL
 
j2048b said:
what is the best app to clone the drive ? and are they REAL complete clones that can be popped in and used as if it were the original disk drive?

thanks

(i need to update as well, but want to install it on a clean drive, or copy mine!)

thnks
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I use SuperDuper. Carbon Copy Clone is another good one. A clone is a complete, bootable copy of your primary drive. I personally clone to an external drive that is connected to my FW800 port...
 
I upgraded to snow leopard with out any problems. It worked perfectly in fact. Several months later, I decided to do a clean install, just to see if there was a difference ( I've read so much about clean installs here don't you know ;) ). Honestly, I can not tell any difference between the upgrade and a clean install. They both work very well, just like any good unix based OS should. I see no reason for you to wait, other than following through with your plan to back up your data.
 
Install it. Snow Leopard works fine and is faster than Leopard. I was also thinking of waiting until 10.6.2 came out; now I'm kicking myself for waiting so long (I installed it 2 weeks ago). I've noticed 2 minor bugs but they barely affect me at all--- SL also fixed some bugs that I used to have in Leopard.
 
If you waited more than 30 days after you bought it, the install disk is no longer good. Take it to the closest Apple store for a new disk and install it right away.
 
even leopard had bugs, everything does. Just install and enjoy the new features
 
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