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Who will be updating to Snow Leopard? Why/why not?

Tallest Skil said:
By Core Duo I mean Core Duo. It came before Core 2 Duo.

2≠Duo.

Core Duos were 32-bit processors; Core 2 and the Nehalem line are 64-bit processors.
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Isn't the G5 a 64bit processor? why are we being excluded from the speed improvements and awesomeness!!!??
 
edgew8 said:
Isn't the G5 a 64bit processor? why are we being excluded from the speed improvements and awesomeness!!!??
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There's a lot of code in the OS and all the apps that are required for PowerPC. Removing that code and making the OS intel only provides for a smoother experience with a smaller, overall footprint.
 
If it was not for the main work being done at the system level I wouldn't have bothered. Having a pure 64-bit OS with all Legacy code gone is going to be the best OS X update since Apple introduced Core Audio.

Although I must note that "Snow Leopard" is a really lame name coming on the heals of "(non snow) Leopard".
 
core audio is awesome.

ill buy the bastard when its released. cant wait. if i cant max out CPU now how will i then?! :D
 
I also am looking forward to SL, one thing that's not really clear to me is...( I seriously know nothing about coding and os this so may come out really stupid, but my curiosity wins on this one so here we go) fromw hat i understand teh new os will also take advantage of the gpu, meaning some stuff that the cpu would normally do can also be done by the gpu? so it's close to having more cpu power? am I right? and if so.. will this be a whole os thing, any app can take advantage of this or only certain gpu heavy apps will be using this improvement?
 
Maybe, maybe not, i don't know yet...

I will check the reviews first and see if Snow Leopard is usefull to me. What i will benefit from it and stuff, i'm not taking the risk to upgrade a 100% working machine for gaining 1 sec to open iphoto ;)
 
I can't wait for SL. I work for a company where almost all employees use Macs, but we also use MS Exchange and Entourage kills my usual Mail.app-based workflow.
 
Can we wait for the final feature list to actually be revealed before asking this question?

It's pretty obvious there will be a few totally new elements in there, because they couldn't possibly convince people to buy if it was just a "maintenance" release.

Also, why post this in the MacBook forum when it really has nothing to do with a particular model of computer?
 
Tallest Skil said:
Steve said that Snow Leopard would be the first fully 64-bit OS.

The betas we've seen are available for all Intel computers, but have to run some apps in "32-bit mode".

So I'm just assuming that they'll drop Core Duo support along with PowerPC support so as to make the OS be truly 64-bit.
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I agree with this belief. This also plays on the idea that the name is similar - the OS's will be similar but Snow Leopard will be an under the hood improvement for those with 64 bit Mac's while those without can still run a very similar OS.
 
synth3tik said:
... Although I must note that "Snow Leopard" is a really lame name coming on the heals of "(non snow) Leopard".
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But that was entirely the point, to show the connection:rolleyes:

No really any flash new features; much of the same, just better/faster/smaller! I'm hoping that it'll come at a lower price for that reason.;)

(Yes, I'm getting it. Why not?! :eek:)
 
I probably won't. I plan on getting a new MacBook early next year so hopefully it will be included by then.
 
I'll update my MacBook because it's something new - give me something to do for a few hours.

Probably do a clean install too - made my iBook G4 so much faster when I put Leopard on it so I'm hoping it'll be the same on the MacBook.
 
I'm running a beta of 10.6 on my first generation CD 2.0 GHz MacBook. No real improvements have come up for me, but I don't know how old the beta is. Under system profiler it lists the system version as Mac OS X 10.6 (10A96). I did notice a smaller footprint for the OS, but that's about it. Most third party programs crash frequently, and some don't even install. I'm going to chalk that up to an old beta on the oldest MacBook.

I'm going to backup and do a clean install of Leopard to get some of my old programs back, and put the 10.6 upgrade money into a fund to buy a new aluminum MacBook when they do the next round of processor upgrades, or a MacBook Pro depending on how much I get saved.
 
I'll more than likely upgrade. With my old iBook I held off one upgrading to Tiger, and it ended up being a pain in the ass later on with the laptop being stuck at 10.3.9.

Plus, the Grandcentral feature sounds pretty slick!
 
Should be $99-129

I appreciate finer engineering in all things.

Whether that means a Ducati 996 - a Belgium Ale - a piece of software.
 
I will just so I can get rid of Entourage. The MACBU should be ashamed that after five years (eons in computer time) they still can't produce a decent Exchange client. Anything that keeps them from getting any more of my money is a good thing.
 
im going to wait till at least 10.6.2 before i upgrade

i remember when i upgraded right when leopard came out and how crappy it was
 
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