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Will you be buying and installing Leopard on release?

Will you be buying and installing Leopard on release?

  • Yes, I will buy and install on the release date.

    Votes: 105 80.2%

  • No, I will wait for a couple of point releases before taking the plunge.

    Votes: 26 19.8%
  • Total voters
    131
My current plan is to order a brand new MBP on the day Leopard becomes available (hopefully the 26th). Does that mean it will come shipped with Leopard, or will they drop in a disc that I'll have to upgrade with?
 
Nope, I'll be waiting till Christmas to buy and install it. A couple reasons:
1. I don't have any money at the moment.
2. I usually like to wait on new releases to make sure they aren't funky and such.
 
I Love Taking The Plunge On Day One

I Took The Plunge with every previous release on day one and it was never a catastrophic problem doing so.

BTW Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize today for his work on the Apple board of directors. :)
 
I've been umming and ahing over it but I think I'll get it asap. I've bought a new HD for it to go on so I'll always have Tiger on the old HD until I'm satisfied Leopard is all good.
 
twoodcc said:
yeah i'll just clone Tiger to an external HD, just in case
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ditto that ;)

When I upgraded to Tiger I selected "upgrade" rather than "archieve and install" by mistake and all was fine. As my install of Tiger is not that old and and therefore little detritus on the machine I will probably go down that route again but with a cloned drive ready to go if all goes horribly wrong. ;)
 
DerChef said:
ditto that ;)

When I upgraded to Tiger I selected "upgrade" rather than "archieve and install" by mistake and all was fine. As my install of Tiger is not that old and and therefore little detritus on the machine I will probably go down that route again but with a cloned drive ready to go if all goes horribly wrong. ;)
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yeah i don't think "upgrade" is that bad. as long as you have a backup, you can always do a clean install later if necessary
 
I intend to buy it soon after release date if not on that date. I will run it first on my MacBook to see how well it works. A week or two later, I will install it on my iMac 20" Intel. I am looking forward to this little adventure!:D
 
Gaelic1 said:
I intend to buy it soon after release date if not on that date. I will run it first on my MacBook to see how well it works. A week or two later, I will install it on my iMac 20" Intel. I am looking forward to this little adventure!:D
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i'm looking forward to it as well. i wonder if my local apple store will be open at midnight of release day?
 
iPhone $100 rebate

I thought that's what everyone was using their iPhone $100 rebate for. I know I will. :confused:
 
I've always been an early adopter with Mac OS X releases. I'm not going to change that for Leopard - did it with Panther and Tiger.
 
I will probably get it on day one. I am pretty excited about the release, but I could last a few days without it, so if something better comes up to do on release day I will push it to the next.

There isnt anything in leapord I really want right away. I just like installing new stuff. Its fun. :) All kinds of new features to explore.
 
I will buy it and install it the night it comes out. OS X is buggy at all times, so it makes no difference.
 
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