Will you upgrade to SnowLeopard ?

[andiwm2003]

for $49? of course. i don't think apple will put too much effort in leopard after snow leo is out. and it's only a matter of time till software reqires snow leo.

i will however wait for two to three month before i upgrade. last time i bought leopard on release day and too the free t-shirt but waited a couple of month till i installed it. i'll do the same this time.

 

[sunfast]

Definitely at that price. Though I'll give it a couple of days until the guinea pigs have had a go

 

[Truffy]

Yes, I'll upgrade, but I'll also have to upgrade from my PowerMac G5, which makes the total upgrade cost a shade more than $25!

Actually, I may well wait until the next revision of the MacPro, which should be around the end of this year, beginning of 2010. By then the initial hoopla will have died down and any gotchas will have become apparent and, hopefully, quashed.

 

[AlexH]

I definitely plan on upgrading to Snow Leopard. I always wait until the 10.x.1 update is released to upgrade though, it cuts down on any unforeseen bugs.

 

[statik13]

I wonder how the family pack licensing will work if you have two machines, one on leopard and one on tiger? Will it still be legit to apply the license against both machines or would I have to upgrade the tiger one first.

 

[zw-gator]

It's a $10 upgrade for me (buying a new MBP in a few days)

I can't see why you wouldn't unless you own a PPC

 

[thecheda]

Great Deal

For $29, that is a solid deal!

 

[840quadra]

Abso-freaking-lutely.

Just hope developers jump on the GCL bandwagon.

Agreed.

Having an OpenCL compatible system, I am too hoping for that. I can see / feel the benefits in H.264 videos in Quick Time already. I can't wait until other software applications can utilize that.

Reminds me of the days of when Quartz and Core Image were new, and all of us scrambled to get compatible vid cards for our G4 and G5 systems .

 

[jmann]

I am going to get it Day 1. I am very excited for this upgrade. Apple is very smart pricing the upgrade so cheaply.

 

[840quadra]

I am going to get it Day 1. I am very excited for this upgrade. Apple is very smart pricing the upgrade so cheaply.

I am curious if they will have a release event for it, like the past OS debuts. I had an awesome time at the Tiger release, and got two free T-Shirts at the Leopard release party .

 

[nuckinfutz]

Yeah, seems like a good deal to me too...

Just read several comments on TUAW that its not worth.....

LOL that's because TUAW is crawling with blithering idiots. I like the bloggers there but there the comments section is sure to decrease your IQ trying to understand the logic of some of the mental midgets.

If you have Tiger on Intel then Snow Leopard ain't so cheap but then again you can get the latest iLife and iWork as well and save a ********.

If you have Intel and Leopard already and you don't want Snow Leopard for thirty bucks then head straigh to the TUAW comments section because you sir/madame are an idiot.

 

[Bye Bye Baby]

No Brainer

Definitely going to get.

Can't come fast enough for me.

I hope no delays

 

[elppa]

You bet. I haven't been this excited about an OS upgrade in a long time.

Although Snow Leopard is not being build as a feature release the UI enhancements (particularly Dock + Exposé) mean more to me than those in Leopard (Transparent Menu Bars and 3D Dock...):

• Exposé windows line up in rows, not random shapes and sizes
  (making it much easier pick out items)
• Exposé integration into the Dock
  (including drag and drop)
• Exposé Window Names are displayed underneath all Windows
  (v. useful for text documents which look similar)
• You can zoom in on Exposé Windows and see them full size
  (without necessarily picking that window)
• Best: Minimised windows show up in Exposé
  (I have been there, searching for the Window, only to find its been hiding minimised in the Dock)

I don't use stacks, but with proper navigation and scrolling they may start being useful.

Services are great, but in Snow Leopard the Services Menu is contextual and you can make your own with Automator.

Apparently Quick Look is in Open/Save dialogs, which is another great feature. Not sure if this is in the latest builds as there is no mention on Apple.com and I don't have the latest betas.

Although there are “no new features”, we also get new versions of:

• Finder (icon previews, live resizing)
• Safari (crash resistance)
• Mail
• iCal
• iChat
• Address Book
• Terminal
• Automator
• TextEdit (Data Detectors, Substitutions, Auto correct)
• Preview (Annotations, contact sheets)
• System Preferences
• Quicktime (Screen recording, editing, sharing)

The accessibility features will be benefit to many as well and developers get updates and enhancements to the developer tools.

For a release with “no new features”, we seem to getting lots of new features. Anyone who can remember back to 10.2, 10.3 will tell your there is far more in Snow Leopard. Those releases cost $129 each.

Notice no where above have I mentioned OpenCL, Grand Central, Exchange or performance improvements. No wonder 95% definite, this is the Mac steal of the decade. Apple today charge $29 for Quicktime Pro.

I felt a bit sorry Betrand got such a short time on stage at WWDC to tell us about the amazing work of the OS X team.

 

[MaskingTape]

Of course I will. QTX, the new Expose, better stacks (yes I use stacks), the speed ups - those alone are worth the 30 bucks.

 

[futureswitcher]

I'll be buying the family pack for $49 it as soon as it's available for pre order. I will be installing it the day I receive it. I'm not scared, I have balls!

...and time machine.


I'll have to wait until my university gets it in so I can get my free copy.
might be a few months! I think it might be worth the $29 for instant gratification

EDIT:

Minimised windows show up in Exposé

SERIOUSLY?!! that's freakin' awesome!

 

[MaskingTape]

Of course I will. QTX, the new Expose, better stacks (yes I use stacks), the speed ups - those alone are worth the 30 bucks.

 

[fireshot91]

I would've if I had something newer than a G5

 

[elppa]

...and time machine.


I'll have to wait until my university gets it in so I can get my free copy.
might be a few months! I think it might be worth the $29 for instant gratification

EDIT:



SERIOUSLY?!! that's freakin' awesome!

It's on Apple.com:

Minimised windows appear as smaller icons below the other windows.

That doesn't spell out exactly how this will be implemented though.

 

[MacAndy74]

It's a $10 upgrade for me (buying a new MBP in a few days)

I can't see why you wouldn't unless you own a PPC

true. I just realized this myself too - since I'm buying an iMac in 20 days myself, I'll get SL for about $10 - or whatever it is with the aussie dollar exchange rate.

 

[hndn]

Is early 2009 white MB upgradable to SL?

 

[flopticalcube]

Is early 2009 white MB upgradable to SL?

Of course. All Macs introduced since 2006 are upgradeable.

 

[MacDawg]

Yep... I will upgrade as soon as it hits the street

Woof, Woof - Dawg

 

[terriblyjordan]

Can't wait to get it!

 

[yoyomaster]

Of course I will buy it for $29

 

[JML42691]

For me most certainly, for $29 it is a no-brainer, and if I end up purchasing a new computer before the release (which is highly likely) then it'll only be $9. And all the upgrades in performance and the couple of new features make it a great update in my mind, almost like a MEGA bug patch for Leopard.