Apple to release Mac OS X Snow Leopard on August 28

[onthebottom]

The first of the OS upgrades is out the door on Friday!

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Apple to release Mac OS X Snow Leopard on August 28

By AppleInsider Staff
Published: 08:00 AM EST

Apple announced Monday that Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard will go on sale Friday, August 28 at Apple's retail stores and Apple authorized resellers, and that Apple's online store is now accepting pre-orders.

Snow Leopard builds on a decade of OS X innovation and success with hundreds of refinements, new core technologies and out of the box support for Microsoft Exchange. Snow Leopard will be available as an upgrade for Mac OS X Leopard users for $29.

 

[Radio_Shack]

I guess you finally get some pussy from Apple (aka Leopard)

 

[djk]

Apple was originally aiming for September. It's nice to see a OS shipping ahead of schedule.

Can't wait for Friday!

 

[onthebottom]

Apple was originally aiming for September. It's nice to see a OS shipping ahead of schedule.

Can't wait for Friday!

I may not be an early adopter on this, I may wait a few weeks and see how the support boards treat it before I jump in....

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[wantoplay]

So when will the new Macs be leaving the factory with it??

 

[djk]

I may not be an early adopter on this, I may wait a few weeks and see how the support boards treat it before I jump in....

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That's such a Windows user mentality, OTB.

 

[djk]

So when will the new Mace be leaving the factory with it??

This may help clarify.

http://www.apple.com/ca/macosx/uptodate/

 

[canucklehead]

Installation is smooth and upgrade is flawless ...

 

[WoodPeckr]

That's such a Windows user mentality, OTB.

LOL!
Agreed!
Just go ahead and upgrade.
Installation should be smooth and upgrade should be flawless....just like Linux...

 

[onthebottom]

That's such a Windows user mentality, OTB.

LOL

Very true.

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[djk]

Apple details Snow Leopard enhancements and refinements -

http://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/enhancements-refinements.html

 

[onthebottom]

Who is the first to install?

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[cancowboy2001]

Apple lists software known to be janky with Snow Leopard

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2...tware-known-to-be-janky-with-snow-leopard.ars

"Forget Adobe CS3. There's a whole swath of software applications that won't work well (or at all) with Snow Leopard, and Apple has listed out a handful of them for your convenience. Some will be prevented from loading, so check out the list before you install."

The Apple list
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3258

Snow Leopard Compatibility List Wiki
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/

 

[WoodPeckr]

Apple & M$

WTF!!!

Is Apple following in M$ footsteps???....

Give Linux a try people.......Linux is FREE....

 

[Goomer]

Where do you see that CS3 won't work? The wikidot site shows it as working, except for minor bugs. The reality is that this is a completely rewritten OS, removing old legacy code. For them to be releasing it ahead of time is amazing, and the reality is that all of the major pro apps will have updates available for everyone within a short time window. I'm sure there will be some apps that won't work, especially freebie software that is not receiving regular updates.

I really don't see the comparison to M$ here, especially since they are launching ahead of time, and one thing for sure, you're not going to have to wait until SP1 comes out! You'll be able to use it today without serious worry about major glitches appearing on you! lol

 

[WoodPeckr]

Snow Leopard makes a Vista style debut....

I really don't see the comparison to M$ here, especially since they are launching ahead of time, and one thing for sure, you're not going to have to wait until SP1 comes out! You'll be able to use it today without serious worry about major glitches appearing on you! lol

YEPPER!

Just like Vista, when Vista first came out!....

Sorry, couldn't resist....

 

[Goomer]

Sorry, but Vista was released without many peripherals having drivers released for it (ie. Epson has already notified me that drivers are available for SL), and many people had hardware compatibility issues with it as well. The only hardware compatibility with Macs are old pre-Intel machines won't install SL. This is something that everyone in the Mac community is aware of, so no surprises there.

Nice try, but not even a close comparison! lol

 

[canucklehead]

Ummm i have been on it for 2 monthes CS3 works and pretty much anything i use works... but all my software is recent with in the last two and half years .... yep anything that relies on the Carbon and PPC frameworks ... which apple stopped supporting 2 years ago but maintained in their OS releases will not work as anything relating to PPC or Carbon apps has been removed.
Yes switching of architecture would have done the same thing on any platform.... find me an OS with one install disc for 2 architectures .... and please do not try AMD vs Intel i am talking RISC vs CISC ..... any nay sayers have anything to say from personal experience with the OS please speak up .... but otherwise keep the rhetoric to yourself.
I am punchy today...

 

[Goomer]

Reviews for SL are coming in fast and furious, and all of them glowing from what I've seen. Here is an example:

http://blog.internetnews.com/csaunders/2009/08/apples-snow-leopard-puts-the-i.html

 

[WoodPeckr]

Well M$ went through some rough 'patches' on the move to 64 bit architecture. So it's only natural to expect Apple to have issues here also.