[xbook]

Originally Posted by .:bHd:.

fuck this is the gayest thing ever it made little snitch crash and half my shit doesnt work anymore! biggest mistake ever should have never upgraded

Are you using 10.6 with legit software? Little snitch isn't needed for most legitimate software that one purchases. If on the other hand you are using pirated software, then you take your risks being one of the first to upgrade to a new OS.

[.:bHd:.]

Originally Posted by xbook

Are you using 10.6 with legit software? Little snitch isn't needed for most legitimate software that one purchases. If on the other hand you are using pirated software, then you take your risks being one of the first to upgrade to a new OS.

most of my stuff is legit.. including little snitch.

[Sara]

Im debating whether to purchase this or not..Easy to install?

[lve2xlr8]

Originally Posted by Sara504

Im debating whether to purchase this or not..Easy to install?

Couldn't be easier... It's amaaaaazing how much faster certain things are, and it's rad that I gained 12gb of space!

[Sara]

I'll swing by the apple store once I get back to Utah.

[radix]

Originally Posted by lve2xlr8

Couldn't be easier... It's amaaaaazing how much faster certain things are, and it's rad that I gained 12gb of space!

You didn't really gain any space. They just converted from radix-2 to radix-10, or from GiB to GB, however you want to look at it. So let's say that you have a 250GiB HD to start with in Leopard, converting to radix-10 (GB):

macosx ~ % ruby -e 'puts (((1024**3 * 250) - (1000**3 * 250)) / 1000**3)'
18

It would appear as though you've gained ~18GB. Based on your numbers, I'm guessing your hard drive is the 150GiB model:

macosx ~ % ruby -e 'puts (((1024**3 * 150) - (1000**3 * 150)) / 1000**3)'
11

put another way:

macosx ~ % ruby -e 'puts ((1024**3 * 150) / 1000**3)'
161
macosx ~ % ruby -e 'puts ((1024**3 * 150) / 1024**3)'
150

The ability to run 64-bit applications is a welcome addition no doubt.

[xbook]

Originally Posted by Sara504

Im debating whether to purchase this or not..Easy to install?

I took the opportunity to erase my hard drive and start fresh, when I installed 10.6. It is easier to just pop the disk in and hit upgrade, but a couple of my buddies did that and they are experiencing little issues here and there now. My recommendation is to do a time machine backup, then erase your HD, then install 10.6. You will have to reinstall your apps though too, which is a bit of a bummer. The result is worth it though.

[Sara]

Will I lose everything that I have if I install this snow leopard? I have hundreds of pictures in iPhoto I'd rather not lose.

[fizzle]

Originally Posted by Sara504

Will I lose everything that I have if I install this snow leopard? I have hundreds of pictures in iPhoto I'd rather not lose.

you can either upgrade or do a fresh install, im debating on which one to do myself. i will do a backup first and probably start fresh even though the system is less than 2 months old.

[fizzle]

http://gizmodo.com/5349881/15-snow-l...o-try/gallery/

[Weaselboy]

Originally Posted by radix

LOL... that looks fine on my monitor.

Yo dawg.

[solefald]

works fine for me, but i did clean install. i would never do in-place OS upgrades.

the only problems i have notices so far, is iTunes falling on its face, every time you do something that involves folders. Adding a folder to the library, changing iTunes library location folder.....


LittleSnitch and bunch of other apps MUST be upgraded to work with SL. You can't just upgrade the OS and hope that everything will work

Go here, before upgrading
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/start




New gamma... I kinda like it.


Oh, and i can't use 64-bit kernel because my E-MU 0404 kernel extension is only available in 32-bit.


But i'm pretty surprised by Apple's decision to re-invent the wheel, concerning the disk space/ file size math. That shit is fucking retarded

[BMW_TT]

I just ordered it off Bestbuy's website. $5 off and free shipping.

I might hold off on the update.

[.:bHd:.]

Lol mine was $50 for the family pack.. It shut downs so much faster now. My colors are still fucked up though.. The dock is fine now but the icons in finder are faded. I can't do a clean install it'll take me days installing all these programs.

[solefald]

now, only if someone figured out a way to make Mail/iCal/AddressBook work with Exchange 2003, that would be awesome!

its looking for /EWS/Exchange.amsx file... so something like a local proxy should be able to do the job...

[vgame64]

Perhaps I didn't drink enough of the Apple Kool-Aid, but I was unimpressed/left indifferent. My 13" uMBP has the same overall feel after completing an upgrade install from Leopard to Snow Leopard (It was fast before and it it is fast now). I regained a small amount of space which was nice, but less impressive after realizing Apple changed from base 2 to base 10 in calculating disk space. (Still, not complaining) Unfortunately, multitouch 3 finger back/forward no longer functions in Safari. (The option is enabled in System Preferences -> Trackpad)

I understand that the majority of the work on this release was on the back-end (OpenCL, Grand Central Dispatch, 64 bit Kernel, etc) and that Apple's focus was on efficiency and removing bugs...but I would have rather had a release with the existing upgrades along with new features for $129 (I am sure I am the vocal minority here). To offset my disappointment, I have to remind myself that Leopard itself already was a great OS (unlike the initial Vista experience) and Snow Leopard is only $29 (should be free; it IS a service pack...albeit a robust one).

Anyways, it looks to me as the OS X developers were probably more busy with the iPhone branch this time around and at the end of the day (not a fan-boy) I find Windows 7 fulfills my need for the "new factor" better. Whether that is because of the user experience tweaks, new UI, or speedier interface compared to Vista I don't know, but booting into a new UI after installing a new OS has a great psychological effect on me.

Verdict: Buy it because it is $10 (up-to-date)/$29 (upgrade)/$49 (family pack)/$169 (Tiger box set upgrade), just don't expect anything too different.

Here is a great read for the more technically inclined (not for those that threw their credit cards to Cupertino because they are in Jobs' or Serlat's RDF):
http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews...-os-x-10-6.ars

[bsamoul]

i'm loving it

[.:bHd:.]

Regretting this update every day.. Why did they take out the export feature from Quicktime?!?!

[xbook]

Originally Posted by .:bHd:.

Regretting this update every day.. Why did they take out the export feature from Quicktime?!?!

Go into Utilities and open the Quicktime 7 Player. That still has the export option.

[.:bHd:.]

Originally Posted by xbook

Go into Utilities and open the Quicktime 7 Player. That still has the export option.

Ya i know I figured that but why would you need to revert back to an older version of a software for missing features? Dumb decision by apple IMO

[ad78]

very good but im having real problems on my wireless printer!!!

[BMW_TT]

I'm scared to make the update. I have the CD laying on my desk.