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Title: Snow Leopard is out today. Who installed that already?
Post by: ab on August 28, 2009, 12:40:27 PM
So who installed Snow Leopard on their mac yet?

I am waiting for my ADC membership to hopefully mail it next month.  Looking forward to it.

(Before you windows fan say anything, I do have Win 7  ultimate installed on my mac (thanks to MSDN membership) )
Title: Re: Snow Leopard is out today. Who installed that already?
Post by: derby on August 28, 2009, 12:43:54 PM
i've installed it on both my machines...
Title: Re: Snow Leopard is out today. Who installed that already?
Post by: ab on August 28, 2009, 01:22:41 PM
Yes you did.  (i deleted it).   I installed FCS 3 on my leopard few weeks ago.  Learning it.
Title: Re: Snow Leopard is out today. Who installed that already?
Post by: Razzo Bolognese on August 28, 2009, 01:24:04 PM
From what I hear, unless you have a VERY new Mac or Adobe CS4, it won't make a bit of difference.

-Dan
Title: Re: Snow Leopard is out today. Who installed that already?
Post by: derby on August 28, 2009, 01:27:26 PM
Quote from: Razzo Bolognese on August 28, 2009, 01:24:04 PM
From what I hear, unless you have a VERY new Mac or Adobe CS4, it won't make a bit of difference.

-Dan

there's stuff there for everybody (unless you still have a non-intel mac)... the newer the machine, the greater the benefit.
Title: Re: Snow Leopard is out today. Who installed it already?
Post by: ab on August 28, 2009, 01:31:34 PM
Quote from: derby on August 28, 2009, 01:27:26 PM
there's stuff there for everybody (unless you still have a non-intel mac)... the newer the machine, the greater the benefit.

the apps will catch up to using SL benefits soon I suppose 
Title: Re: Snow Leopard is out today. Who installed that already?
Post by: Razzo Bolognese on August 28, 2009, 01:49:15 PM
Quote from: ab on August 28, 2009, 01:31:34 PM
the apps will catch up to using SL benefits soon I suppose 

...at which time you should become unaccustomed to your current user interface.  Until then, buy 3 tanks of gas for your baby.
Title: Re: Snow Leopard is out today. Who installed that already?
Post by: Mike Qube on August 28, 2009, 06:30:03 PM
Installed it today. I have a MacBook Pro 2.4 ghz, 4gb ram. I notice a little speed difference. Starts up a bit faster. Photoshop CS3 seems to open images a bit quicker. I did a test of opening 60 hi-res pics, all 8x10 at 300dpi, it did it in 45 secs. Safari is a bit quicker also. It was worth the $29, just for the seed bump in opening pics.
Title: Re: Snow Leopard is out today. Who installed that already?
Post by: redxblack on August 28, 2009, 06:55:22 PM
I don't think I'm going to bother. My macbook is 3 years old and my mini is 7 months old. The mini is lightning fast, but is used mainly for my son's middle school homework and some game design. I don't think it'd be worth the bother.
Title: Re: Snow Leopard is out today. Who installed that already?
Post by: Mike Qube on August 29, 2009, 09:11:25 AM
One other thing I noticed is that I now have more hard drive space after the install. For some reason, I now have 12 gb more than I had before the install.
Title: Re: Snow Leopard is out today. Who installed that already?
Post by: Razzo Bolognese on August 29, 2009, 09:13:48 AM
I have heard it is much smaller.  Good thing, because the Mac OS is a fat bloated sack.  12 GB is a giant chunk of my old a$$ Macbook Pro.

-Dan
Title: Re: Snow Leopard is out today. Who installed that already?
Post by: Mike Qube on August 29, 2009, 09:29:54 AM
Just noticed when I went to print that AppleTalk has been put out to pasture.
Title: Re: Snow Leopard is out today. Who installed that already?
Post by: derby on August 29, 2009, 10:03:39 AM
Quote from: Mike Qube on August 29, 2009, 09:11:25 AM
One other thing I noticed is that I now have more hard drive space after the install. For some reason, I now have 12 gb more than I had before the install.

there's no more power PC code in the binaries and some of the system files are compressed.
Title: Re: Snow Leopard is out today. Who installed that already?
Post by: derby on August 29, 2009, 10:04:47 AM
Quote from: Razzo Bolognese on August 29, 2009, 09:13:48 AM
I have heard it is much smaller.  Good thing, because the Mac OS is a fat bloated sack.  12 GB is a giant chunk of my old a$$ Macbook Pro.

-Dan

go ahead and pony up your three tanks of gas and install 10.6... i think it'll put you in a better mood.  ;D
Title: Re: Snow Leopard is out today. Who installed that already?
Post by: superjohn on August 29, 2009, 10:11:09 AM
Just installed it and so far it seems to be good. Graphics on my Macbook Pro look better and it seems to be responding faster.
Title: Re: Snow Leopard is out today. Who installed that already?
Post by: ab on August 29, 2009, 04:32:48 PM
Quote from: Mike Qube on August 29, 2009, 09:11:25 AM
One other thing I noticed is that I now have more hard drive space after the install. For some reason, I now have 12 gb more than I had before the install.
Yep, that's the side effect of snow leopard.   [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Snow Leopard is out today. Who installed that already?
Post by: OT on August 29, 2009, 09:02:01 PM
Just tread lightly for a while....

http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/ (http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/)

Picked up a new 13" MBP today to replace the 5-year old 12"PB....I'm looking forward to SL  [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Snow Leopard is out today. Who installed that already?
Post by: superjohn on August 30, 2009, 05:04:53 AM
Well, Snow Leopard didn't fix the "Tap-to-Click" bug  :(
Title: Re: Snow Leopard is out today. Who installed that already?
Post by: derby on August 30, 2009, 07:44:01 AM
Quote from: superjohn on August 30, 2009, 05:04:53 AM
Well, Snow Leopard didn't fix the "Tap-to-Click" bug  :(

are you sure that's a software issue? the only reference i found to that is here:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1859927&tstart=30&start=15 (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1859927&tstart=30&start=15)

I believe I finally came up with a good way to fix the problem. First of all, the problem is coming from a little orange strip underneath the battery. All you will need is some scotch tape and scissors.
Title: Re: Snow Leopard is out today. Who installed that already?
Post by: superjohn on August 30, 2009, 08:56:38 AM
Quote from: derby on August 30, 2009, 07:44:01 AM
are you sure that's a software issue? the only reference i found to that is here:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1859927&tstart=30&start=15 (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1859927&tstart=30&start=15)

I believe I finally came up with a good way to fix the problem. First of all, the problem is coming from a little orange strip underneath the battery. All you will need is some scotch tape and scissors.

Hmm....interesting. I just assumed it was a software issue since the fix was always to disable and re-enable the feature in the system preferences. I'll have to give that a shot and see if it works.