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    Snow Leopard due?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by PowerUser123, Mar 16, 2009.

  1. PowerUser123

    PowerUser123 Notebook Guru

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    When is Snow Leopard due? And… what will upgrading from current OSX to Snow Leapord be like? Has this traditionally been an easy and issue-free experience? Or will it be like windows where it’s preferred (sometimes necessary) to do a fresh install?

    If it’s going to be released later this year I may hold off on purchasing a new macbook just to have a fresh install....
     
    PowerUser123, Mar 16, 2009
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  2. fins4o8

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    My best guess SL would be released sometime this year but I'm no expert on this matter. There could always be delays. We won't know for sure until someone leaks it or when Apple announces it.

    When re-installing an OS, there is an option to migrate your old settings, apps & data over. I forgot the exact name. With that said, you could always do that if you don't want to do a fresh install. I have done this before without any issues, but I'm the type of person that likes to do a fresh install every so often and new OS releases.
     
    fins4o8, Mar 16, 2009
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  3. Sam

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    I would expect Snow Leopard to be further demoed or possibly released at WWDC 2009 this year, around May-August!
     
    Sam, Mar 16, 2009
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  4. cashmonee

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    As Sam said, look for WWDC, which is in June. Going from Tiger to Leopard was not without pitfalls for some people. There were a few incompatibilities and the like, but they were sorted out rather quickly. Leopard to Snow Leopard should go smoother since it should not be a major update.
     
    cashmonee, Mar 17, 2009
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    ejsella Notebook Consultant

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    Oh great! So when I pull the trigger for a new MBP they're going to change the OS... hopefully I'll be able to upgrade it. =( this is sad man...lol
     
    ejsella, Mar 17, 2009
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    this news has been around for quite some time. mid last year they said they would be shipping snow leopard in "about a year"
     
    masterchef341, Mar 17, 2009
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  7. ejsella

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    Well I didn't know that since I'm new to apple. Well things happens... =(
     
    ejsella, Mar 17, 2009
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    Just sold the macbook pro to me. lolz :D
     
    haquocdung, Mar 17, 2009
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  9. ejsella

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    NO thanks... i really need a laptop mine is like from the Jurasic Time
     
    ejsella, Mar 17, 2009
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  10. MrMac7

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    Well, Snow Leopard most likely will not support PPC processors, so that will leave a LOT of Mac users in the dark. There was no real incompatibility between Tiger and Leopard, other than the speed requirements of the processor, which was easily avoided.
     
    MrMac7, Mar 17, 2009
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  11. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    A lot of Mac users? How many still us PPC. Even if it did support PPC it would be useless to them anyways.
     
    Seshan, Mar 17, 2009
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    there are actually still some fast ppc machines out there.

    i doubt snow leopard won't support ppc.

    perhaps some features wont be supported.

    in fact, i don't think snow leopard will be able to harness the gpu of any mac before the ati 2000 series / geforce 8000 series
     
    masterchef341, Mar 17, 2009
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  13. cashmonee

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    I haven't seen any definitive statements whether or not Snow Leopard will support PPC. Then again, I haven't followed it too closely since it was first announced, so maybe I missed something.

    As for the Tiger to Leopard transition, there were several incompatibilities with different apps. There were no hardware issues that I recall which would be expected with Apple's closed environments. Leopard was a fairly big break as far as apps go though, and Snow Leopard probably won't be.
     
    cashmonee, Mar 17, 2009
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  14. ItsDaKronic

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    10.5.7 is not even out yet. I think Snow Leopard is gonna be late '09
     
    ItsDaKronic, Mar 17, 2009
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  15. MrMac7

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    How about a quad 2.5 GHz PowerMac G5 with 8GB of RAM and 512MB of VRAM? That sounds pretty powerful to me, much more powerful than the C2Ds they put in Macs now. Also, a 1.42GHz iBook G4 outbenches the MacBook Air. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
     
    MrMac7, Mar 17, 2009
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  16. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    they don't have to hit 10.5.9 before 10.6

    it doesn't work that way.

    10.5.6 might be the last, or maybe they will go to 10.5.12!
     
    masterchef341, Mar 17, 2009
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  17. ItsDaKronic

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    No 10.5.7 is coming soon. I know they dont have to hit that point.. I was just saying its gonna be a while..
     
    ItsDaKronic, Mar 18, 2009
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