Snow Leopard imminent...who's upgrading?

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Tyranicus

Originally posted by: IHAVEAQUESTION
So for $29 do you get the upgrade version or the full version of snow leopard?

Presumably the upgrade version.

Do they sell an upgrade version and a full version of their OS? I mean, as far as Apple is concerned the only computers that you're allowed to install it on all came with OS X to begin with, right?

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Tyranicus

Originally posted by: IHAVEAQUESTION
So for $29 do you get the upgrade version or the full version of snow leopard?

Presumably the upgrade version.

Do they sell an upgrade version and a full version of their OS? I mean, as far as Apple is concerned the only computers that you're allowed to install it on all came with OS X to begin with, right?

Traditionally they have just sold one version of OS X, but in this instance I can't imagine they're selling the entire OS for as little as $29 - my understanding is that the $29 price is only for an upgrade from Leopard, as opposed to Tiger or earlier.

 

[Megatomic]

Yup, at $29 it's a no brainer.

 

[Kmax82]

Originally posted by: Don Vito Corleone

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Tyranicus

Originally posted by: IHAVEAQUESTION
So for $29 do you get the upgrade version or the full version of snow leopard?

Presumably the upgrade version.

Do they sell an upgrade version and a full version of their OS? I mean, as far as Apple is concerned the only computers that you're allowed to install it on all came with OS X to begin with, right?

Traditionally they have just sold one version of OS X, but in this instance I can't imagine they're selling the entire OS for as little as $29 - my understanding is that the $29 price is only for an upgrade from Leopard, as opposed to Tiger or earlier.

Yea, I think they should just sell all versions of it for $29. I'm happy that they are selling it for less, but I hate upgrade discs. Mainly because you can't just put a code in showing that you own Leopard. One of the downsides of not having registration codes is that Apple checks if you have Leopard installed on your drive. Hopefully they'll build a way into the installer that asks you to insert your Leopard disc... Does a check of that, and then lets you do a clean install. Rather than making you install Leopard and then allowing you to do a clean install of Snow Leopard.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Kmax82

Originally posted by: Don Vito Corleone

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Tyranicus

Originally posted by: IHAVEAQUESTION
So for $29 do you get the upgrade version or the full version of snow leopard?

Presumably the upgrade version.

Do they sell an upgrade version and a full version of their OS? I mean, as far as Apple is concerned the only computers that you're allowed to install it on all came with OS X to begin with, right?

Traditionally they have just sold one version of OS X, but in this instance I can't imagine they're selling the entire OS for as little as $29 - my understanding is that the $29 price is only for an upgrade from Leopard, as opposed to Tiger or earlier.

Yea, I think they should just sell all versions of it for $29. I'm happy that they are selling it for less, but I hate upgrade discs. Mainly because you can't just put a code in showing that you own Leopard. One of the downsides of not having registration codes is that Apple checks if you have Leopard installed on your drive. Hopefully they'll build a way into the installer that asks you to insert your Leopard disc... Does a check of that, and then lets you do a clean install. Rather than making you install Leopard and then allowing you to do a clean install of Snow Leopard.

Yeah, I really hope they don't make it a pain in the ass to upgrade.

 

[HN]

for my whitebook, the $29* might be worth it for this alone:

Snow Leopard enhancements and refinements

Multi-Touch gestures in older Mac models.

All Mac notebooks with Multi-Touch trackpads now support three- and four-finger gestures.

*would've only been $9.95 if i had bought a week later on the June 8th cutoff. d'oh*

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: HN
for my whitebook, the $29* might be worth it for this alone:

Snow Leopard enhancements and refinements

Multi-Touch gestures in older Mac models.

All Mac notebooks with Multi-Touch trackpads now support three- and four-finger gestures.

*would've only been $9.95 if i had bought a week later on the June 8th cutoff. d'oh*

Oh nice spot!

 

[Kmax82]

Originally posted by: HN
for my whitebook, the $29* might be worth it for this alone:

Snow Leopard enhancements and refinements

Multi-Touch gestures in older Mac models.

All Mac notebooks with Multi-Touch trackpads now support three- and four-finger gestures.

*would've only been $9.95 if i had bought a week later on the June 8th cutoff. d'oh*

That's hot! Breathing new life into my Macbook Pro! 😀

 

[IHAVEAQUESTION]

I'd prefer to do a fresh installation instead of upgrading from old to new. Not very appealing to me, even though it's just $29.

 

[Need4Speed]

Originally posted by: Kmax82

Originally posted by: HN
for my whitebook, the $29* might be worth it for this alone:

Snow Leopard enhancements and refinements

Multi-Touch gestures in older Mac models.

All Mac notebooks with Multi-Touch trackpads now support three- and four-finger gestures.

*would've only been $9.95 if i had bought a week later on the June 8th cutoff. d'oh*

That's hot! Breathing new life into my Macbook Pro! 😀

you can already do that without needing snow leopard. I've been using 3/4 finger gestures on my MBP for a while now. Simple hack

 

[Kmax82]

Originally posted by: Need4Speed
you can already do that without needing snow leopard. I've been using 3/4 finger gestures on my MBP for a while now. Simple hack

Care to share a link? 🙂

 

[Need4Speed]

http://www.ihackintosh.com/200...y-2008-macbook-proair/

here ya go ... enjoy

 

[HN]

Originally posted by: Need4Speed
http://www.ihackintosh.com/200...y-2008-macbook-proair/

here ya go ... enjoy

is that hack just for MBPs and airs? or does it include base whitebooks also? i'll give it a shot if so.

from the excerpt of the snow leopard update, it would be for all of the above.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

I probably will. For $29 that's a pretty good deal.

 

[Kmax82]

Originally posted by: Need4Speed
http://www.ihackintosh.com/200...y-2008-macbook-proair/

here ya go ... enjoy

Ah.. I don't think that'll work. I bought mine in 2007. I might give it a shot anyway.

 

[Burrens78]

So I am going to buy my first Macbook Pro when I start school in August. Should I wait until September so that the notebook will come preinstalled with Snow Leopard, or should I just upgrade? I am coming from a Windows background were doing a fresh install vs. upgrade is better. Does the same hold true for Macs? I would rather wait a month or so than having to back-up and then doing a clean install of Snow Leopard, like I would do for a Windows install.

 

[Kmax82]

Well OS X is a bit different than Windows. A clean install is still my preferred method but that's because of my Windows background. All your User files/preferences are stored in your Home folder, so when you upgrade your system, OS X puts ALL the previous system files in a "Previous System" folder, which you can delete once you've done the upgrade. Then all your Home folder files are transferred over. So really an upgrade is fine to do. I just do a fresh install because I micro manage my files too much. 🙂