Snow Leopard shipping August 28th

[Kaido]

http://www.engadget.com/2009/0...pples-uk-online-store/

Whoohoo! I've got my $29 ready!

 

[Kmax82]

Hmm.. looks like it's been changed back to September.

 

[zacharace]

Originally posted by: Kmax82
Hmm.. looks like it's been changed back to September.

I've seen "September 2009" everywhere, too...that's odd.

 

[ViRGE]

Yay.

Now how long will it take to reliably Hackintosh it? :evil:

 

[SKORPI0]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Yay.

Now how long will it take to reliably Hackintosh it? :evil:

Here's a thread....Guide - Snow Leopard on PC that used a Gigabyte mobo with a P45 chipset.

 

[TheStu]

After putting the Snow Leopard version of the BootCamp drivers onto my laptop, I can say, that right there might be worth a fair chunk of the purchase price. It won't get me to use Windows 7 over OS X, but it certainly won't make me hate every second of it anymore.

Tap Clicking can be enabled
2 Finger click enabled by default
2 Finger tap can be enabled
2 Finger scrolling greatly improved
Tracking on the pad is more similar to OS X
Sound drivers work in Windows 7
F-keys control hardware by default

Read access to my Leopard drive!

I know that some of those have been around, but it really feels polished in version 3.0

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: TheStu
After putting the Snow Leopard version of the BootCamp drivers onto my laptop, I can say, that right there might be worth a fair chunk of the purchase price. It won't get me to use Windows 7 over OS X, but it certainly won't make me hate every second of it anymore.

Tap Clicking can be enabled
2 Finger click enabled by default
2 Finger tap can be enabled
2 Finger scrolling greatly improved
Tracking on the pad is more similar to OS X
Sound drivers work in Windows 7
F-keys control hardware by default

Read access to my Leopard drive!

I know that some of those have been around, but it really feels polished in version 3.0

The pad is still too sensitive when finger tap is enabled. ...at least is on the uMBP. It's usable, but definitely takes some re-adjustment after the reboot from OS X.

 

[ric1287]

howd you get the SL drivers for bootcamp if its not out yet?

 

[KeypoX]

Originally posted by: SKORPI0

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Yay.

Now how long will it take to reliably Hackintosh it? :evil:

Here's a thread....Guide - Snow Leopard on PC that used a Gigabyte mobo with a P45 chipset.

hmm thanks i might try this. Though i have gb p35 mobo.

 

[Arik5405]

yeah where can I get the Snow Leopard boot camp drivers?

 

[CowZ]

I placed my order on the apple website yesterday for the up to date program. The date said ships no later than Aug 28th. Right on time? I know the actual website for snow leopard still says coming September 2009.

 

[SKORPI0]

Originally posted by: KeypoX

Originally posted by: SKORPI0

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Yay.

Now how long will it take to reliably Hackintosh it? :evil:

Here's a thread....Guide - Snow Leopard on PC that used a Gigabyte mobo with a P45 chipset.

hmm thanks i might try this. Though i have gb p35 mobo.

Note, the thread is for P45 chipsets, not the P35. I think the kexts will be different. Looks like this will be the mobo to use for now. I'll using a Asus P5K Premium with Leopard 10.5.8 and can't wait for hacks to come out.

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: SKORPI0

Originally posted by: ViRGE
Yay.

Now how long will it take to reliably Hackintosh it? :evil:

Here's a thread....Guide - Snow Leopard on PC that used a Gigabyte mobo with a P45 chipset.

Keyword: Reliable. There are ways to install SL right now as that post points out, but it's nowhere close to how easy installing Leopard has been for the last year. I'm assuming that will change quickly once it's officially out and groups can start baking up custom distributions.

 

[VinylxScratches]

This is great. I just bought a 1TB drive to backup my stuff, didn't know Snow Leopard was coming out this soon :-D

 

[RichieZ]

10A432 here, just realized i can't run in 64bit mode even though my hardware (unibody macbook) is compatible, stupid artificial limits by apple!

 

[Tyranicus]

Originally posted by: RichieZ
10A432 here, just realized i can't run in 64bit mode even though my hardware (unibody macbook) is compatible, stupid artificial limits by apple!

Why do you say you can't run in 64-bit mode. When I was checking out one of the Snow Leopard betas (not sure which build number) on my unibody MacBook Pro, all the processes showed up as 64-bit in Activity Monitor.

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: Tyranicus

Originally posted by: RichieZ
10A432 here, just realized i can't run in 64bit mode even though my hardware (unibody macbook) is compatible, stupid artificial limits by apple!

Why do you say you can't run in 64-bit mode. When I was checking out one of the Snow Leopard betas (not sure which build number) on my unibody MacBook Pro, all the processes showed up as 64-bit in Activity Monitor.

SL can run 64bit applications on a 32bit kernel. Running the 64bit kernel requires EFI64 (some Macs came with EFI32) and 64bit drivers.

 

[Kmax82]

The unibodies should have EFI64. Mine is three revisions behind the Unibodies and it has a 64bit EFI.

From the little I've heard, you can force it into 64bit mode. Haven't tried yet, was gonna wait for the final build (if rumors are true).

 

[SKORPI0]

InfiniteMac Snow Leopard 10.6 install guides .... Link

Looks like successful installs on several mobos.

Interesting install video.

 

[mmntech]

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: Tyranicus

Originally posted by: RichieZ
10A432 here, just realized i can't run in 64bit mode even though my hardware (unibody macbook) is compatible, stupid artificial limits by apple!

Why do you say you can't run in 64-bit mode. When I was checking out one of the Snow Leopard betas (not sure which build number) on my unibody MacBook Pro, all the processes showed up as 64-bit in Activity Monitor.

SL can run 64bit applications on a 32bit kernel. Running the 64bit kernel requires EFI64 (some Macs came with EFI32) and 64bit drivers.

How can you tell whether it's running EFI64 or EFI32? I would assume mine is compatible if it runs 64-bit Vista; then again...

 

[little elvis]

Originally posted by: mmntech

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: Tyranicus

Originally posted by: RichieZ
10A432 here, just realized i can't run in 64bit mode even though my hardware (unibody macbook) is compatible, stupid artificial limits by apple!

Why do you say you can't run in 64-bit mode. When I was checking out one of the Snow Leopard betas (not sure which build number) on my unibody MacBook Pro, all the processes showed up as 64-bit in Activity Monitor.

SL can run 64bit applications on a 32bit kernel. Running the 64bit kernel requires EFI64 (some Macs came with EFI32) and 64bit drivers.

How can you tell whether it's running EFI64 or EFI32? I would assume mine is compatible if it runs 64-bit Vista; then again...

Enter this into a terminal session

ioreg -l -p IODeviceTree | grep firmware-abi

 

[mmntech]

Originally posted by: little elvis

Originally posted by: mmntech

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: Tyranicus

Originally posted by: RichieZ
10A432 here, just realized i can't run in 64bit mode even though my hardware (unibody macbook) is compatible, stupid artificial limits by apple!

Why do you say you can't run in 64-bit mode. When I was checking out one of the Snow Leopard betas (not sure which build number) on my unibody MacBook Pro, all the processes showed up as 64-bit in Activity Monitor.

SL can run 64bit applications on a 32bit kernel. Running the 64bit kernel requires EFI64 (some Macs came with EFI32) and 64bit drivers.

How can you tell whether it's running EFI64 or EFI32? I would assume mine is compatible if it runs 64-bit Vista; then again...

Enter this into a terminal session

ioreg -l -p IODeviceTree | grep firmware-abi

Thanks. Yep, mine is EFI64. I'm not sure why RichieZ's is the 32-bit version as I have the late 2008 unibody as well.

 

[TheStu]

I got the drivers from the latest beta build of snow leopard. I imagine they could also be found online from the usual suspects.

 

[RichieZ]

Originally posted by: mmntech

Originally posted by: little elvis

Originally posted by: mmntech

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: Tyranicus

Originally posted by: RichieZ
10A432 here, just realized i can't run in 64bit mode even though my hardware (unibody macbook) is compatible, stupid artificial limits by apple!

Why do you say you can't run in 64-bit mode. When I was checking out one of the Snow Leopard betas (not sure which build number) on my unibody MacBook Pro, all the processes showed up as 64-bit in Activity Monitor.

SL can run 64bit applications on a 32bit kernel. Running the 64bit kernel requires EFI64 (some Macs came with EFI32) and 64bit drivers.

How can you tell whether it's running EFI64 or EFI32? I would assume mine is compatible if it runs 64-bit Vista; then again...

Enter this into a terminal session

ioreg -l -p IODeviceTree | grep firmware-abi

Thanks. Yep, mine is EFI64. I'm not sure why RichieZ's is the 32-bit version as I have the late 2008 unibody as well.

yes my EFI is 64 bit, but see here:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=4712

"What?s worse is that even if your MacBook (non-Pro) has a 64-bit EFI, it will only be able to boot the 32-bit version of Snow Leopard because of a limitation that Apple imposes on MacBooks. The biggest roadkill on Route 64 is the original Mac Pro (which was discontinued January 8, 2008) it won?t be able to boot the 64-bit kernel and drivers either."

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: Kmax82
The unibodies should have EFI64. Mine is three revisions behind the Unibodies and it has a 64bit EFI.

From the little I've heard, you can force it into 64bit mode. Haven't tried yet, was gonna wait for the final build (if rumors are true).

Yes, they do. However it looks like Apple is going to default to 32bit mode on all non-server Macs, presumably for driver reasons.