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Aug 28 2009, 09:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 5,880 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,382 |
If you bought it after june this year.
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Aug 28 2009, 09:53 PM
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Senior Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 1,507 Joined: Sep 2007 Member No: 571,541 |
duh, im asking him how the look and feel is..
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Aug 28 2009, 10:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 5,880 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,382 |
There are a million youtube videos on youtube of it.
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Aug 29 2009, 04:23 AM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 820 Joined: Jun 2009 Member No: 733,315 |
if JC ever reads this, the tiger -> snow leopard update does work
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Aug 29 2009, 08:22 AM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
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Aug 29 2009, 09:34 AM
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Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,019 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 653,768 |
30 dollars
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Aug 29 2009, 11:24 AM
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Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 5,880 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,382 |
^exactly.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/170898/tige...ow_leopard.html If you want to do it legally, then get it from amazon for 150. |
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Aug 29 2009, 02:41 PM
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Senior Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 1,507 Joined: Sep 2007 Member No: 571,541 |
WTF?? Legally?
i thought yuo already get it LEGAL when you get it from apple..? |
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Aug 29 2009, 03:32 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 5,880 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,382 |
it is legal its just illegal to put it on a computer that has tiger. Just like it is illegal to put it on a pc.
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Aug 29 2009, 04:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 820 Joined: Jun 2009 Member No: 733,315 |
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Aug 29 2009, 08:41 PM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
weird. i swear when i was reading about it in the times it said like $170 to go from tiger to snow leopard and that the $30 only applied to people going from leopard to snow leopard because it was essentially just a refinement to leopard.
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Aug 29 2009, 08:45 PM
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Senior Member Group: Administrator Posts: 2,648 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 639,265 |
weird. i swear when i was reading about it in the times it said like $170 to go from tiger to snow leopard and that the $30 only applied to people going from leopard to snow leopard because it was essentially just a refinement to leopard. That's technically true -- but when you buy a new copy of Mac OS X from Apple, you get the full version (not an "upgrade" version, as with, e.g., Windows), so nothing precludes you from installing Snow Leopard if you only have Tiger. It technically violates your Snow Leopard license, but Apple doesn't make you register for Mac OS X, and Mac OS X doesn't have serial numbers, so it's not like Apple would ever find out. |
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Aug 29 2009, 08:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 5,880 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,382 |
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Aug 29 2009, 08:56 PM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
That's technically true -- but when you buy a new copy of Mac OS X from Apple, you get the full version (not an "upgrade" version, as with, e.g., Windows), so nothing precludes you from installing Snow Leopard if you only have Tiger. It technically violates your Snow Leopard license, but Apple doesn't make you register for Mac OS X, and Mac OS X doesn't have serial numbers, so it's not like Apple would ever find out. wow, that's really tempting to think i would only have to pay 30 bucks |
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Aug 29 2009, 09:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 5,880 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,382 |
do it. The specs will be way better. And you can kep your files and applications.
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Aug 30 2009, 11:14 AM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
The specs will not be better, joseph. It's just a service pack, not a f*cking DIMM stick.
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Aug 30 2009, 11:43 AM
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Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 5,880 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,382 |
better, compared to tiger. I was talking to
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Aug 30 2009, 01:14 PM
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Senior Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 1,507 Joined: Sep 2007 Member No: 571,541 |
yea but im starting to agree with butt on this..
it is a service pack cause if you read this: QUOTE that the $30 only applied to people going from leopard to snow leopard because it was essentially just a refinement to leopard. it kinda explains it for itself.
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Aug 30 2009, 01:56 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 5,880 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,382 |
Ya well I will say it the last time. It is a FULL OS! Not just an update cd! So you CAN! Install it over tiger even though it is against there terms.
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Aug 30 2009, 02:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Administrator Posts: 2,648 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 639,265 |
Snow Leopard is a service pack in the same sense that Vista was a service pack for Windows XP, and Windows 7 is a service pack for Vista.
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Aug 30 2009, 02:08 PM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
No, it's a service pack in the sense that Vista SP1 was a service pack for Vista.
Also joseph, I can install Vista SP2 over Windows 3.1 if I want. That doesn't make Vista SP2 a service pack for Windows 3.1 |
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Aug 30 2009, 02:25 PM
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Senior Member Group: Administrator Posts: 2,648 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 639,265 |
No, it's a service pack in the sense that Vista SP1 was a service pack for Vista. Um, no. I don't think technologies like Grand Central Dispatch and OpenCL are minor (service pack-type) updates, and those two technologies alone are probably worth about $30. A complete 64-bit rewrite of most of the core OS is a pretty big upgrade, too. Besides, how would you know whether Snow Leopard is a "service pack" or not? You're not even a Mac user. By that I mean that updated items in Snow Leopard might appear minor, but are actually pretty important. For example, OS X has long had a feature called Services that is awesome in concept, but not implemented very well. It got a pretty big upgrade in Snow Leopard that is also (arguably) worth $30, at least to some people. But if you're not familiar with Mac OS X, it might not seem like a big deal when you see it in a list of updates. Neither would the Cocoa rewrite of the Finder, but that's a pretty big deal. Plus, if the reports on the performance increases in Snow Leopard are true, that's no minor update, either. On the other hand, let's look at the improvements Vista had over XP:
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Sep 1 2009, 01:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Administrator Posts: 2,648 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 639,265 |
Slides 12-15 of this Ars Technica discuss two of the biggest new technologies in Snow Leopard: Grand Central Dispatch and OpenCL. Both are, in and of themselves, pretty major updates.
For what it's worth, over three years ago I wrote an article that emphasized that Apple should concentrate on underlying technologies, rather than user-level "flair". |
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Dec 1 2009, 01:37 PM
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Senior Member Group: Administrator Posts: 2,648 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 639,265 |
(Finally) picked up my copy today. I'm trying to decide whether I should install it tonight, or wait until the weekend. I'll have to reinstall a bunch of software (*cough* MacPorts *cough*) when I upgrade, which is why I'm hesitant. Oh, and I want to make sure the Perian and Xiph plugins still work with the new QuickTime X -- does anyone have any experience with those in Snow Leopard?
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