So how many people are planning to move to Snow Leopard?

NickK · 13 Dec 2008 at 12:04

So how many people are planning to move to Snow Leopard out of interest?

I am, for the OpenCL, however I'm also concerned that my 8600GTM will kick the bucket if I start using it!

NickK · 13 Dec 2008 at 12:51

Phate said:
Why would people not move to the newest and latest?

Also isn't Snow Leopard waaaay off?

From my understanding Q1Y09, however I think that this will be released at the same time the new MacPros will - they'll need it to drive hardware sales in the current economic climate.

There's a 10.5.6 that I'd suspect would be released for either early December or New years given the christmas vacations.

NickK · 13 Dec 2008 at 13:12

Hatter The Mad said:
Why would they release new MBPs only 6 months after refreshing the entire line?

Mac Pro rather than MacBook Pro.

NickK · 14 Dec 2008 at 03:04

Ross1234 said:
Why do they charge for such a small update? Any idea how much it would be?

Small depends on your usage. If the developers develop using the OpenCL and the other changes then their application will run faster on Snow Leopard on the newer machines.

Swings in roundabouts really.

NickK · 14 Dec 2008 at 09:30

Slogan said:
I would say so considering it'll benefit my machine. Or should do.

Applications need to be written to take advantage of OpenCL. Although Grand Central I know nothing about.

NickK · 9 Jan 2009 at 12:06

MikeHunt79 said:
Ok, I'm not sure if 10.6 will benefit me...

I mainly use Logic 8, on a quad core rig with 8 gig of RAM... Will 10.6 show a noticeable improvement?

Possibly - I'd wait for a review of any performance gain from the version of L8 you're using that you may get from the better scheduling however they may release a new version of L8 or an update that makes use of 10.6 features at some point..

With the current MBP non-aftermarket upgrade strategy I want to see what apple will do with the new Mac Pro before committing to it.. last thing I want is to pay Apple prices for memory (ideally I then want the option to slowly move towards 32GB over the year after if required). I'll be looking to make use of the OpenCL side of things for processing large chunks of data (video feed).