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

Cobertizo · 14 Dec 2008 at 01:58

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

Probably because it's not really a small update. At its core, there's some pretty significant changes...

Cost-wise, Apple doesn't really seem to do upgrades, so I imagine it will cost just the same as new versions of Leopard/Tiger did.

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.

Slogan · 14 Dec 2008 at 05:02

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

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.

JonB · 14 Dec 2008 at 12:44

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

Spec increase to keep with the times?

FreeStream · 14 Dec 2008 at 23:28

JonB said:
Spec increase to keep with the times?

There isn't anything really until mobile Nahlem which is end of 2009 IIRC!

Mac Pros are expected to have a update in the same quarter as Intel release the Nahlem Xeons.

And yes im buying Snow Leopard as even if I buy a Mac Pro my MBP won't be able to use those disks.

Caged · 15 Dec 2008 at 06:19

I'll see what the cost is before deciding. Probably won't have any benefits for me on an old MacBook except some random single-function app developer will decide that their new release will only run on the latest for no technical reason so it could be nice to have.

Spyhop · 5 Jan 2009 at 21:42

I read some random speculation about Snow Leopard being a free upgrade.

That would certainly be a welcome move and gets around the issue of how to charge for and market an upgrade whose benefits probably won't be immediately visible.

Seems quite plausible to me.

Edit - I guess there's also the obvious fact that "Leopard" is still in the name.

theheyes · 5 Jan 2009 at 22:10

wush said:
I read some random speculation about Snow Leopard being a free upgrade.

That would certainly be a welcome move and gets around the issue of how to charge for and market an upgrade whose benefits probably won't be immediately visible.

Seems quite plausible to me.

Edit - I guess there's also the obvious fact that "Leopard" is still in the name.

I think we might have been reading the same articles.

I think a free upgrade is very, VERY unlikely but at the same time I'm almost certain it is going to cost a chunk less than the usual OS update.

It's a hard sell trying to peddle something with minimal new features. Only people genned up in IT are going to appreciate the new technologies.

Spyhop · 5 Jan 2009 at 22:25

I've convinced myself it's going to be free*. Anyone fancy a wee wager?

*Perhaps withstanding a small token charge like they did with the iPod Touch firmware or 802.11n for the older MacBooks (Sarbanes-Oxley b.s?)

MikeHunt79 · 5 Jan 2009 at 22:42

So what's new in 10.6?

theheyes · 5 Jan 2009 at 22:52

Behold. http://www.apple.com/macosx/snowleopard/

I'm sure we'll find out more this week with Macworld et al.

Darryn · 5 Jan 2009 at 23:41

Looking forwards to this update, and as with Leopard ill be getting it pretty much on release day. Hopefully the next Macpro (tylersburg?) will be released around the time of Snow Leopard, so i may get me one of those as well.

MikeHunt79 · 6 Jan 2009 at 00:25

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?

Beansprout · 6 Jan 2009 at 00:28

I'm still on Tiger so all this talk of Leopards is unlikely for me

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).

hendrix · 9 Jan 2009 at 12:12

Beansprout said:
I'm still on Tiger so all this talk of Leopards is unlikely for me

ditto!

Slogan · 9 Jan 2009 at 12:18

Tiger was hard to beat.

Combat squirrel · 9 Jan 2009 at 17:19

Iv heard SL has been reprogrammed to be a lot more efficient ? so in that case wouldnt it be worth getting it for older machines as it should run a lot better? Almost like a 'machine hardware update', in that it will run faster, but this time just because of better programming.

barnettgs · 9 Jan 2009 at 18:35

Combat squirrel said:
Iv heard SL has been reprogrammed to be a lot more efficient ? so in that case wouldnt it be worth getting it for older machines as it should run a lot better? Almost like a 'machine hardware update', in that it will run faster, but this time just because of better programming.

Yep, from what I have read, they are working on it to make a full use of multi-core processor like dual-core & quad-core. Leopard wasn't programmed for multi-core as they were busy adding features to it. Not sure about older machines with single core though.