Apple To Ship Mac OS X Snow Leopard On August 28

okapi writes "Apple announced that Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard will go on sale Friday, August 28 at Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers, and that Apple's online store is now accepting pre-orders."

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Failure? Sales figures say otherwise

[mdwh2]

Just to put things into perspective - by "failure to sell Vista" you mean over 4 times all versions of Mac OS X combined.

The failure is only in comparison to the phenomenal success of Windows XP - and when you've got almost everyone using a product, shifting them onto the next version is always going to be hard. But I wouldn't say their results are in any way a failure.

For heaven's sake - I hate Vista as much as anyone (in comparison to 2000/XP), but let's not make things up that are in complete opposition to known facts.

Re:Are you crazy if you rush out and install it?

[commodore64_love]

>>>Why exactly did you keep your Mac up to date and not update your PCs?

Why? Because the PCs kept working and did not need updating from Win98 (my laptop) or XP (my desktop). Those OSes are still supported by the programmers, whereas the MAC became unusable with the original 10.1 software. For example I can't even find a workable browser unless I upgrade to 10.4 minimum, so that's why I spent the cash.

Oh well.

I'm going to toss the Mac on ebay. I've been using them since the awesome Commodore Amiga went belly-up, because Macs were the second-best alternative, and because Windows 3 and 95 were crapola, but now there's no real difference. Windows has copied nearly all the same functionality, such that it often feels just like a Mac. (shrug) It's the same reason why I buy a Honda instead of an Acura. To save money.