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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."
I can't wait to get my pussy wet out in the snow.
I just came in my pants!
They don't even pretend that snow leopard is not a service pack.
Think of the millions of dollars in lost productivity Friday when thousands of Mac users stay home from work so they can play with the shiny new calculator in Snow Leopard.
Personally I took off work today as soon I saw this announcement. I'll be in my bunk...
Going from 10.5 to 10.6 is likely to be an actual upgrade.
No, it happens because you (a) pirate the OS despite knowing full-well that somebody that goes through the arduous task of hacking the OS is also skilled enough to do anything else (back-door) he/she wants to put into your potential install and (b) you surf too much pr0n that leads to heaping piles of malware on disk and in your Registry. If you go to the store and pay actual $$$ for a retail copy (or get a release from a reputable supplier where you can be certain that it is an un-modified, non-back-doored copy), and practice proper security/safety measures, your system will not "get bloated" and "slow down"... that is a complete myth and falsification. Just about any OS you run, if you simply (a) install it (b) secure it and (c) maintain it in a secure state (if you even know what that means), then ANY OS will reasonably continue to operate in the same manner. It is when you go trolling for pr0n and start clicking "accept" on all the requests to Install/Run this-or-that is when your system starts slowing down. If you can reliably say that you have NEVER clicked "OK" or "Accept" on a dialog-box without reading it, then perhaps you ARE smart enough to understand why your computer has slowed down. Otherwise, let me spell it out for you... YOU ARE THE PROBLEM!
I've never had a problem with an upgrade on the Mac
Because you've never tried to do anything outside of the tiny (but different!) box that Steve the Cock Hobbit Jobs puts you in.
More money sucked out of my wallet by Apple:
- Money spent since 1999 on my Win98 laptop - nothing.
- Money spent since 2002 on Windows XP - nothing.
- Money spent since 2002 on OS X 10.x - about $400. (Else my G4 Mac would stop functioning properly.) Clearly Apple is like Lexus or Acura or Chrysler - a luxury brand for those who can afford the expensive, ongoing maintenance costs.
No it's not a troll.
It's free speech.
An opinion.
You don't have to like it, but you should at least respect it. I'm not changing my opinion just because you lashout with teeny-bopper insults like "idiot" or "troll" or "asshole" (like you did with my previous posts). My opinion is my opinion. MACS are luxury brands with pricetags and maintenance fees to match.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
Apple expects you to pay for updates to a system they feel is unstable and slow, and they are charging for it? That seems kinda weak to me, but what do I know? I tell you... I know better than to pay for upgrades. I've had XP since it came out and I've never had to purchase an update. I'm pretty sure, they've made a ridiculous number of fixes, both cosmetic and under-the-hood, and they've always just come down the line for free. You WIN-haters sure love spending more for basically the same thing. Sure, I can't make my windows wobble about, but I can run Crysis pretty well, and cheap. I spent about $300.00 bucks for my PC, that, by the by, can run OSX now that WINTEL makes the chips. MAC's are nice, but where is the value?
In Soviet Russia, road forks you!
And I have never had this issue with Windows. I've used various versions of Windows on multiple computers for years, with no such troubles. Just wait? How long should I wait, exactly? The only slowdown is when I run Itunes.
But of course, pro-Apple anecdote will get you +1 insightful everytime.
But, but - surely Macs now run the same OS as the Iphones? That's what Iphone fans told us, right?
(On that note, does this mean that Macs can run more than one program, or copy and paste yet? I thought this was always possible, but I heard it's not on OS X that runs on Iphones and Macs.)
This beg the question:
Would I install Mac OS X on a mission-critical, high-uptime machine?
No, definitely not. HELL, Way Noooot!!!! Period!!!!