Comments on: Does Mom Need Snow Leopard?

By: Alexa

Alexa — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:13:08 +0000

Oh, so that explains everything! Thanks for clearing that up.

The question is, are you his tech support? I realize that you can’t exactly say to your father, “Dad, unless you get a Mac you can handle your own tech support.”

By: Galley

Galley — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:39:17 +0000

My Dad is perfectly happy with his crappy $400 Windows laptop that runs Vista and he constantly has problems with. Maybe I’m adopted.

By: Ricki

Ricki — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:05:47 +0000

My mom is on my old iBook 1.25Ghz, sosadly no Snow Leopard for her. But my sister is on a MacBook so I think I’ll give it to her as a “back to school” present.

We are 3 intel Macs at home so I’ll get the family pack tomorrow:)

By: elgarak

elgarak — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:36:06 +0000

The fact that Snow Leopard will stop the question “Why does my 400GB hard drive only has….?” dead in its tracks is reason enough for me to recommend it to less technically inclined people…

By: Kevin Ballard

Kevin Ballard — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:28:03 +0000

If your mother uses a Time Capsule to back up her computer, then it’s a definite yes. They sped up Time Machine backing up to a Time Capsule significantly. Similarly if she uses Exposé, then it’s also a big YES. Check out how Exposé works on Snow Leopard (and make sure to hit the space bar when hovering over an Exposé window!). And even if neither of those apply, I still recommend it. Snow Leopard is faster than Leopard and everything just plain works better. Even Mail.app now quits more reliably!

By: Roland

Roland — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:18:54 +0000

It’s a good upgrade for the macbook. I love the design and it’s very easy to handle.

By: Thomas Maier

Thomas Maier — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:58:38 +0000

“an über power user” ? I _am_ German and “über” is the German word for “over”, but that does that mean is this contect? ultra power pro user? :P funny. I thought that making umlauts on an English keyboard isn’t trivial :D anyway: nice story.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:18:24 +0000

Well, I did mine and had to talk my mother thru her upgrade on her Intel-based Mac mini. She and I both made it through ok. The fun part will be talking my 85 year old grandfather, who has poor eyesight. Always an experience.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:16:40 +0000

I am going to upgrade my macbook simply for the ms exchange2007 support. Should I go ahead and upgrade the wife’s imac as well? Any thoughts on running 10.5.8 on one and 10.6 on the other.

By: Lucas Arruda

Lucas Arruda — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:48:08 +0000

I think this question is more simple than it looks like.

From the point of view of funcionality, she does not need. But, thats only thing that counts? No.

The simple answer: If it`s a hardware limit, of course it doesn`t suit her, but if not, yes upgrade it.

Why? Mostly security, but also speed and minor things that also count a lot like speed, usability, stability. So, if you can and is doesn`t causes you headaches, update it. Otherwise, don`t bother because it will still suit them.