Comments on: Snow Leopard Coming in Q1 2009

By: designer

designer — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:03:18 +0000

When is it coming out its all ready march 09 ?? Like where is the snow?

By: Snow Leopard Predictions | MacBookwatch

Snow Leopard Predictions | MacBookwatch — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:31:37 +0000

[...] Snow Leopard coming in Q1 2009 [...]

By: Apple TV 2.3 Update Adds Refinements, Kills Boxee | TheAppleBlog

Apple TV 2.3 Update Adds Refinements, Kills Boxee | TheAppleBlog — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:45:49 +0000

[...] than new functionality. Still, I find it encouraging that in these days of the iPhone and Snow Leopard that Apple still has resources devoted to improving Apple TV. I would love to see some new [...]

By: Koko

Koko — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:09:36 +0000

I switched to Mac after a year and a half using Gentoo Linux. Really fast operating system and very flexible. Everyone that knows what Gentoo is know that people like me are not afraid of adopter bugs. I was used to give 1 hour a day to tweak my OS. Before that I was
windows user.

I will get the Snow Leopard as early as I can get my hands on a copy. I like to play with new technology and see where the consumer market is going.

On the question of why will people buy this kind of upgrade I have this to say:
Image what you can do with the new MacBook Air now. Now lets think on how Snow Leopard will change this Machine. Computers are changing software is changing not the task we do. We were watching TV quality movies 10 years ago and we were happy. Now we want Full HD. Why the hell people want GBit internet connection in there home? Streaming video anyone?

All the services will have the same idea just a better quality. And to get better quality you need better computers to do the math for you!

And believe me! When I sit down with my Air or MacBook next to you in the coffee show and I do some cool things that you do with your MacBookPro power-horse you will want to give the extra money to buy the update. :)

This of course is all speculation, but from what I’ve seen so far from Apple I believe there future is brighter than that of Microsoft

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:07:34 +0000

back @ Raven

But for the majority of Mac users like myself who are quite satisfied with the curent performance of Leopard, how will Apple be able to convince us to plunk down more money for something which we didnt feel necessary until the decided to introduce it?

To the average person (most people in general), unless there are some new features, it seems like it would be a tough sell to convince them to buy the new 10.6

By: Tice

Tice — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:27:01 +0000

All I can say to that hurry: “Don’t push it, don’t force it, let it happen naturally …” taadaadeedaa! ; )

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:53:46 +0000

Well, it does have that one killer app: full Exchange integration. I’d like it if Mail could do push with other Email services, but it’s not a deal-breaker. The real attraction is being able to have iCal, Address Book, and Mail sync with an Outlook-based exchange server. I’m anxious to see that.

By: Josh Pigford

Josh Pigford — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:48:21 +0000

@Kyle: I never heard it was going to be free but I have heard it will be a lot cheaper than a “full” OS upgrade.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:23:02 +0000

Back when it was originally announced, wasn’t there a consensus that this was going to be a free or significantly reduced-price upgrade?

It’s not easy to convince consumers they should plunk down $100 for something which has only two or three visibly new features.

By: Murphy Mac

Murphy Mac — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:59:14 +0000

@Hobbes Doo -

It probably hasn’t been THAT many times, but it seems like I’ve been told a few times that this hardware or that OS is really 64 bit. “no, this time we mean it!” -and then it turns out some aspect of my system wasn’t 64 bit.

Just say’n.

I’m hoping Snow Leopard truly is focused on clean up and optimization. If so, the rest of the industry could learn a lesson. Too many products rushed to market these days with WAY too many holes. A little catch-up is a good idea.