Snow Leopard pre-orders now being taken at Amazon
By Ross Miller 
posted Aug 1st 2009 5:26PM
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ooookie
I would only considering getting this if Apple puts strict controls over what software I can install on my computer. I want them to only let me install a software once they review it and consider it OK for me to use it.
That has nothing to do with oookie, stop replying to the first comment to get yours bumped to the top
Poor Apple Fanboys getting Charged for service packs... hahahahah
@nick
because us windows users definately arent being ripped off for upgrading to 7!
at least we not gettin raped by ms's win 7... which is way more than 29 bucks!!
n i consider win 7 to be vistas sp3 yet you still pay out the ass for that release
This is where I add an obnoxious comment about Ubuntu (and most Linux distributions) being free....
In all honesty, I think it is pretty cool that Apple is selling Snow Leopard so cheap. It is more than just a service pack, since the OS has been further optimized (referring to size and speed)
@ Nick
Stop being a troll
@ Wat Up
Stop being a troll and stop writing like a 12 year old (unless you are one, then all the power to you)
Heah there JW,
Why is it that Windows folks’ are always so concerned with how much us Mac folks spend? Are you genuinely worried that I paid too much for something that doesn’t offer any tangible benefit? Honestly, I appreciate your concern so maybe you could run some errands for me and that will make it all better.
Regards,
@trashmymail
I am assuming that you are responding to me since you used the initials of my avatar, however your response has nothing to do with what I wrote.
In case you were wondering, I am not a windows user but a Linux user, hence the Linux being free joke. I also could not care less about what you spend your money on. I am however interested in technology, including pricing. Therefore I find it quite interesting (and extraordinary) that Apple would release their new operating system (more than a service pack in my eyes) for such a low price.
I hope I did not hurt your precious feelings with my previous comment.
Hello JohnWesley, I agree with everything you wrote in your first comment. Thanks for being a crazy mind reading genius.
Isn't Windows 7 actually 6.1 so it's a point update of Vista with some splashy branding. snow leopard 10.6 is also a point update. Mind you 10.x of Mac OS has been round since what 2001 or something, as opposed to 2K, XP, Vista... so Apple's notion of a point update on that basis is a whole version.
Both seem really awesome though, win 6.1 and mac 10.6
Cept one is priced nicely and the other is a tired joke with a suite of different punch(es to ur wallet) lines
Cy -
Windows 7 is version 7. If it was 6.1 it would be called that, but it is very clearly called Windows 7. It has huge changes at every level of the system, from major updates to the kernel (allowing it to scale to 512 cores, make better use of memory, etc), to brand new top-level UI, to completely rewritten apps, to brand new tech like multi-touch and HomeGroup, great new APIs like Direct2D, device support features like WBF and Device Stage, performance improvements all around, and much more. The GetVersionEx API returns "6.1" for compatibility purposes, as app and driver compatibility was a top goal for Windows 7. Is that where you're getting "6.1" from?
Most people who call Snow Leopard a "service pack" are referring to the fact that the features in it were largely or entirely provided to Windows users by service packs. Things like a 64-bit port, proper DEP/NX and ASLR support, etc, came in XP SP2 / 2003 SP1. While it's great that Snow Leopard is smaller because it drops PowerPC support, that seems like a somewhat odd thing to pay for. That said, there are clearly some other new things in SL like the Dock tweaks to make it work more like the Windows taskbar, new QuickTime, the GrandCentral thread pool stuff, and features like being able to restore items from the trash bin. On the whole, $29 seems like a perfectly reasonable price (kind of like what MS charged for Windows 98 SE).
Yeee This is going to be such a huge improvement can't wait. I think I will buy it of apple website though.
will we lose all saved data that we have in 10.5, I mean will I have to redownload my iTunes, iPhoto and other files I have saved to the HDD?
@murmermer,
No. You can just install the upgrade over your existing 10.5 install to, well, upgrade it.
Something you should consider is putting your personal files on a separate partition, so you can reinstall the OS while still not affecting your files. This works for all of the operating systems (OS X, Windows, Linux Distros ...). It is good (especially for windows and the registry) to re-load your OS every couple of years, and partitioning makes it easier since you do not lose files.
JohnWesleyHarding @ Aug 1st 2009 8:57PM
..is that sarcasm?
@murmermer
If you have had the sense to back up your data onto another drive (such as with Time Machine) and preferably stored in another location to your computer then this is not the sort of question that you should be needing to ask. Upgrading to 10.6 will not destroy your data unless you format the drive/partition with your data first. However, your hard drive may (and most likely will) fail at some time in the future and so you need to be prepared for that eventuality today.
With external hard drives costing absolute peanuts these days there simply is no excuse for not backing up.
If you buy it on amazon and download it via bittorent at the same time (when it come out) would this be legal..? I mean I tecnicly Bought the license for it didn't I?
But, but, piracy is bad. It causes heat waves, ice melts and poverty.
If you're gonna buy it, why download the torrent too... your logic befuddles me.
1. to get it faster
2. to have a DMG, so i dont have to rip the original DVD, for VMWARE and stuff like that...
3. because I can
NO, you bought a license to use the software, not distribute it. When using bit torrent you're essentially distributing the software when uploading to the other peers.
Moral of the story is torrent and don't seed, the RIAA and MPAA and whatever only go after the big seeders.
I make sure all of my ratios are under 0.010, for my own safety.
Lazarpandar: "Moral of the story is torrent and don't seed, the RIAA and MPAA and whatever only go after the big seeders.
I make sure all of my ratios are under 0.010, for my own safety."
Geez thanks, so that means your Boy George discography isn't going anywhere?
Silence, I kill you!
Why would you download something so critical as an operating system from an unknown source? Have you learnt nothing from the malware infected Torrents of iWork '09 and Photoshop CS4? Don't be an idiot.
Sorry, I can't put that any more lightly.
just like you can order Windows XP service pack 4 aka windows 7...
Yeah, not to mention that it's a closed, expensive, proprietary OS made-for-smug-turtleneck-wearing-latte-sipping-hipsters and you can use something totally open and way better for way less mon ...
... crap, I thought this was Digg
I predict the comments will rate about four out of five Ballmers of Told.
$29? Can you get any cheaper than this? Now tell me how much it is going to cost me to buy Vista Pro! :)
Was Vista Pro an Xp service pack?
This is great. All I need now is to buy a $1500 underpowered laptop to use this inexpensive OS.
Jelly: "$29? Can you get any cheaper than this?"
Yes; Free Dollars.
Was Vista Pro an Xp service pack?
No, but Windows 7 is a Vista service pack, and yet is priced significantly higher.
@Andrew:
Anyone who says 7 is a Vista Service Pack has never used 7, or doesn't know what is meant by "Service Pack". Windows 7 is a pretty large upgrade to Vista. It is far larger than the change from Leopard to Snow Leopard. If you think 7 should be Vista SP3, then you are basically saying you think SL should be 10.5.9.
clearly cmsb55 hasn't the first clue about Snow Leopard. But since the average MS fanboy hasn't touched a Mac since 1995, no big surprise.
pretty close... actually 1988 was the last time I used a mac...
Although the tragic Win 95 -> Win98 -> WinMe upgrade sequence cured me of windoze fandom. When will you be healed?
Sup jelly. Windows 7 upgrade was $20 dollars more than this POS. An apple user should not be concerned at all about $20 when he spent $2000 more on his computer.
Uhh I think Apple needs to made tv ads about the difference in cost for the upgrades. WIndows 7 HOME is 115 and Professional is 190.. at Costco.
This is 29 bucks.
Obvious troll is obvious.
I dont own a mac but I think if you really truely have to pay for an update, $29.00 is cheap.
Wow this is pretty cheap, I was susspecting like 99 bucks.
I dont own a mac btw
This is great. All I need now is to buy a $1500 underpowered laptop to use this inexpensive OS.
actually it will install well on my $200 netbook
Macs aren't under powered, they actually have really good hardware and the CPUs are almost always better then the notebook of there price range.
(No I am not a Mac fanboy or a Apple fanboy, I don't even own one single apple product. (yes i don't have an iPod))
Light Speed, how many times do we have to repeat this?
Mac users are not homos, they are just simple pretentious smugs.
jk.
i wonder when apple is finally going to get a new operating system osx is so outdated come on already.
? i dont think you are getting this..