Comments on: Happy Snow Leopard Day http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/08/28/happy-snow-leopard-day/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:51:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mike Lhttp://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/08/28/happy-snow-leopard-day/#comment-197908 Mike L Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:48:03 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=7241#comment-197908 ***Update*** Parallels Desktop customer service actually came through and helped me out with my problem (somewhat, I still had to figure out a lot of the issue on my own). I am now fully happy with Snow Leopard! ***Update*** Parallels Desktop customer service actually came through and helped me out with my problem (somewhat, I still had to figure out a lot of the issue on my own). I am now fully happy with Snow Leopard!

]]> By: Smitheehttp://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/08/28/happy-snow-leopard-day/#comment-197867 Smithee Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:08:21 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=7241#comment-197867 Here's an even friendlier set of instructions, which also covers how to do a clean install:http://www.cultofmac.com/how-to-upgrade-to-snow-leopard-the-right-way/15141 Here’s an even friendlier set of instructions, which also covers how to do a clean install:

http://www.cultofmac.com/how-to-upgrade-to-snow-leopard-the-right-way/15141

]]> By: Mike Lhttp://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/08/28/happy-snow-leopard-day/#comment-197861 Mike L Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:55:08 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=7241#comment-197861 Ran the install yesterday and have a couple of notes: #1 - there is not (at least I didn't see one) a clean install option. Upgrade only. #2 - my ENTIRE system is running extremely faster. The notes I have read on this is that they rewrote a lot of how the software uses the hardware, which sounded like marketing garbage, but it really is blazingly faster - it even sped up my internet browsing, and i esp notice when I'm on a slower DSL connection! Great news all around here. #3 - only downside was that parallels desktop 3.0 is on the incompatible list, so I had to upgrade it to 4.0, but it wouldn't go through properly because it couldn't access the old 3.0 software. My problem here is more with Parallels than Apple, and have sent them a couple nasty e-mails trying to get it resolved (terrible company since I started using them 3 years ago).The whole process took me about an hour total on my 2007 macbook pro (aside from the parallels issues). Good luck and trust the upgrade! Ran the install yesterday and have a couple of notes:
#1 – there is not (at least I didn’t see one) a clean install option. Upgrade only.
#2 – my ENTIRE system is running extremely faster. The notes I have read on this is that they rewrote a lot of how the software uses the hardware, which sounded like marketing garbage, but it really is blazingly faster – it even sped up my internet browsing, and i esp notice when I’m on a slower DSL connection! Great news all around here.
#3 – only downside was that parallels desktop 3.0 is on the incompatible list, so I had to upgrade it to 4.0, but it wouldn’t go through properly because it couldn’t access the old 3.0 software. My problem here is more with Parallels than Apple, and have sent them a couple nasty e-mails trying to get it resolved (terrible company since I started using them 3 years ago).

The whole process took me about an hour total on my 2007 macbook pro (aside from the parallels issues). Good luck and trust the upgrade!

]]> By: Jason Kratzhttp://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/08/28/happy-snow-leopard-day/#comment-197815 Jason Kratz Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:21:20 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=7241#comment-197815 "And yet, because it’s so inexpensive, that must mean it’s not necessarily worthwhile. Apple’s been pretty upfront about that, though… most of the changes are pretty boring."Thats an interesting take on it. What is boring about a smaller, faster OS, that has actually a lot of new features? Look at the page on Apple, past the 3 or so items they think are a big deal, and its a huge upgrade. There are nice updates all around the board.Most definitely worth the $30. “And yet, because it’s so inexpensive, that must mean it’s not necessarily worthwhile. Apple’s been pretty upfront about that, though… most of the changes are pretty boring.”

Thats an interesting take on it. What is boring about a smaller, faster OS, that has actually a lot of new features? Look at the page on Apple, past the 3 or so items they think are a big deal, and its a huge upgrade. There are nice updates all around the board.

Most definitely worth the $30.

]]> By: Smitheehttp://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/08/28/happy-snow-leopard-day/#comment-197802 Smithee Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:22:43 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=7241#comment-197802 The short version: 1) update existing applications in 10.5, 2) backup everything, 3) look for the "erase and install" option on the DVD.More here: http://www.tuaw.com/2009/08/27/getting-ready-for-snow-leopard/ The short version: 1) update existing applications in 10.5, 2) backup everything, 3) look for the “erase and install” option on the DVD.

More here: http://www.tuaw.com/2009/08/27/getting-ready-for-snow-leopard/

]]> By: novicehttp://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2009/08/28/happy-snow-leopard-day/#comment-197800 novice Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:05:11 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=7241#comment-197800 any advice on how to do the clean install? any advice on how to do the clean install?

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