RSSMac OS X Snow Leopard due August 28
By Tim Conneally | Published August 24, 2009, 10:11 AM
Mac OS X Snow Leopard, the incremental update to which has been a topic of discussion for more than a year will finally be available on August 28, The Apple Store now says.
As an incremental upgrade for Leopard users, Snow Leopard will only cost $29.99 for a single user license and $49.99 for the family pack (five licenses.) Also, any Mac purchased after June 8th is eligible for a $9.95 upgrade. Pre-ordering is open today for delivery on Friday.
Among the refinements promised with Snow Leopard is OpenCL, the multi-processor technology which lets the graphics processor act as an additional CPU to speed up applications; support for Microsoft Exchange Server; updated QuickTime, 64-bit support, and multi-core optimization with Grand Central Dispatch.
$29? lol I only paid $9.95!! :)
that is if you bought a new mac after June 8th (now that is sweeet!!)
reminds me of 2000 when I bought windows ME, and had to pay $200+ for XP that was released 3 weeks later lol that is when I started to hate MS.
so thanks apple for this.
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|Yeah, MS's silliness has led a lot of people to the Mac. In fact, Microsoft just being Microsoft will continue to lead more people to the Mac than any of Apple's ads!
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|But your $2000 Mac is a $500 PC with a bitten apple sticker...
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|Interesting that the Leopard->Snow Leopard upgrade has gone up by $0.99 here.
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|OH YEAH BABY! I can't wait to get my copy. The baddest OS known to man is being released Aug. 28th! If you've been holding off or looking for that "excuse" to get a Mac, now you have it. :-)
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|Take the day off and play with it all day long.
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|The $29.99 price is not for everyone
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1114
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|I think Apple is explained the upgrade strategy throughly enough. If you run Leopard (whether it came preinstalled or not) and have an Intel Mac, you qualify for the $29.99 pricing.
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|You missed the point. The point is NOT that Apple's explanation was unclear or confusing. I think it's perfectly clear. The point is that Apple's perfectly clear criteria is simply not applicable to millions of existing Macs. Anybody currently running Tiger on an Intel Mac would pay $169 for the Snow Leopard upgrade, and you have to hunt for this price because Apple isn't publicizing it like they are with the $29 price. The referenced article estimates that a majority (over 50%) of Mac users won't qualify for the $29 price. I'm not too sure about the accuracy of the estimates, but if they're close at all, then it's misleading for Apple to promote a $29 price if a large portion of the market will have to pay much more.
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|One quick look at that authors profile....he makes his living off Microsoft. Wonder why he is coming up with fantasy numbers saying $29 for OSX Snow Leopard is more expensive than the Vista 7 bug fixes? guess it is like when Microsoft says it is cheaper than Linux. ROFL
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|It is cheaper then Linux because you have to retrain all your employees and Linux admins cost more then MS admins. Unless your time costs nothing, Linux is more
Snow Leopard is just bug fixes and refinements to Leopard so essentially it is Leopard 2.0 otherwise it would have been named a different type of cat
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|Wow.. Wow.. they update Quicktime with the OS?? I'm confused about what Quicktime is now?? I always thought it was an app that gets auto updated ?? M$ Exchange server support it didn't already have that?? Plus I thought apple users just ran windows in a shell to use outlook?
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|"Among the refinements promised with Snow Leopard is OpenCL, the multi-processor technology which lets the graphics processor act as an additional CPU to speed up applications; support for Microsoft Exchange Server; updated Quicktime, 64-bit support, and multi-core optimization with Grand Central Dispatch."
Translation:
Compatibility with MS Software, an updated Application, support for 64-bit (hasn't every other OS in the world had this for years now?), and multi-core optimizations?
Color me impressed....if we were in the year 2000.
Please tell me this isn't an exhaustive list.
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|Don't forget that you have to pay $30 to finally get your OS up to speed with y2k.
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|lmfao!
Gratz, daq. You made my day.
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|"Don't forget that you have to pay _another_ $399 to finally get your Vista OS to work. And dont forget to pay even more to upgrade your Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, and Anti-Malware suites."
fixed that for you
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|You really need a new meme because its horribly wrong
$399? Are you buying a new pc? A license for Win7 is $200 at most.
A/V - Spyware Protection and Anti- Malware is FREE
FYI Mac can get viruses they just don't affect them but you can sure pass it on to your Windows friends
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|Why get a new meme? The old one works just fine: We recognize it for the utterly inane BS we always get from him instantly and mod him down accordingly so we don't have to look at the OCD repetitions of this half-wit any longer.
Seems like the perfect scenario barring him suddenly growing a brain or, God forbid, losing his ability to drool on a keyboard.
Mod him down and don't even read it. You already know what he's saying. Same s***, different day. He's been told AV is free a million freaking times. We all know it, he knows it. He knows he's trolling, we know he's trolling. It's been fun, but it's just so much easier now that the comment gets hidden when you mod it down to just ignore the half-wit.
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|Naw, that's what you'd expect if your "upgrading" to Vista 2nd edition.
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|What do you think Snow Leopard is? Its a second Edition otherwise they would have called it Brontosaurus or Meat Popsicle
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|I've not had AV software running on my PC since XP was releaed. I've had Blaster (which everyone had; AV running or not) and Conficker (as above) which I fixed in around 10 mins each.
Don't go on asians**teaters.com and you won't need AV software.
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|Actually the only people that got blaster were the ones, who did not download the update MS released a month before the outbreak...
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|Which was almost everyone :P I don't install updates either :P SPs; yea, general updates; no. I'm happy running into a small problem and fixing it rather than preventing it with bloated buls**t.
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|"Which was almost everyone"
Source?
"I'm happy running into a small problem and fixing it rather than preventing it with bloated buls**t."
Ever looked at the difference in size between a fully patched and an un-patched Windows installation?
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|No need for a source... if you remember it happening; the internet slowed down! If it was only people who didn't update beforehand there's seriously something wrong with the internet...
It's not the size that matters; everyone and their mother has 500+gb storage to play with these days. It's the fact that windows updates (for everything) install like separate small programs and add registry entries all over the place which in turn slow and clog performance, boot up time, etc.
Once SP2 (sorta like Snow Leopard, but free) was out there was no real need for any updates. Not crippling ones anyway. With SP3 (sorta like Snow Leopard, but free) incorporated into an install; you're rocking.
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|I am not a MAC user so I am just wondering does MAC always charge for updates?
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|Microsoft also charges for new versions/major updates to Windows. These come out a little more frequently (2 years instead of 3), but tend to include upgrades to not just the OS but also all the applications that come bundled with it (iPhoto, iMovie, Mail, etc.). In some cases, those have previously been separate, paid products.
This one doesn't look like it promises as much as the last, so they've set a much lower price.
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|Major upgrades and new version certainly justify the price (Vista excepted.) Microsoft never charges for UPDATES.
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|Yes they do, but it usually costs more than this. This is a surprise they cut the cost. On the other hand, it's still baffling since this is equivalent to a Windows SP. Can you imagaine the backlash if MS charged for a SP?
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|"Microsoft also charges for new versions/major updates to Windows."
Quote from TFA:
"As an incremental upgrade for Leopard users, Snow Leopard will only cost $29.99"
See a difference there, Scott? ;)
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|What updates does Apple charge for? I see Microsoft is charging for Vista 7 though...and wow, look at those prices....
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|"Microsoft never charges for UPDATES."
What do you call Vista 7?
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|You're on the internet, you are a MAC (Media Access Control) user, you're just not a Mac user. Also, The company is Apple.
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|Vista 7 doesn't exist. Stop eating; you're messing your head up.
Vista is and was a new OS.
7 is a new OS.
Snow Leopard is and will be an update. What MS calls a 'service pack' and offers for free.
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|Can't wait to pick up the family pack this weekend. $49.99 for _FIVE_ licenses is an unbelievably good deal. With all the money i save from my Macs, i might be able to afford a single super expensive Vista 7 license, even though it will be for a crippled, non "ultimate" (SIC) version.
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|Repeat after me - ONE makes their money from Hardware - The OTHER makes their money from Software.
While we are talking about paying more, how do you justify Apple charging for firmware updates while everyone else offers them free?
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|While we're at it, please justify paying $2K for a $600 computer.
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|"While we're at it, please justify paying $2K for a $600 computer."
ROFL, same old tired BS. That $600 computer has _no where_ near the specs of the $2k machine. BTW - did your $600 include anti-virus, anti-apyware, intrusion detection, etc....?
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|@terminalx - what firmware update did Apple charge for? And thanks for admitting Microsoft makes super expensive, arbitrarily stripped down OS'es.
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|Paied $1,200 for my ASUS G50... versus $2,000 for a MacBook Pro. Mine came with a Geforce 9800M, MBP comes with a 9600M. Win: G50. Mine came with a 2.5Ghz CPU, MBP came with 2.4Ghz(at the time). Win: G50. Monitor both are 15.4 inches monitors... Resolution on mine: 1680 x 1050, MBP 1400 x 900. Win:G50. USB Ports - 4 on the ASUS, 2 on the MBP. Win:G50. Expresscard slot on both? Check. Multi-card reader on both? Nope. Win: G50. Firewire on both? Check. Harddrive configuration: Dual 320 7200 RPM Drives with a built in Intel RAID controller, MBP 250 5400 RPM drive(At the time). VGA and HDMI(With audio support) Vs: proprietary Mini-Display link connector that no-one uses? Win: G50 Quickboot OS launcher on G50. MBP = Nothing. Win: G50. Keyboard: G50 has full keyboard with numberpad. MPB, Qwerty keys only. Win: G50. G50 has overclocking systems, socket CPU so that it can be replaced with another one, serviceable by owner. I can actually replace my own harddrives! OH NOES!
I'm starting to see a trend here fatty. Seems to me like the computer that cost less, has better specs. And before you throw any of the "You have pay for Virus protection, and your bloated OS" rhetoric: I'm a devoted Linux user. So no, I don't have to pay for any of that sort of thing.
Get a grip. Apple is over priced for what it is. It's limiting, and they try to throw in useless hardware changes in hope that it will make it seem like it's on the cutting edge. DDR3 in a laptop = useless.
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|Two times Apple has charged for firmware updates.
They did it for OS 2.0 and OS 3.0
Microsoft on the other hand provided free firmware updates to their media player and its rumored that the Zune HD when it comes out that it will be backwards compatible with previous players.
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|This is about full computers, not computers masquerading as music players or phones. iPhone OS 2.0 and 3.0 were free for iPhone users but not for iPod touch users. Besides, is $9.95 so much for a full system upgrade?
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|So you are admitting that Microsoft price gouges for it's bloated software "upgrades"?
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|These dimwits have no idea what a quality computer really is. If they did they would all switch to a Mac and it would be the end of story. But instead they will continue to purchase $299.00 crappy netbooks and think it compares to a MacBook or MacBook Pro! LOL. Bunch of lames.
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|I think it is you that should get a grip. Your overpriced Netbook still lacks Mac OS X, Apple's quality design and the best customer service in the industry.
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|LOL. Obvious troll is obvious. I admit, i laughed at your stupidity.
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|@Herro
I would take the $1699 15" MacBook Pro over your cloner (which you paid way more than $1200 for BTW) any day of the week. MBP Wins on OS, MPB wins on memory, MPB wins on hardware quality, MBP wins on battery, MBP wins on software bundle, MBP wins on processor, MBP wins on display quality, MBP wins on waranty service, MBP wins on having Apple Stores everywhere for support, MBP wins on not forcing people to buy Anti-virus, Anti-Spyware, Anti Malware, MBP wins on seamless integration with the best phone, the iPhone, MBP wins on seamless integration with the best music players iPods.
As you can see, quite a pattern, the MBP is the better machine. You know it, I know it, and more people everyday know it. Once you go Mac, you never go back....
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|You do realize that ASUS is one of the leading OEMs that manufactures the Macbook Pros. Right?
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|Source? Anyways, point being? Somehow cheapo plastic ASUS Windows cloners are the same as Apples?
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|Uh, open your Apple PC and you will see either Foxconn or Asus for the mobo. The rest of the parts are also standard pc parts - WD, Seagate, Kingston, Nvidia.
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|yeah i have had to replace alot of toshiba harddrives in macs too
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|It's amazing what Google can do for you...
From: http://crave.cnet.co.uk/...9029450,49293967,00.htm
"We're tempted to ignore all Apple rumours because there's just so many of them, but this rings true because Asus is Apple's contract manufacturer. It's one of the companies responsible for building the iBooks, PowerBooks and MacBooks of this world..."
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|Lol, sorry- almost wrote the exact same thing before reading down...
Always like the read the mac/ms battles on here, hahaha!
Even when the article is nothing at all to do with the other party; there's always someone kicking it off :D
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|= win
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|I laugh at your negative scores... fat f***er...
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