Snow Leopard

[Melvil]

According to my partners install CD her macbook isn't good enough to run SnowLeopard because of the CPU

What's the specs on her macbook?

 

[Carwash]

For those who've not read it already, Siracusa's review is up at ars: http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2009/08/mac-os-x-10-6.ars

 

[GrasB]

What's the specs on her macbook?

1st gen MacBook Pro 15" Core Duo 2.16GHz, 2GB ram, X1600, 120GB HDD, iirc it was fully loaded from the factory.

 

[GrasB]

The guy at our local Apple retailer said that all 32bit machines weren't suitable for SL, however my work mini has just taken an SL install which is a core solo. So now I'm thinking the tech I spoke to didn't know jack.

 

[GrasB]

I think you're right!

Problem is that it ends up making you look like a tit for repeating disinformation after you've had a problem & consulted a, supposedly qualified, technician.

 

[ufkacbln]

Beware of printer issues.

A lot of printers are not working after the install.

My Pixma required reinstalling, and although it says that the OS is not supported if you continue and reconfigure it will wrk.

 

[Carwash]

Beware of printer issues.

A lot of printers are not working after the install.

This may be a side effect of one of the changes Snow Leopard makes: printer drivers are now installed as-needed. Perhaps something went wrong and it didn't realise it needed to install the driver for your printer. Was it connected when you upgraded?

 

[ufkacbln]

This may be a side effect of one of the changes Snow Leopard makes: printer drivers are now installed as-needed. Perhaps something went wrong and it didn't realise it needed to install the driver for your printer. Was it connected when you upgraded?

...ish

I use a wireless connection so that may be why it was not recognised, but a reinstal using USB and then configuring worked just fine
.

 

[willhub]

Has anyone tried Snow Leopard on a Hackintosh?

 

[Pottsy]

Just an aside - I only bought my latest Mac in July and was elligible for a 'up-to-date program' upgrade. Cost is only £7.95 so I've ordered it.

http://www.apple.com/uk/macosx/uptodate/

It hasn't arrived yet though so no report on performance or flaws etc.

 

[Old Walrus]

A quick & painless upgrade! Several Gb clawed back and speedier booting up, shutting down and opening of applications.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

i've just ordered mine. the promise of 7gb less space for the os was a deal clincher…

 

[Melvil]

Installed last night. Can't say it's that much quicker but I do like the new Quicktime (lets you record) and finder.

 

[tdr1nka]

I'm still running on Oselot.

 

[ufkacbln]

A SEVERE MAULING!

My MacBook had problems this evening with first QT not working and then update crashing.

A restart produced a "Spinning ball of death" and the machine will not boot, it is frozen at this point.

I have now rebooted from the SL disc and am reinstalling, I will await the results and keep you all posted.

I am "slightly miffed" perhaps even "a little annoyed" at this as it is not a unique problem!

Snow Leopard Causes 'Spinning Wheel Of Death'

Some Apple customers gripe that move to Mac OS X 10.6 prompts systems to freeze.

By Paul McDougall
InformationWeek
September 3, 2009 10:47 AM

Numerous Mac users are complaining that upgrading their systems to Apple's new Snow Leopard operating system causes a boot failure that results in an endless display of a rotating icon known colloquially as "the spinning wheel of death."

As of Thursday, Apple's support forum was littered with posts from customers whose attempts to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6 prompted the error.

"Sooo many on so many different Macs seem to be getting the Spinning Wheel of Death from Snow Leopard," wrote ravenx2012 on a post Saturday on the forum. "Seriously, how can so many people have their Macs bricked by this paid for 'service pack'," wrote the user.

Another poster, user James Shepard, reported that Snow Leopard "bricked my iMac 24" at the spinning wheel of death." Similarly, forum member Chet Wyman said that, despite a "flawless" upgrade for his MacBook Pro, his attempt to install Snow Leopard on his children's iMacs went awry. "Now I come home to the spinning wheel of death," said Shepard.

Numerous other users reported encountering the glitch, which has been likened to the Apple version of Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Windows' infamous Blue Screen of Death. As of Thursday, a section on Apple's support forum devoted to the issue had drawn more than 1,500 views.

Forum members suggested numerous fixes—from holding down certain keys during installation to simply waiting out the problem—but Apple offered only one formal suggestion.

"Your Mac may start up to a gray screen after upgrading from Mac OS X v10.5 to Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard. This may occur if a previous Mac OS X v10.5 software update had been downloaded using Software Update, but not completely installed, before installing Snow Leopard," Apple said in a support bulletin.

Despite the glitches, Snow Leopard sales appear to be strong. The OS remained the top software seller on Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN).com a week after its August 28 debut, according the online retailer's Sales Rank listings.

Snow Leopard introduces a number of new features to the Mac operating environment, including 64-bit versions of Finder, Mail, iCal, iChat, and the Safari Web browser.

Mac OS X 10.6 also includes a new multithreading technology called Grand Central Dispatch that should prove popular with gamers, creative professionals, and other users that require maximum horsepower for graphics processing and other computationally intensive tasks. GCD enables applications to make full use of multi-core chips.

Meanwhile, a Web site has documented Snow Leopard's 100 incompatible Mac apps