what have u noticed leopard v snow leopard

**scott_donald** · 09-04-2009, 11:16 AM

i upgraded my laptop today... so far faster and the new click on dock items but that is is... not had time to play but not entirely sure i am going to bother updating my hackintosh with all the headache it will take since its at 10.5.8 and stable...

what have others found so far??

MUFC · 09-04-2009, 11:20 AM

Is the GUI any different?

I've thought about upgrading, but i'm not sure if it's worth the money.

Ultra_Magnus · 09-04-2009, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by scott_donald

i upgraded my laptop today... so far faster and the new click on dock items but that is is... not had time to play but not entirely sure i am going to bother updating my hackintosh with all the headache it will take since its at 10.5.8 and stable...

what have others found so far??

I spent 10 minutes trying to install a hackintosh.

Needless to say i poped in my Vista recovery cd not soon after.

L.D.N · 09-04-2009, 11:25 AM

Gonna get the upgrade next friday. Only 25 quid. Was thinking about D/Ling it but too risky when it comes to OSes. From reviews etc, it doesn't seem that a whole lot has changed. Minor speed improvements and interface changes mainly I think.
Shame it doesn't come with iLife 09 either. Gonna have to get that at some point as well.

Also, don't like the new Quicktime X logo. Weird how they went from 7, to X.

L.D.N · 09-04-2009, 11:32 AM

bump

**scott_donald** · 09-04-2009, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by MUFC

Is the GUI any different?

I've thought about upgrading, but i'm not sure if it's worth the money.

tinkering yes but major no.... there is no need...

Alex1912 · 09-04-2009, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultra_Magnus

I spent 10 minutes trying to install a hackintosh.

Needless to say i poped in my Vista recovery cd not soon after.

making a hackintosh is childs play brah.

check out http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?

**scott_donald** · 09-04-2009, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex1912

making a hackintosh is childs play brah.

check out http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?

or for me...

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/ind...&#entry1250932

**scott_donald** · 09-05-2009, 12:06 PM

bumping for more opinions...

PapaPrime · 09-05-2009, 12:07 PM

I really haven't notice any difference.

Albert_PooHoles · 09-05-2009, 12:07 PM

I expected an animal fight video on Youtube.

OneBetter · 09-05-2009, 12:08 PM

rep me scott_donald because i once suggested an XBL gamertag that you liked

**scott_donald** · 10-12-2009, 06:12 AM

well bumping this as got it working on my hackintosh which is pretty fast as a base and what a big difference now in speed for simple things... ridiculous... expose is more efficient and better...

any one else have any thoughts now its been out a few weeks???

Red_Juice · 10-12-2009, 06:15 AM

It frees up a load of HHD space as a lot of the files are written for PPC and intel on the old OS X. Now only the intel part is needed. Also, printer drivers are handled differently; reclaiming space.

UkChris93 · 10-12-2009, 06:17 AM

it's def better than leopard

giles337 · 10-12-2009, 06:21 AM

Scott do you use logic on either system? I've been holding off because I've been hearing about some compatibility headaches wondered if there was any truth to them?

Malakaibeats · 10-12-2009, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by scott_donald

well bumping this as got it working on my hackintosh which is pretty fast as a base and what a big difference now in speed for simple things... ridiculous... expose is more efficient and better...

any one else have any thoughts now its been out a few weeks???

I work with audio and have my own studio and I think I'm going to wait to upgrade. I've heard a lot of nightmarish stories from colleagues about drivers not working, programs crashing in the middle of recording sessions and so on. The audio apps and their respective hardware are usually the last to conform with a new OS. I guess I'll have to give it a few months...but I'm tempted to make a small partition with Bootcamp to just test it out.

giles337 · 10-12-2009, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by UkChris93

it's def better than leopard

it's def better than leopard.

def better than leopard

def than leopard

def leppard?

.

Malakaibeats · 10-12-2009, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by giles337

Scott do you use logic on either system? I've been holding off because I've been hearing about some compatibility headaches wondered if there was any truth to them?

Yeah, give it some time. Logic Pro 9 is just about bug-free on Leopard, I wouldn't risk transferring all my projects to Snow Leopard. I've heard a lot of people complaining about Logic and Pro Tools on 10.6..latency issues, glitches in recordings etc.

giles337 · 10-12-2009, 06:30 AM

^ thanks brah, repped.

Grug · 10-12-2009, 06:30 AM

I haven't notice any appreciable difference at all. But for $35 or whatever it cost, it's not a big deal.

**scott_donald** · 10-12-2009, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by giles337

Scott do you use logic on either system? I've been holding off because I've been hearing about some compatibility headaches wondered if there was any truth to them?

i only use apperture for photos and it works perfect... so sorry cant comment... a few little apps i love cant use like the istat pro widget... the wmv viewer i had to find a beta to use quicktime for wmv viewing but it now works...

hellomister1 · 10-12-2009, 06:32 AM

http://www.diffen.com/difference/Leo...%28Mac_OS_X%29

i didnt really tinker around, rather just googled it and found out from there. i like it, it was worth the $10

Grug · 10-12-2009, 06:35 AM

Actually, I retract my previous statement - Quicktime player can now play .flv files, with the ability to control which point of the video you watch (and that serves a wonderful purpose

)

**scott_donald** · 10-12-2009, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by hellomister1

http://www.diffen.com/difference/Leo...%28Mac_OS_X%29

i didnt really tinker around, rather just googled it and found out from there. i like it, it was worth the $10

i just loaded aperture... it lies!!!

giles337 · 10-12-2009, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by scott_donald

i only use apperture for photos and it works perfect... so sorry cant comment... a few little apps i love cant use like the istat pro widget... the wmv viewer i had to find a beta to use quicktime for wmv viewing but it now works...

Is it that noticeably quicker? (paticularly on programs with more significant loadtimes like apeture/photoshop) Do the benefits outweight the drawbacks? I think I may just wait to january when I upgrade my macbook to a mbp.

Also off topic, what camera etc, do you use? Whats the different between Apeture/Lightroom. I've been looking at shooting RAW but at the moment I don't think I'm doing anything with my photos that warrants it. How much difference does it make?

**scott_donald** · 10-12-2009, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by giles337

Is it that noticeably quicker? (paticularly on programs with more significant loadtimes like apeture/photoshop) Do the benefits outweight the drawbacks? I think I may just wait to january when I upgrade my macbook to a mbp.

Also off topic, what camera etc, do you use? Whats the different between Apeture/Lightroom. I've been looking at shooting RAW but at the moment I don't think I'm doing anything with my photos that warrants it. How much difference does it make?

for me yes... i have a n i7 running at 3.62ghz and 12 gig of ram though... but again i am not the power user... loading images is much faster...

well for so little money i did buy it... but again if you are planning a new one then just wait...

di9ital · 10-12-2009, 07:38 AM

Do they have an ideneb version of snow leopard out yet? Im running 10.5.7 and afraid to update lol.

**scott_donald** · 10-12-2009, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by di9ital

Do they have an ideneb version of snow leopard out yet? Im running 10.5.7 and afraid to update lol.

no... ikaros will prob be first... but why not just do retail...

idaneeb has an upgrade to 10.5.8 which works well...

Naughty_Roo · 10-12-2009, 08:38 AM

runs faster brah, and it cleared up like 12 GBs of space on my hard drive. not very much into the technical stuff but performance-wise it got a little bit faster and some of my programs run faster and smoother now.