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Seiven
07/10/09

In reply to Guess What? It's a New Snow Leopard Build
noticed this pop up last night around 6 or 7 central ...still not sure what all was in it, but a 1.31GB update HAS to have something good in it
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
07/09/09

In reply to Guess What? It's a New Snow Leopard Build
I've got a theory!

Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes! They got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses. And what's with all the carrots? What do they need such good eyesight for anyway?

Bunnies! Bunnies! It must be bunnies!

Or maybe iTablets...
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MF350z: Wanting, at least, a silver star!
07/09/09

What does this have to do with the topic?
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Edited by MF350z: Wanting, at least, a silver star! at 07/09/09 8:32 PM

Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
07/09/09

@MF350z: It's the first thing that pops into my head when someone says the word THEORY.

Damn Joss Whedon!

And there are more and more theories/rumors/mumblings/liver transplants than usual lately about tablets. Even mention that Apple wants to debut Jobs' return AND a new product line together for maximum BOOM factor.

So, my theory is that it's bunnies.
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mGARANDEUR1
07/09/09

In reply to Guess What? It's a New Snow Leopard Build
It's just not as exciting as Windows 7 builds are. Microsoft really stepped up their game.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
07/09/09

@mGARANDEUR1: Actually outside of Win7 being a version of vista that isn't shit... Well, I just don't find the thought of paying for a working version of Vista with a few upgrades tossed in to be stepping up their game quite honestly.

And for those who will boo me for dogging on Vista for sucking, if it didn't suck why did so many Corp environments (and groups within Microsoft itself) resist upgrading to it? Not to mention they spent $300,000,000 (That's a lot of zeros!) to convince people it didn't suck w/ Project Mojave.

At least Snow Leopard is only charging you a small upgrade fee. For me to go from Vista Ultimate x64 to Win7 Ultimate I have to pay full upgrade price. So, I can upgrade my mbp and my mini for $60 vs $200+ for an upgrade on one machine from Vista and that doesn't cover the upgrade on my mbp's install of XP.
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SysRq
07/09/09

@Lite: is on a boat.: I've always thought that the Windows tiered system (basic, home, ultimate, whatever they are) was utter bull for the reasons you just described: paying full upgrade price to go from one fully featured OS to a glorified SP is ridiculous. Snow Leopard is cheap, and has just as many new features and improvements. Windows 7 does not have a major UI change aside from the new taskbar/dock, and Snow Leopard has a new dock too, so nyeh.

One price for upgrading Leopard vs. tiered system to squeeze more money out of people that already paid good money for the fully featured OS. That's what it comes down to.
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MF350z: Wanting, at least, a silver star!
07/09/09

@Lite: is on a boat.: That's a great point. But you would be able to actually upgrade both you mbp's for $49, not $60. There is a family pack upgrade that has 5 licenses codes in it for $49. So essentially you'd get to upgrade both your mbp's and 3 other leopard machines for $49.
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AlexSea
07/09/09

@Lite: is on a boat.: I was under the impression that IT departments held off on vista til SP1. There was this little recession that made the idea of upgrading an OS (much less hardware too) laughable to most companies. I bet Windows 7 will have a slower adoption rate as well. Vista DOES suck, but it has a lot of IT tools and inherent security that makes sense to upgrade to IF you can get the funds to do so.

Here's something to ponder. If OSX had any sort of adoption in corporate environments WHATSOEVER, do you think there would have been an outcry about snow leopard being intel only? Intel machines are relatively new, and upgrading a corporate environment from powerpc to intel computers would be a huge cash drain.

This is a nice well reasoned post that no one will read because idiots with stars can post entire bullshit that supersedes everyone else. Damn it nick denton, it makes sense on sites like gawker where the funny people get stars, but not so much on gizmodo.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
07/09/09

@AlexLand: As someone who manages an office full of Vista machines, I can tell you it is the bane of my existence in a corporate environment.

Well, any machine running PPC chips will be at least 3 years old, if not older and nearing the end of its useful life. Leopard still runs great, and doesn't suck. Just like XP doesn't suck.

Putting Vista on a 3+ year old machine would make the machine pretty fucking painful to use. Especially "Corporate" class machines which tend to be dog-ass-slow to begin with.

Hell, I'd rather put Windows Server 2008 on an old desktop machine than Vista. It'll run better, have a lower memory footprint, and have all the wonderful security features that Vista has.

Oh, and stop your whining about people with stars getting preference. This whole thread has been me bumping up people's posts even if they don't agree with them. Just because we have stars does not make us A) Morons or B) Tyrants.

Though I wouldn't mind being a nice warm and fuzzy space tyrant.
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AlexSea
07/10/09

@Lite: is on a boat.: You know what? You're absoultely right. It's tough to convey sarcasm or not via the internet, but I'm completely serious. Got me!
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ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD
07/09/09

In reply to Guess What? It's a New Snow Leopard Build
I want to try it so bad!!! Too bad the voodoo kernel doesn't support virtualization or I would be all over that.
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Seiven
07/10/09

@darkstar:
I am using this build with VMware Fusion with Ubuntu 9.04, Fedora Core 11, and Windows 7 RC. I love being able to directly compare OSes on one machine. I just have to virtualize the other way. :)
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Shawn Pero
06/26/09

In reply to Snow Leopard Update Comes Via Software Update, Adds Dock Expose
I just got my new MacBook Pro 13 last week, so I can wait and pay $10 for the final version, as by that time my computer will start to show a little bit of aging that a new OS will fix.
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MF350z: Wanting, at least, a silver star!
06/26/09

@Shawn Pero: How are you getting it for $10? I thought it was a $29 upgrade..

I know what you mean tho. I've had my MacBook Pro 15 for about a year so I'm due for something new!
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Shawn Pero
06/26/09

@mfischer579: Sorry, June 8th, and 9.95.

[www.apple.com]
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Seiven
07/01/09

@Shawn Pero: yeah you can already order and pre-pay...gets you in line for first shipment :)

can't wait to feed my new MacBook Pro 13 a fresh Snow Leopard install...playing with 10a354 right now
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Wess
06/26/09

In reply to Snow Leopard Update Comes Via Software Update, Adds Dock Expose
Will it call home?
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itchytooth
06/26/09

@Wess: Highly unlikely. Apple doesn't even have any authentication scheme for its OS. Well, unless you count the hardware authentication.
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itchytooth
03/31/09

In reply to iPhone 3.0 Beta 2 Now Available, Fixes Sluggishness, Introduces Push Notifications
Installing ASAP. Crossing fingers for speed/stability improvements...
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Kaiser-Machead
03/31/09

In reply to iPhone 3.0 Beta 2 Now Available, Fixes Sluggishness, Introduces Push Notifications
Disco, at one point, was a new thing.

Not all new things are necessarily things we should want.
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John Mahoney
03/31/09

@Kaiser 'Overlord' Machead: Disco was/is awesome.
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Kaiser-Machead
03/31/09

@John Mahoney: Well, the square glow-floors might be cool to look at while high/drunk, but I swear to Jebus I'll leave this planet if I see a group of people doing that diagonal finger-pointing hip dance.
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Kaiser-Machead
03/31/09

@John Mahoney: @Adam Beaugh: @Parapraxis:

OK, I will withdraw my random Disco hate and leave it at that. Damn hippies.
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Nutchromeo
03/31/09

@Kaiser 'Overlord' Machead: Disco Chromeo accepts your apology...that's just the kind of guy Disco Chromeo is
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