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<blockquote data-quote="SubH2OChick" data-source="post: 1288975" data-attributes="member: 206331"><p>Thanks for that. I went to a retail Mac store today and they had no box copies in store at all, so I will have to head out tomorrow to the main store in Sydney city centre and see if they have one, otherwise the secondary outlet of David Jones Dept Store has them.</p><p></p><p>The current OS works just fine for what I want and it seems that my MBP 5.1 is just about at the minimum specs for this upgrade anyway. It is 3 years old now and I have only just reinstated it after I tried to retire it in favour of the MBA.</p><p></p><p>It would make sense for an OS to be autonomous and not require an interim OS in order for an entire new release being reliant on it. At least the Evil MS got it right that you could go from one completely outdated system like '95 to an entire new one and not require '98, XP and (bleurgh!) Vista also be installed first. I hate MS with a passion, but at least they got that bit right.</p><p></p><p>So tomorrow, I am prepared to purchase Snowleopard even though I don't want it AND upgrade to Lion. Now to work out how the backup will work. Time Machine or SuperDuper? Yes I bought that too as it was recommended as a good way to go with a backup in preparation for the upgrade.</p><p></p><p>I don't use iWorks. I have the older '08 version that came with this Laptop and I hated it so badly that I instead purchased Office For Mac '08 and have recently upgraded that to 2011. Much better and they have fixed things that were broken though I have found a number of features that are not compatible with the MS version of Office. As for iLife, I barely even use it except for the occasional image in iPhoto. I only have it as my partner will eventually want to do video editing.</p><p></p><p>I may sound like I am whingeing (frustration venting really), but frankly I don't care. I paid a boat-load of money for these computers (in excess of $8000 for 2 laptops, peripherals, software and warranties) and it would be nice to have some freedom in how I manage my upgrades.</p><p></p><p>Alonya</p><p>Alonya</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SubH2OChick, post: 1288975, member: 206331"] Thanks for that. I went to a retail Mac store today and they had no box copies in store at all, so I will have to head out tomorrow to the main store in Sydney city centre and see if they have one, otherwise the secondary outlet of David Jones Dept Store has them. The current OS works just fine for what I want and it seems that my MBP 5.1 is just about at the minimum specs for this upgrade anyway. It is 3 years old now and I have only just reinstated it after I tried to retire it in favour of the MBA. It would make sense for an OS to be autonomous and not require an interim OS in order for an entire new release being reliant on it. At least the Evil MS got it right that you could go from one completely outdated system like '95 to an entire new one and not require '98, XP and (bleurgh!) Vista also be installed first. I hate MS with a passion, but at least they got that bit right. So tomorrow, I am prepared to purchase Snowleopard even though I don't want it AND upgrade to Lion. Now to work out how the backup will work. Time Machine or SuperDuper? Yes I bought that too as it was recommended as a good way to go with a backup in preparation for the upgrade. I don't use iWorks. I have the older '08 version that came with this Laptop and I hated it so badly that I instead purchased Office For Mac '08 and have recently upgraded that to 2011. Much better and they have fixed things that were broken though I have found a number of features that are not compatible with the MS version of Office. As for iLife, I barely even use it except for the occasional image in iPhoto. I only have it as my partner will eventually want to do video editing. I may sound like I am whingeing (frustration venting really), but frankly I don't care. I paid a boat-load of money for these computers (in excess of $8000 for 2 laptops, peripherals, software and warranties) and it would be nice to have some freedom in how I manage my upgrades. Alonya Alonya [/QUOTE]
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