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<blockquote data-quote="dauber" data-source="post: 901080" data-attributes="member: 48449"><p>Hey, just wanted to post my experience with the Snow Leopard install...</p><p></p><p>My copy arrived just a while ago. (Best Buy's web site told me the stores in my area were out, so I ordered it -- then later that day suddenly three stores had it...arghh!!) I haven't had much of a chance to play around with it; won't until later tonight. But a few initial observations:</p><p></p><p>- Perfectly smooth install! No problems, no nothin'. Just booted my MacBook (3.1 -- the white one, which I got in December '07 right after Christmas), popped the DVD in and ran the install program. Total time for me: roughly 47 minutes. About 1/3 of the way through the install, the computer reset itself...it quickly became apparent that it's part of the installation process, as it resumed before I even got the login screen. Have to re-boot one more time at the end of the install.</p><p></p><p>- At first, the fan spun like crazy after I cold booted and opened up Firefox. This seems to only be a temporary thing, as I closed EVERYTHING and cold-booted. I re-opened Firefox again and did some stuff, and the fan was quiet, if moving at all.</p><p></p><p>- If you move some Apple apps into your own custom folders (for the dock, for instance), you'll have some confusion at first. Safari will tell you you can't run that version of Safari on the version of OSX that's installed. What happens is that the install puts all the updated Apple software into your Applications folder. Move 'em into your custom folders and you'll be fine. (BTW -- Safari is STILL version 4.03 -- it's just a new build specific to Snow Leopard.)</p><p></p><p>- Shut down was almost instantaneous.</p><p></p><p>- After a cold boot, the computer's ready to be used noticeably sooner (a LOT sooner) than before.</p><p></p><p>- Airport -- really cool feature that I didn't notice mentioned anywhere is that if you pull down your Airport menu, not only do you get a list of networks in range, but you also get a signal strength indication. Way cool!</p><p></p><p>- I heard from someone that the Snow Leopard installation resets your wallpaper to Apple's default wallpaper. I didn't find that to be true in my case. I have mine set to change the wallpaper every 15 minutes, so I wonder if that has anything to do with it...</p><p></p><p>- All my preferences kept -- didn't need to change anything.</p><p></p><p>- Colors are a bit sharper.</p><p></p><p>- I know Toast 10 had some compatibility issues. I have Toast Titanium 8, and it looks like it's fine.</p><p></p><p>- So there's some controversy that Snow Leopard now calculates storage space in a way such that 1000 bytes = 1kb, 1000kb=1 Mb, 1000Mb=1GB, etc. instead of the real way -- multiplying by 1024 instead of 1000. Even after calculating by 1024, I still have about five or six gigs extra hard drive space. Nice!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dauber, post: 901080, member: 48449"] Hey, just wanted to post my experience with the Snow Leopard install... My copy arrived just a while ago. (Best Buy's web site told me the stores in my area were out, so I ordered it -- then later that day suddenly three stores had it...arghh!!) I haven't had much of a chance to play around with it; won't until later tonight. But a few initial observations: - Perfectly smooth install! No problems, no nothin'. Just booted my MacBook (3.1 -- the white one, which I got in December '07 right after Christmas), popped the DVD in and ran the install program. Total time for me: roughly 47 minutes. About 1/3 of the way through the install, the computer reset itself...it quickly became apparent that it's part of the installation process, as it resumed before I even got the login screen. Have to re-boot one more time at the end of the install. - At first, the fan spun like crazy after I cold booted and opened up Firefox. This seems to only be a temporary thing, as I closed EVERYTHING and cold-booted. I re-opened Firefox again and did some stuff, and the fan was quiet, if moving at all. - If you move some Apple apps into your own custom folders (for the dock, for instance), you'll have some confusion at first. Safari will tell you you can't run that version of Safari on the version of OSX that's installed. What happens is that the install puts all the updated Apple software into your Applications folder. Move 'em into your custom folders and you'll be fine. (BTW -- Safari is STILL version 4.03 -- it's just a new build specific to Snow Leopard.) - Shut down was almost instantaneous. - After a cold boot, the computer's ready to be used noticeably sooner (a LOT sooner) than before. - Airport -- really cool feature that I didn't notice mentioned anywhere is that if you pull down your Airport menu, not only do you get a list of networks in range, but you also get a signal strength indication. Way cool! - I heard from someone that the Snow Leopard installation resets your wallpaper to Apple's default wallpaper. I didn't find that to be true in my case. I have mine set to change the wallpaper every 15 minutes, so I wonder if that has anything to do with it... - All my preferences kept -- didn't need to change anything. - Colors are a bit sharper. - I know Toast 10 had some compatibility issues. I have Toast Titanium 8, and it looks like it's fine. - So there's some controversy that Snow Leopard now calculates storage space in a way such that 1000 bytes = 1kb, 1000kb=1 Mb, 1000Mb=1GB, etc. instead of the real way -- multiplying by 1024 instead of 1000. Even after calculating by 1024, I still have about five or six gigs extra hard drive space. Nice! [/QUOTE]
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