Official Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Thread & FAQ

[Doctor X]

--J.D.

[icemanjc]

Already ordered the "Upgrade." I find it rather annoying though that they do not provide a full installation disc that is not with Mac Box Set.

[nixgeek]

I had e-mailed fryke about this, but I thought I would post it here as well. I was thinking about preordering Snow Leopard for $29. However, I notice that Apple is calling this offer an "upgrade" for Leopard users. Now, I know the word "upgrade" has a tendency to be used VERY loosely when it comes to software, so I thought I would ask the following. Is one required to have Leopard in order to take advantage of SL for the $29 offer? Would I be able to purchase SL for $29 and install it on an Intel Mac with Tiger? Could I do a full installation with it as opposed to just upgrading a previous version?

I know that Apple is recommending the Box Set for those without Leopard, but what if all I want is Snow Leopard without the iLife/iWork suite?

Thanks guys.

EDIT: Just saw icemanjc's post which sort of answers my question.

[icemanjc]

Originally Posted by nixgeek

I had e-mailed fryke about this, but I thought I would post it here as well. I was thinking about preordering Snow Leopard for $29. However, I notice that Apple is calling this offer an "upgrade" for Leopard users. Now, I know the word "upgrade" has a tendency to be used VERY loosely when it comes to software, so I thought I would ask the following. Is one required to have Leopard in order to take advantage of SL for the $29 offer? Would I be able to purchase SL for $29 and install it on an Intel Mac with Tiger? Could I do a full installation with it as opposed to just upgrading a previous version?

I too checked this upgrade option out thoroughly and just as I had figured, under System Requirement Mac OS 10.5 Leopard is listed.

What I don't understand is supposedly Snow Leopard was supposed to clear up a lot of the clutter in 10.5 that is caused by now useless PowerPC stuff. How do they plan to do this if they are just installing on top of something that is already cluttered...?

[Doctor X]

I guess they . . . remove it?

I think Fryke alluded to that, and I asked him if that would mean the removal of some PPC programs that work on Intel.

--J.D.

[nixgeek]

Originally Posted by icemanjc

I too checked this upgrade option out thoroughly and just as I had figured, under System Requirement Mac OS 10.5 Leopard is listed.

What I don't understand is supposedly Snow Leopard was supposed to clear up a lot of the clutter in 10.5 that is caused by now useless PowerPC stuff. How do they plan to do this if they are just installing on top of something that is already cluttered...?

Well, the SL installation will probably do a clean up of older files and replace them with newer files, all the while removing excess PPC code. I gather that it would still have the necessary files but would check for an existing Leopard installation.

[fryke]

There are a lot of UB applications and extensions (and the kernel) in Leopard. They contain a PPC and an intel part. The new versions come only with the intel part. This certainly makes them smaller. I guess I've said it on the first page of this thread in answer to Doctor X, as he said.

[chevy]

I am wondering if the name "UPGRADE" is not here for a completely different reason.

It may be to indicate that Apple does not sell full versions of the software without hardware ! It may prevent rights issues with companies who want to start hackintosh business.