Wednesday, September 2

The definitive 10.6 gripery

From Merlin Mann. It’s true, 10.6 breaks some stuff. I just discovered the whole CS3 incompatibility thing which ostensibly won’t be fixed unless you shell out $200 for the upgrade.

The problem was the branding. Snow Leopard was a “bug fix” update. But read the Ars review. It’s actually longer than the 10.4 or the 10.5 review at 24 pages. A lot of stuff was changed under the hood. PLUS there are entirely new APIs. That means 1.0 bugs, and that means stuff-that-isn’t-so-old breaking.

Part of Apple’s advantage is also its problem: everyone updates. There’s lots of day 1 buyers out there. Especially with this kind of branding.

# Merlin Mann Snow Leopard
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    merlin Haven’t upgraded...didn’t. Why? ‘cause
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    (merlin) This is an extra-good (long) post. I also somewhat dislike Snow Leopard because it makes my computer run real...
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    so very much understand you dear mister Mann. Thank you...religious feelings
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    It’s impressive...actually released...before their announced...
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    cold air intake,...turbocharger kit from eBay on my CIvic, but
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    learned very early on...very specific problem...very...
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    Completely agree with waiting but if you are a computer/technology/geek person, the best thing I do is just have a small...
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